Lot Essay
A similer Metascope was sold in Cameras and Optical Toys May 6th 1999, lot 5.
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Details
Metascope stereoscope
Unis, French; 6 x 13cm., polished-mahogany body, internal slide carrier with changing mechanism, with a pair of focusing lenses, with a condensing lens, metal electric illuminant housing -- 40.5cm. (16in. high)
Unis, French; 6 x 13cm., polished-mahogany body, internal slide carrier with changing mechanism, with a pair of focusing lenses, with a condensing lens, metal electric illuminant housing -- 40.5cm. (16in. high)
Literature
Paul Wing (1996), Stereoscopes, The First One Hundred Years, p.202-203.