Selected Magic Lanterns

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P711.00002


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Climax toy magic lantern, (red painted tin sphere, 11 in H)

OBJECT TYPE: Projector
MANUFACTURER: Ernst Plank
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1890
PRODUCTION DATES: 1890-
IMAGE SIZE: 2.5 cm
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  magic lantern
  toy

NOTES:
  tin cylinder-shaped lantern, painted red
  lens is seperate, unattached, on own stand
  entire lantern on wooden board
  nickel plated
  measurements: 29.8 cm H X 8.8 cm W X 18.8 cm L

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: paper/glass

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: P711.00002

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Hrabalek, Ernst. --Laterna Magica - Zauberwelt und Faszination des optischen Spielzeugs.-- Munich: Keyser, 1985. 107.//

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Climax toy magic lantern, (red painted t

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