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Stereoscopic vision apparatus

Wooden stereoscopic viewer

One handheld "mask" type stereoscopic viewer. Made of wood and lined in red velvet

1930-1970

Stereoscope, made by J. B. Dancer (brasswork) and Louden (optics) to Brewster's design

circa 1853; 1853

Hand stereoscope with two eye-rings

Hand-held stereoscopic viewer

circa 1896
Ives' stereoscopic Kromskop, one of two, with 16 slide transparencies and booklet.

Kromskop Stereoscope

Pedestal stereoscope made by W. I. Chadwick, Manchester, c.1890, with five boxes of glass kaleidoscope slides.

Pedestal stereoscope made by W. I. Chadwick

circa 1890
Small folding stereoscope in painted tinplates, closing to shape of the book. For miniature stereoscards 35 x 68mm. The Rotary Photographic Co Ltd.

The Pocket Rotoscope Stereo Viewer

Stereoscopic viewer, made by API Ltd in 1930

Stereoscopic viewer

1930
Brewster type viewer with concave curved sides and bifurcated lens mounts. Covered in Claudet pattern maroon leather. The ground glass diffuser is missing. Top flap, lead foil lined as a reflector. With brass eyepieces. London Stereoscopic Company.

London Stereoscopic Company stereoscope

Plain wooden stereo viewer with prismatic lenses, pointed handle that fits into a pedestal base.

Holmes' Stereo Viewer

Card box with two prismatic lenses in one side with card holder in lid, moving into viewing position when the box is opened. Lid and back slide in front and side section for focusing. Nouvelles Vues Stereoscopiques avec leur Stereoscope a Foyer Variable LL. With ten printed postcards of Paris.

La Stereo Carte Viewer

Folding plastic viewer for stereo discs. In plastic waller with 5 discs by Meopta of scenes of Prague. Meopta.

viewer for stereo discs

1971
War Dept. stereoscope type W.1C/VC 7447 Type D. Folding. With a metal eyepiece frame with folding legs and a detachable picture mask.

War Deptartment Stereoscope Viewer Type D in Case

Open stereoscope with aluminium lens hood with chased decoration. "Sun Sculpture" trade mark. Leather binding to edge of hood, partly missing. Patented June 11 1901. Underwood & Underwood. C.1905.

Holmes type steroscope

1900-1910
Box type stereoscope for 6 x 13cm stereo pairs. Fitted with two prismatic lenses with rack and pinion focusing, screw separation, hinged lid with mirror, opal glass in hinged back, not original. Unis.

Unis stereoscope

Wooden base panel carrying hinged upright supporting two mirrors which meet at centre and are angled away from the viewer. Support for stereocard at other end. Folding brass wire handle. Viewing is done through mirror reflection. "The New Natural Stereoscope". c.1903

reflecting stereo viewer

1898-1908
Flat wooden box with sliding lid with grooved trim for cards. Two prismatic lenses on sprung hinged flap pop up when lid is opened. Stereo mobile E.L.D. c.1902. In original carton with stereo slides.

Le Merveilleaux Folding Stereoscope

1898-1908
Stereo Daguerreotype of a young lady, half length, coloured; in folding case with integral stereo viewing lenses in spring mount. Case with stamped and gilded design, brass edges marked Claudet's patent. Antoine Claudet.

Stereoscopic Daguerreotype and stereoscope by Claudet

Handheld stereoscopic viewer, engraved metal eye piece with blue velvet surround, part of a Holme's viewer

Holmes stereoscopic viewer

Cardboard stereo viewer which folds flat, erects to make a box viewer for stereo transparencies 26 x 26mm. Contains stereo photographs by the Larkin Brothers of a presentation salver. A.P.I. Limited.

Postal Stereo Viewer

Ives' stereoscopic Kromskop, one of two, with selection of slide transparencies, plus display stand.

Ives' Stereoscopic Kromskop

Adjusting achromatic revolving stereoscope of veneered wood with two pairs of achromatic lenses, rack and pinion focusing, rear pair removable, sliding ground glass window for transparency viewing. Double hinged lid with inlaid mirror and lock. The picture belt is missing. Removable glass lid and four candle holders possibly a later addition. London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

double stereoscopic cabinet viewer

Stereo viewer for books or stereo cards, two beck achromatic prismatic lenses in rotating mounts, rand and pinion focusing, mirror set into the baseboard for illumination, rotating clips for stereo cards. Patent mirror. Ground glass divider (not original). Smith, Beck and Beck.

stereo book viewer

Stereoscopic viewer, "Taxiphote", French, 1908.

Stereoscopic viewer, Taxiphote

1908
Wooden open stereoscope with brass fittings, sliding card holder and a pointed handle.

Holmes Type Stereoscope

Sterolist stereoscopic viewer, with 29 stereo views from Ferranti Transformer Department

Sterolist stereoscopic viewer

Wooden box type stereoscope for 60 x 140mm stereoslides. Screw operated, calibrated interocular separation. Rack and pinion focusing. Hinged ground glass diffuser. Unis-France.

Unis-France Standard Stereoscope

1900
Case in form of a book containing a simple metal folding stereoscope and set of 14 stereo photographs (No.13 missing). Most are from Prof. Thompson's Anatomy of the Human Eye.

Stereograms: Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye

Brewster type viewer with curved sides. Separate prismatic lenses. Supplementary lenses are on the internal frame and are brought into position by an external knob. There is a foil cover over the flap. The back is misting. 'Cooke's 692A patent'. Negretti and Zambra, photographers to the Crystal Palace, Hatton Garden, London.

Negretti and Zambra 'Cooke Patent' Stereoscope