Monocular Stanhope Charm

Details

Descriptive Terms

charms
mother of pearl
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
Charm

Label

Peering through the end of this small mother-of-pearl barrel reveals a photograph of a popular tourist destination at Watkins Glen, New York. Although Stanhopes are named for the eighteenth-century Englishman who developed the lens, it was a Frenchman in the 1850s who combined the lens with miniature photographs to produce a tiny keepsake.

Inscription

"CAVERN CASCADE AND LONG STAIRCASE / WATKINS GLEN (NY)" (Image)

Associated Building

Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),

Additional Identification Number

2776

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Watkins Glen, New York

Dimensions

5/8 x 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Caroline Barr Wade

Accession Number

1987.1495

Places

New York state (United States)

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