STANHOPE BINOCULARS KEY RING c1930s - Toronto Scene
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Pre 1940 item# 675479 (stock# 5420)
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Fiona Kenny Antiques
905-682-0090
$50
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A great and unusual brass key ring with a double stanhope viewer in the form of a pair of binoculars c1930s. Stanhopes were/are an optical amusement consisting of (sometimes naughty) miniature photographic views behind magnifying lenses, artfully hidden in everyday objects. In this case it is in a pair of leather and brass miniature 1-1/4" x 7/8" binoculars, mounted on a leather and brass 3-1/8" key ring in the form of a belt buckle. The fittings on the binoculars are threaded and finely detailed (the lenses and photos can be easily removed when the caps are unscrewed); the views include two different black and white photographic views of Toronto - a skyline ("Toronto The Queen City") and a view of the railway roundhouse. The keyring is stamped MADE IN ITALY, and this optical curiosity is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface shipping to the U.S. starts at $6.25 (other spots may vary) - insurance to $95 is included. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT accept Paypal.
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Group of 17 MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES c1900
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Pre 1910 item# 666511 (stock# 5395)
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905-682-0090
$65 set
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A grouping of 17 pictorial 3-1/4" magic lantern slides c1900. This grouping includes allegorical subjects and scenes of Colonial-era life; they include: friars shooing birds (creasing to image), Jesus receiving children, armoured soldier with arrows and winged devil, traveller praying, man and gent on horse, family mounting carriage, horse race, man on horse street scene, man on horse losing cape, man on horse startled by donkey, gent and lady in parlour, fair/circus revelry scene, sage and soldier scene, angels and heavens scene, "Crossing Niagara On A Tightrope and Maid Of The Mist", Goliath chasing David (loose from glass backing plate), bird carrying man over water to castle (loose from glass backing plate). All images are bright, colourful and intact and all are in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs unless noted. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface shipping to the continental U.S. is $12 (other spots may vary) - insured is higher, and mandatory on items over $85 if paid with a credit card. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US.
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