Lot Essay
The five carved panels include one showing a female figure with a camera.
THE PROPERTY OF
THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRISTS
CARLO PONTI, Venice
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CARLO PONTI, Venice
A mahogany Megalethoscope viewer (incomplete), with carved panels, metal fittings, sliding focusing section, two hinged mirrored panels, print holder and inset credit Ponti Venezia. Megalethoscopio -- 34½in.(87.5cm.)long, circa 1870
A mahogany Megalethoscope viewer (incomplete), with carved panels, metal fittings, sliding focusing section, two hinged mirrored panels, print holder and inset credit Ponti Venezia. Megalethoscopio -- 34½in.(87.5cm.)long, circa 1870
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES