Two magic lantern kaleidoscope slides

Made:: 1800-1899 in Fleet Street

maker:: Newton and Company Limited

Two magic lantern kaleidoscope slides with mahogany sliders and glass and brass mounts, one unsigned, with the other by Newton & Co., 3 Fleet Street, London , England, 1820-1870.

Magic lantern kaleidoscope slide with mahogany slider

1800-1899

Magic lantern kaleidoscope slide with mahogany slider

1800-1899

Details

Category:: Optics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1983-147

Materials:: mahogany (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass and paper (fibre product)

Measurements:: overall (together): 30 mm x 220 mm x 100 mm, Wt. 0.338kg

type:: lantern slide and kaleidoscope

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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