Swan Patent Clairvoyant stereo viewer.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1858 - 1870
Materials
Wood, Glass, Metal, Textile, Leather
Measurements
Closed size 115 x 190 x 122 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520680.2
Summary
Swan Patent Clairvoyant stereo viewer. Open-sided, hand-held prism stereoscope, with a sliding picture holder. Burr walnut with green velvet lining on base and inside of flap. Reverse of flap covered in leatherette. Black handle on base with markings: Crown design inside a circle of text: " Swan Patent Clairvoyant".
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986