Hand-held stereoscopes

Hand-held stere­o­scopes are among the most impor­tant and wide­spread forms of antique stereo­scop­ic view­ers. From the first stereo view­ers for daguerreo­types of the 1850s to com­pact fold­ing view­ers for cel­lu­loid stereo slides in the 1940s, they pro­vid­ed gen­er­a­tions of users with a win­dow into the three-dimen­sion­al world. They range from inex­pen­sive paper view­ers to fine­ly craft­ed lux­u­ry instru­ments. This sec­tion fea­tures antique hand-held stere­o­scopes from many mak­ers and periods.

175 objects 
Binocular Stereoscope
Binoc­u­lar Stereoscope
Binocular Stereoscope ‘Jumelle Lux Luxe’
Binoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope ‘Jumelle Lux Luxe’
Binocular Stereoscope ‘Jumelle Lux’
Binoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope ‘Jumelle Lux’
Binocular Stereoscope ‘Jumelle lux’
Binoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope ‘Jumelle lux’
Binocular Stereoscope ‘Stereo-Dioskop’
Binoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope ‘Stereo-Dioskop’
Binocular Stereoscope ‘Stereo-Dioskop’
Binoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope ‘Stereo-Dioskop’
Binocular Stereoscope ‘Stereo-Dioskop’
Binoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope ‘Stereo-Dioskop’
Binocular Stereoscope ‘Stereo-Dioskop’, Short Focus
Binoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope ‘Stereo-Dioskop’, Short Focus
Binocular Stereoscope ‘The Exhibition Opera Stereoscope’, Brass Fittings, Luxe
Binoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope ‘The Exhi­bi­tion Opera Stere­o­scope’, Brass Fit­tings, Luxe
Binocular Stereoscope with Original Storage Box
Binoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope with Orig­i­nal Stor­age Box
Binocular Stereoscope, Napoleon III, Luxe
Binoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope, Napoleon III, Luxe
Boxed Stereoscope
Boxed Stere­o­scope
Boxed Stereoscope
Boxed Stere­o­scope
Boxed Stereoscope ‘Le Cartoscope’
Boxed Stere­o­scope ‘Le Cartoscope’
Brewster Stereoscope
Brew­ster Stereoscope
Brewster Stereoscope ‘Stéréoscope Polychromatique’, with Original Storage Box
Brew­ster Stere­o­scope ‘Stéréo­scope Poly­chro­ma­tique’, with Orig­i­nal Stor­age Box
Brewster Stereoscope with Martin & Fay Focus Adjustment
Brew­ster Stere­o­scope with Mar­tin & Fay Focus Adjustment
Brewster Stereoscope, Black Leather, Prismatic Lenses
Brew­ster Stere­o­scope, Black Leather, Pris­mat­ic Lenses
Brewster Stereoscope, Burl Walnut, Brass Fittings, Prismatic Lenses, Luxe
Brew­ster Stere­o­scope, Burl Wal­nut, Brass Fit­tings, Pris­mat­ic Lens­es, Luxe
Brewster Stereoscope, Burl Walnut, Prismatic Lenses
Brew­ster Stere­o­scope, Burl Wal­nut, Pris­mat­ic Lenses
Brewster Stereoscope, Burl Walnut, Short Focus, Prismatic Lenses
Brew­ster Stere­o­scope, Burl Wal­nut, Short Focus, Pris­mat­ic Lenses
Brewster Stereoscope, Claudet Patent, Cooke Patent, Morrocan Leather, Luxe
Brew­ster Stere­o­scope, Claudet Patent, Cooke Patent, Mor­ro­can Leather, Luxe
Brewster Stereoscope, Claudet Patent, Foldable Back
Brew­ster Stere­o­scope, Claudet Patent, Fold­able Back
Brewster Stereoscope, Claudet Patent, Morrocan Leather, Luxe
Brew­ster Stere­o­scope, Claudet Patent, Mor­ro­can Leather, Luxe
Brewster Stereoscope, Claudet Patent, Prismatic Lenses with Storage Box
Brew­ster Stere­o­scope, Claudet Patent, Pris­mat­ic Lens­es with Stor­age Box