Peep egg viewer of Weymouth, Dorset, ca. 1855
- Title(s):
- Peep egg viewer of Weymouth, Dorset.
- Published/Created:
- Great Britain, ca. 1855.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item : painted alabaster and glass ; 62 mm in diameter, 110 mm long
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsTS513 .P4 1855 FlatYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11175145
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Peep egg viewers, also called alabaster eggs, were sold as souvenirs from the mid-nineteenth century onward.
Restricted fragile material. Use requires permission of the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Peep egg viewer with three different images that can be displayed by rotating a spindle passing through the device. There are two circular wood-engraved scenes of Weymouth, depicting the "Weymouth Royal Terrace" and "Weymouth" (beach and promenade). The third panel shows actual tiny rocks and minerals--probably intended to remind the tourist of a pleasant afternoon's collecting along the edge of the sea. The cylindrical body of the viewer is made of opaque alabaster, on a waisted stem, the outside painted with flowers and the inscription "From a Friend." - Subject Terms:
- Peep shows -- Specimens.Weymouth (Dorset, England) -- Pictorial works.
- Form/Genre:
- Optical instruments.
Peepshows.
Peep eggs.
Recreations.
Wood engravings -- 1855. - Export:
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- IIIF Manifest:
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