Metal folding hand held stereoscope.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910
Materials
Metal, Glass
Measurements
175 x 140 x 235 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524973
Summary
Metal folding hand held stereoscope. The viewer is a metal construction, The metal hood is embossed with " The Foldscope, Paris, London, Regd. no.460355, around a monogram contains two square lenses and below there is a two part folding handle, one side the scale is missing. There is a trellis folding extension to focus the image and the image holder is a simple metal stand and spring.
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