Lanterna de Orient

OBJECT TYPE: Projector
MANUFACTURER: Unidentified Maker (German)
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: 1001 Nacht magic lantern
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1890
PRODUCTION DATES: ca. 1890-
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  magic lantern
  toy

NOTES:
  Hand painted toy lantern; several scenes painted around it;
  "mosque-shaped"; Laterna de Orient" and "1001 Nacht" written on side;
  eye screw on side acts as door handle; polished brass focusing lens;
  mosque shaped chimney.

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: glass

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: 99992.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Hrabalek, Ernst. --Laterna Magica - Zauberwelt und Faszination des optischen Spielzeugs.-- Munich: Keyser, 1985. 54.//