(CASED IMAGES) cases John Stull Improved Stereoscope case wi

Sale 1907 - Lot 14

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John Stull Improved Stereoscope-case with a hand-tinted daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman in a checked vest. Full leather case, brown with gilt lettering and decoration on both front and back; with 3 metal joints which hold the case together and allow the viewer to focus the lenses, the case is lightly worn and lacking one joint pin. 1855

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A rare and unusual stereoscopic case patented by Juhn Stull of Philadelphia, February 27, 1855. His patent notes that he was not claiming the invention of a stereoscopic case but improving on Mascher's version by keeping the lenses and image parallel with the addition of the 3 joints. (See Berg 4-6G)