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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 334771, member: 5833&quot;]You read it here first, folks.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stumbled onto 1 on eBay once.&nbsp; As I recall, it was very similar to this little gizmo, or at least the action the clockworks provided was the same.&nbsp; Starting to imagine it &#039;chiming&#039; the hour in its own way. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/redface.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not 3-D, just allows the viewing of a tiny picture in some tiny setting.&nbsp; I have encountered them as dangles (go to it boys) on simple key chains, made of plastic with what was once called a &#039;nudie&#039; picture you could literally peep at.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Of course you piqued my curiosity about them, so had to look at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanhope_(optical_bijou)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanhope_(optical_bijou)" rel="nofollow">Wiki</a>.&nbsp; Stanhope invented the lens that makes them possible.&nbsp; How far they have fallen since being given as gems to Queen Victoria!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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