Selected Magic Lanterns

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P711.00054


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Toy magic lantern, (black painted vertical barrel, 13 in. H)

OBJECT TYPE: Projector
MANUFACTURER: Ernst Plank
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Nuremberg
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1890/5
PRODUCTION DATES: 1890/5-
IMAGE SIZE: 5.3cmD
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  magic lantern
  toy

NOTES:
  black cylindrical (barrel drum) lantern with polished brass conic
  chimney, all on wood board
  tin lens with brass tip
  no maker id; resembles Ernst Plank, Georg Carette and Jean Schoenner
  measurements: 33.8cm H X 14.5cm W X 33.3cm L

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: glass

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: P711.00054

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

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Toy magic lantern, (black painted vertic

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