We have always considered and collected these commercial masks and helmets as industries tribal art. Examples can be elegant in their simplicity or bazaar and complex. They are always unique, suprising and filled with personality.
Collection of Early Binoculars
We have a small collection of early binoculars.
The smallest is signed Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. 8 Power…$
The long lens pair is unsigned…$
The 3rd set is a rare Carl Zeiss 5+10×24 ‘Marine-Glas m.Revolver’ dual- power, turret binocular. Made from 1896 until 1904, it was known as the ‘Admiral Togo Glass’ because this Commander of the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904/05 used one of these binoculars, as shown in photos. The construction of the body, objective cells and the method of holding the prisms are all similar to those used in the famous singlepower ‘Feldstecher’ binoculars. Other examples of turret binoculars were made by Emil Busch… $2500
