Selected Magic Lanterns

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P711.00007

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Solid toy magic lantern, (black painted barrel, 11 in. H)

OBJECT TYPE: Projector
MANUFACTURER: Ernst Plank
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Nuremberg
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1890/5
PRODUCTION DATES: 1890/5-
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  magic lantern
  toy

NOTES:
  japanned black cylindrical lantern on wood stand
  Ernst Plank emblem in front underneath lens
  chimney lip is polished brass
  measurements: 28.1 cm H X 10.6 cm W X 25.6 cm L

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: glass

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: P711.00007

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Hrabalek, Ernst. --Laterna Magica - Zauberwelt und Faszination des optischen Spielzeugs.-- Munich: Keyser, 1985. 105.//

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Solid toy magic lantern, (black painted

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