Lot Essay
This stereoscope is a variant on the well-known Natural Stereoscope usually attributed to the Huddersfield firm of Hirst and Wood.
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Details
Natural Stereoscope
C. H. Charlesworth, Huddersfield; the walnut-veneered case with hinged top and inset mirror, side door (minor repair), base focusing knob, lacquered-brass fittings, laterally-adjusting viewing lenses, engraved brass plate with black infilling THE NATURAL STERESCOPE, C. H. CHARLESWORTH, MAKER, BUXTON ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, internally coloured blinds, raised on an adjustable brass column and four scrolling legs above a shaped base
C. H. Charlesworth, Huddersfield; the walnut-veneered case with hinged top and inset mirror, side door (minor repair), base focusing knob, lacquered-brass fittings, laterally-adjusting viewing lenses, engraved brass plate with black infilling THE NATURAL STERESCOPE, C. H. CHARLESWORTH, MAKER, BUXTON ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, internally coloured blinds, raised on an adjustable brass column and four scrolling legs above a shaped base
Provenance
Mrs J. Uttley, Abbots Hall, Kents Bank, Nr. Grange-over-Land (sic), Lancashire. The Uttley family were mill owners in Hebden Bridge from the c. 1860s, later moving to Grange.
Literature
Paul Wing (1996), Stereoscopes. The First One Hundred Years, p. 40, 41.