Image
Category
Collection
Maker
Object type
Place
Material
Date
Straight half-moon spectacles

Straight half-moon spectacles

1810-1860

Stereoscope by Jules Duboscq

Stereoscope by Jules Duboscq

Artists' aid

Artists' aid

1855-1865

Artists' drawing aid comprising folding concave lens and folding Claude Lorrain mirror

Artists' drawing aid comprising folding concave lens and folding Claude Lorrain mirror

1875-1900

Stereo Daguerreotype

Stereo Daguerreotype

Straight, half eye spectacles

Straight, half eye spectacles

1810-1860

Magnifying glass on telescopic stand, England, c. 1835-1914

Magnifying glass on telescopic stand, England, c. 1835-1914

1835-1914

Compound monocular microscope

Compound monocular microscope

1826-1850

Chromotrope, centre scene-windmill with moving sails

Chromotrope, centre scene-windmill with moving sails

1890-1900

Compound monocular microscope set with two monocular body tubes

Compound monocular microscope set with two monocular body tubes

1825-1850

Fahrenheit room thermometer

Fahrenheit room thermometer

Lenses and prisms, boxed

Lenses and prisms, boxed

Spectacle case

Spectacle case

1820-1880

Steinheil cones

Steinheil cones

1865-1875

Pull off spectacle case

Pull off spectacle case

Case for blue tinted spectacles

Case for blue tinted spectacles

1835-1914

Iron pattern microscope in brass

Iron pattern microscope in brass

1835-1850

Green leather frog mouth spectacle case

Green leather frog mouth spectacle case

1810-1860

Folding artist's viewer with claude glass and mirror.

Folding artist's viewer with claude glass and mirror.

1875-1900

Pocket sympiesometer, 1839

Pocket sympiesometer, 1839

1839

Frog mouth spectacle case

Frog mouth spectacle case

Folding artist's viewer with claude glass and mirror.

Folding artist's viewer with claude glass and mirror.

1875-1900

Folding artist's viewer with claude glass and mirror.

Folding artist's viewer with claude glass and mirror.

1875-1900

Folding artist's viewer with claude glass and mirror.

Folding artist's viewer with claude glass and mirror.

1875-1900

Tortoiseshell spectacles

Tortoiseshell spectacles

1835-1900

Case for tortoiseshell spectacles

Case for tortoiseshell spectacles

1835-1900

Compound monocular microscope

Compound monocular microscope

1825-1850

Compound monocular microscope by Carpenter and Westley

Compound monocular microscope by Carpenter and Westley

1826-1850

Pull of spectacle case lacquered wood

Pull of spectacle case lacquered wood

Pull off spectacle case

Pull off spectacle case

1820-1900

Blue tinted spectacles, one arm missing

Blue tinted spectacles, one arm missing

1835-1914

Travelling thermometer by Carpenter & Westley

Travelling thermometer by Carpenter & Westley

1801-1900

Compound monocular microscope by Carpenter & Westley

Compound monocular microscope by Carpenter & Westley

1825-1850

Pull of spectacle case

Pull of spectacle case

Pull off spectacle case

Pull off spectacle case

Pull off spectacle case

Pull off spectacle case

1820-1900

Pull off spectacle case

Pull off spectacle case

Turn pin spectacles

Turn pin spectacles

1830-1890

Thermometer, cased, clinical

Thermometer, cased, clinical

Gould-type microscope in case

Gould-type microscope in case

1830-1840

Newton's colour disc chromotrope by Carpenter & Westley

Newton's colour disc chromotrope by Carpenter & Westley

1890-1900

Thirty six hand-painted lantern slides, 3" circular, by Carpenter & Westley, 24 Regent Street, London (six with mechanical movement), in a box

36 hand painted magic lantern slides

Nine Chromotropes of various pattern. 1 with centre scene-windmill with moving sails and 1 Newton's colour disc by Carpenter & Westley, London, late 19th century.

Nine Chromotropes of various pattern

1890-1900

Pocket sympiesometer, invented by John George Harris Ronketti, in leather covered wooden case, made by Carpenter & Westley, 24 Regent Street, London, 1839

Pocket sympiesometer, 1839

1839

Rotating mechanical lantern slide by Carpenter & Westley, Moveable Astronomical Sliders No. 1., The Solar System.

One of a set of astronomical magic lantern slides: 'The Solar System'

circa 1850

Four folding artist's viewers in horn frame, each with a claude glass and mirror by Carpenter and Wesley, 24 Regents Street, London, England, 1875-1900 (B. 1643, B1648, B1647, B1635).

Folding artist's viewer with claude glass and mirror.

1875-1900

Collection of ten magic lantern slides of astronomical subjects in original box.

Collection of ten astronomical lantern slides

Box for collection of astronomical mechanical lantern slides.

Box for collection of astronomical mechanical lantern slides

c.1850

Rotating mechanical lantern slide by Carpenter & Westley, Moveable Astronomical Sliders No. 4., Motion of Venus or Mercury.

One of a set of astronomical magic lantern slides: 'Motion of Venus or Mercury'

circa 1850

Hand painted magic lantern slide depicting the exterior of St Peter's Rome. Framed effect slide for the exterior of St.Peter’s Cathedral in Rome by Carpenter and Wesley. Circular mount with springy fixing. To be superimposed over another (missing) slide of the Cathedral to make it light up at night.

Magic lantern slide showing the exterior of St Peter's Rome