Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving cut paper doll Signed with a monogram in

Signed with a monogram in the lower left hand corner

and especially the stack of handwritten correspondence inside dating back to the 1850s

and with the original wires securing his arms and legs still holding tight

This is the smaller of two lovely Burmese bamboo lacquer betel boxes currently in the shop

Late 19th century I would guess

Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving cut paper doll Signed with a monogram inThere are stereoviews and then there are stereoviews this is one of two early albumen photo stereoviews I'm listing this week of the gorgeous and special variety; a different species entirely from the later stereocards with images printed on the card. And this is a curious one, too. The image is very similar to an engraving ("Ideal Scene of the Lias Period with Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus") in French scientist Louis Figuier's 'The World Before the