Selected Magic Lanterns

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G3524.00001


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Toy magic lantern, (black painted tin canister, 10½ in. H)

OBJECT TYPE: Projector
MANUFACTURER: Georges Carette
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1900
PRODUCTION DATES: 1900-1915
IMAGE SIZE: ~5.0cmD
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  magic lantern
  toy

NOTES:
  japanned black "vault-shaped" lantern with 4 claw feet
  nickel lens with rack and pinion adjustment
  slide holder has 2-spring clip to keep slides in place
  large 2-wick square lamp
  has back door which does not cover entire back opening
  no maker id; missing "bent-elbow" chimney
  measurements: 26.5cm H X 14.0cm W X 28.8cm L

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: glass

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: G3524.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Hrabalek, Ernst. --Laterna Magica - Zauberwelt und Faszination des optischen Spielzeugs.-- Munich: Keyser, 1985. 83.//

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Toy magic lantern, (black painted tin ca

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