Folk art anatomical gentlemen's erotic pocket toy or mass produced?

I've seen a few of these over the years. Probably '20s or '30s Germany.

 

...Omy...

 

Well......I guess he can only be SO good...........GREAT effort......you can still keep tryin'.....to be good that is......

 

OH but I am NOT TOUCHING THAT LINE.....NOPE!!!!! Ain't gettin' MY little fingers slapped!!!!!

 

... rock-et on...

 

Tiny toys for tiny pockets where they can keep their tiny hands?

 

“Short people have no reason...”

 

OH no, I never attempt to repair anything. The repair was done prior to my owning it. As to does it feel cold? Yes, it is cold on my cheek (thanks for the tip). I'm just not sure if I am feeling the coldness of the metal through the carved material. It is quite thin.

 

A Stanhope viewer I have never heard of that, is that similar to a Stereographic photo viewer?

I agree that's what I think it is Celluloid. From what I have read it has been around since the late 1860s. I also agree that is exactly what it is a little peep show for very bad boys. I have seen things from China like this in Ivory, I own another piece sort of similar in Ivory. Also, I have heard of some very old pocket watches having enamel erotic scenes hidden behind the dial as a little peep show for the boys having their after-dinner brandy. Boys have always been boys!

 

it is a little peep show for very bad boys.

Good boys go to heaven..
Bad Boys.....go everywhere !!

& don't you Gals just luv the Bad Boys !!!!

 

Mostly I like Good boys .. .. Joy.

 

Notice I said "Mostly" .. HaHa ..

 

You read it here first, folks.

Stumbled onto 1 on eBay once. As I recall, it was very similar to this little gizmo, or at least the action the clockworks provided was the same. Starting to imagine it 'chiming' the hour in its own way.

Not 3-D, just allows the viewing of a tiny picture in some tiny setting. I have encountered them as dangles (go to it boys) on simple key chains, made of plastic with what was once called a 'nudie' picture you could literally peep at. No doubt they were also made as souvenirs with a photo of something like the Grand Canyon inside, but others were exactly this sort of thing. Of course you piqued my curiosity about them, so had to look at Wiki. Stanhope invented the lens that makes them possible. How far they have fallen since being given as gems to Queen Victoria!

 

Stanhopes are semi common at car shows. They usually take a photo of the driver in the car as it arrives and come around later to see if you want to buy one or more.
I have one of my '68 Nova SS.

 

Komo... when you have to saw... do you really move the plank rather than the saw?

 

My word.....

 

Well.....not if I only need to go in a straight line.....you know....back and forth...back and forth.....but if it's for more delicate work......sometimes I'll flip the plank over ......or on it's side......or......you get it !!!!

 

OK, let me just guess that you ran across some "interesting" websites while doing your search ...

 

Because the market for these would not have been women or men who are excited by seeing other men naked.