Selected Magic Lanterns

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P711.00024


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Standard magic lantern, (japanned tin box, 11½ in. H)

OBJECT TYPE: Projector
MANUFACTURER: Ernst Plank
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Nuremberg
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: 11½ in. H Standard magic lantern
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1900
PRODUCTION DATES: 1900-
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  magic lantern
  toy

NOTES:
  japanned black box-type lantern with "bent-elbow" chimney
  rack-and-pinion lens
  no manufacturer id, but style is similar to E.P.
  measurements: 28.8 cm H X 8.5 cm W X 18.8 cm L

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: glass

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: P711.00024

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Hrabalek, Ernst. --Laterna Magica - Zauberwelt und Faszination des optischen Spielzeugs.-- Munich: Keyser, 1985. 102-103.//

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Standard magic lantern, (japanned tin bo

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