Lot Essay
Stanhopes, or peeps, are miniature microphotographic lenses incorporated in a range of souvenir and novelty collectables produced from the mid-19th century onwards.
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SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY,
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A GROUP OF FOUR NAPOLEONIC SOUVENIR PAPERKNIVES EACH WITH A STANHOPE TELESCOPE IN THE HANDLE WITH VIEWS OF NAPOLEONIC SUBJECTS,**
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY,
three surmounted by a bronze figure of Napoleon and with blades of bone, ivory and mother-of-pearl respectively, together with a pierced and carved bone paperknife
the largest: 8in. (20.5cm.) long (4)
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY,
three surmounted by a bronze figure of Napoleon and with blades of bone, ivory and mother-of-pearl respectively, together with a pierced and carved bone paperknife
the largest: 8in. (20.5cm.) long (4)