RARE PATENTED 1875 LEWIS STEREOSCOPE ON BRASS PEDESTAL

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PAUL WING'S REFERENCE BOOK "STEREOSCOPES THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS" IDENTIFIES THIS RARE HOLMES-TYPE STEREOSCOPE BY PATENT DATE ON PAGE 246. MR. WING STATES THAT THE MAKER WAS WILLIAM H. LEWIS OF NEW YORK CITY. HE FURTHER STATES THAT THE PATENT NUMBER ISSUED WAS 170,749. HE LISTS THE PATENT DATE AS 12-7-1875 AND FURTHER IDENTIFIES THIS SCOPE BY THIS STATEMENT,.... "USE OF A GROOVE ON THE UNDER SIDE OF HOLMES SCOPE EXTENSION IN WHICH THE SPRING CLIP ON THE SLIDE CARRIER IS GUIDED FOR BETTER ALIGNMENT.". THE CORRECT PATENT DATE IS SHOWN IN OUR PHOTOS AS IS THE GROOVED UNDER SIDE. TFORE T IS NO DOUBT AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THIS HEIRLOOM PIECE OF STEREOSCOPIC HISTORY.THE COMPONENTS APPEAR TO BE WALNUT, OR POSSIBLY CHERRY WOOD. THE GORGEOUS HOOD IS MADE OF ROSEWOOD. THE FITTINGS AND HARDWARE ARE FINELY POLISHED SOLID BRASS. THE HAND-CUT LENSES ARE FAR ABOVE AVERAGE AND SO ARE THE FOCUS AND IMAGE. WE TESTED THIS SCOPE ON SEVERAL TYPES OF STEREOVIEWS AND IT PASSED OUR TESTS WITH FLYING COLORS. THE SLIDING CARD HOLDER HAS COLLAPSIBLE CARD CLIPS THAT FOLD DOWN AND PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF ADJUSTMENT TO ACCOMMODATE MANY SIZES OF STEREOVIEWS. THE ORIGINAL SCREW-ON HANDLE IS INCLUDED FOR HAND-HELD USE WHEN NOT BEING USED WITH THE BRASS TABLE STAND. IT IS A PLEASURE TO LIST SUCH A NICE VIEWER. THE PARTS ON THIS PIECE APPEAR TO BE ALL ORIGINAL, read more

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