[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - VIEWERS]. "Pontioscopio" stereographoscope. Manufactured by Carlo Ponti, Venice, Italy. Ca mid19th century.

Ornately carved, collabsible wooden stereographoscope, 22 x 10 x 5 in. (when folded), with magnification lens with 8 in. diameter. Beneath the large lens is a stereoscopic viewer, inscribed on the front “Pontioscopio." With a sliding card holder in the shape of a height adjustable easel (surface wear and few chips to wood, 4 1/2 in. crack in underside of wood base, missing metal piece at right hinge).

An exceptionally rare stereographoscope.

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - VIEWERS]. "Pontioscopio" stereographoscope. Manufactured by Carlo Ponti, Venice, Italy. Ca mid19th century.

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - VIEWERS]. "Pontioscopio" stereographoscope. Manufactured by Carlo Ponti, Venice, Italy. Ca mid19th century.

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - VIEWERS]. "Pontioscopio" stereographoscope. Manufactured by Carlo Ponti, Venice, Italy. Ca mid19th century.