viewer - Anything In Particular https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product-tag/viewer/ From antique to vintage, from decorative to downright bizarre. Fri, 07 Oct 2022 20:42:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 Vintage “Hunter Viewer” Magnifying Illuminated Slide Viewer https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/vintage-hunter-viewer-magnifying-illuminated-slide-viewer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vintage-hunter-viewer-magnifying-illuminated-slide-viewer Fri, 07 Oct 2022 20:31:49 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=60633 An uusual - and in unusually good condition - illuminated slide viewer with magnifying lens on the front which turns it into a rather quirky and subtle piece of lighting, suitable for a shelf, or just to admire as an interesting object when not illuminating. This is a "Hunter Viewer", a grey metal cased box with a large (6cm by 6cm) square lens on the front which magnifies the flat screen, and a stand to the rear for propping the unit up. The lamp is powered by three "D" size batteries, with a switch down the side of the box. It seems likely to date from the 1950s.

A little bit different and although not recommended for it's original purpose or as a fully-fledged light, definitely something of a conversation piece!

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]]> Vintage Large Kaleidoscope-style Japanese Octascope https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/vintage-large-kaleidoscope-style-japanese-octascope/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vintage-large-kaleidoscope-style-japanese-octascope Sat, 04 Dec 2021 12:42:36 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=49866 Looking rather like a traditional kaleidoscope, the Japanese-made Octascape is a vintage toy which splits the view through the tube via a glass prism into eight reflected sections. This gives a kaleidoscopic-style experience to the viewer of whatever they are looking at - there are no viewable materials inside the tube itself. It's a classic colourful toy in good condition (although one end of the box is missing) and it is fully working. This is the larger of the two "Octascope" versions which are to be found out in the wild, the "tube" measuring almost 20cm (8 in.) long.

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