Description:

Western Europe, United Kingdom, England, Sheffield, World War I era, ca. 1918 CE. A fascinating World War I functioning periscope of welded-brass and carved wood. The antique ocular device features a corseted wooden handle with a bulbous base finished with a lustrous lacquer and naturally adorned in a warm tan wood grain connected to a long brass tube painted taupe with a thick raised cylinder extending from it at a 90 degree angle at its base for one to look through. Capped by a cylindrical form flattened on one side to hold a glass circle from which one can direct their gaze, this antique tool is an remarkably well preserved. Size: 18.625" L x 3.125" in diameter (47.3 cm x 7.9 cm)

Consisting of two mirrors fixed at each end at 45 degrees, the periscope served as a highly useful tool during the trench warfare of World War I.

Provenance: ex Dundee collection, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom

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#160816

  • Condition: Small spots of green paint on base of handle and chipping to tauped paint commensurate with age. Stamped with "SHEFFIELD MADE 5" on handle and "PERISCOPE / MK IX / 1918 / P. & J. BECK LTD. / NO 23069" on back side of viewer. Intact and excellent with light patina on brass.

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