"Extremely rare" is right :) And, I always thought that "a Stanhope"
was some kind of a horse-pulled vehicle, but it seems to mean "a
spangle" here?
Hi Tamara and other kindly spiders:
A Stanhope as used here is a little bitty microscopic viewer that shows
a picture of some kind - often a public place or famous building, for
example. The technology for making these arose in the mid-1800s and you
can find them inserted into all kinds of things - a quick web search
brought up letter openers, needle cases, etc. All you need is space for
a hole and a 3 mm x 8 mm glass rod on which the picture appears. There
was quite a craze for them in the late 1800s and well into the 1900s.
For a little bit more info on Stanhope viewers, try
http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/STANHOPE_BIO.html
Adele
North Vancouver, BC
(west coast of Canada)
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