Antique Stanhope Archive
Posted by Stanhope MicroWorks on 3/10/2020 to
Vintage & Antique Stanhopes
Take a peep at our Stanhope MicroWorks stanhope archives. Explore, discover and research vintage and antique stanhopes sold by Stanhope MicroWorks throughout our history. Stanhope MicroWorks Archives are your key to learning about vintage and antique stanhopes and will help you locate those really "hard to find" rare stanhope pieces. This blog is updated frequently to include all of our latest and most recently sold items.
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Stanhope PenPeep Installation Tips
Posted by Stanhope MicroWorks on 2/25/2020 to
The Stanhope Workshop
Instructions and photos showing the installation process and techniques to place PenPeep stanhopes in pens or other turned items. Discover how easy it is to add the element of stanhope photos to all of your art projects. Stanhopeless No More
Posted by Stanhope MicroWorks - Photos by © Michael Sheibley on 4/5/2018 to
The Stanhope Workshop
Stanhopeless No More by Howard Melnick First published by Knife World Magazine© December 2001
A closer look at how Stanhope MicroWorks repairs and restores collectible Anheuser- Busch Bartender Pocketknives with Stanhope lenses in the handles. This interesting and informative articles provides insight into the most successful and sought after commercial collectibles ever produced by the Anheuser Busch Company. Republished with Photos by ©Michael Sheibley.
Mechanicsburg man a global source for Stanhope lenses
Posted by Jason Scott - Central Pennsylvania Business Journal on 5/11/2017 to
News & Press
Stories about discovering a Stanhope picture lens usually
start something like this: “My grandmother had a whale pendant with a
Stanhope in it” or “I was shopping at a flea market and came across this
neat pen with a peephole photo of the Eiffel Tower in it.” When people do stumble on a Stanhope and attempt to seek out manufacturers, they often end up in the same place — websites that can be traced to a Cumberland County address owned by Michael Sheibley. (Photos / Amy Spangler)
To read the original article on the Central Penn Business Journal website CLICK HERE
The Real Rochard Revealed
Posted by © Michael Sheibley on 12/11/2014 to
Vintage & Antique Stanhopes
Rochard dolls are prized and revered for their stunning and sometimes elaborately designed "stanhope jeweled necklaces". Michael Sheibley and his skilled team of conservators at Stanhope MicroWorks recently worked to restore and conserve, not one, but two very rare dolls made in the 1860's by A.E. Rochard in Paris. This highly informative article provides an unprecedented historic & forensic examination of these extremely rare & unique French fashion dolls and the over-size "stanhopes" adorning their shoulder-plates. Discover the "tiny" secrets that have been well preserved in these dolls for over a century and a half.
