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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Magic Lantern for Children

1913-1920

GBN toy magic lantern

1905

Ensign Optiscope Number 6 projector

circa 1905

Toy Magic Lantern

circa 1905

W Butcher magic lantern in metal case

1900

'Boys Own' magic lantern

Magic Lantern

1780-1820

Magic Lantern Kaleidoscope byNewton & Son, 3 Fleet

toy magic lantern

1880-1900

Magic Lantern and slides for Children, 1913-1920

1913-1920

Monarch Ethopticon Bi-Unial lantern

1800-1890

'EP' toy magic lantern

1865-1880

Hoare Bi-unial Magic Lantern

1880

Tri-unial magic lantern

1880

Magic Lantern

1890

Thornton-Pickard "Artist" Magic Lantern

1895

Phantasmagoria magic lantern c. 1820

circa 1820

Lantern/projector with lens, with electric bulb illumination c. 1900

Lantern/projector with lens

1900

Miniature magic lantern projector, with spirit lamp. Pressed metal head of cherub on door

Miniature magic lantern projector

Magic lantern oil illuminant by Hinks and Son c. 1875

Magic Lantern

1875

No maker's name. All metal, for 3 1/4 x 3 1/4" slides. Single element lens; single condenser; shallow metal reflector. For oil lamp (catalogued at 1990-5036/7195). In metal case.

Magic Lantern

All metal. Objective and condenser lenses missing. Double section telescopic chimney, belonging to three-wick oil burner, sperately catalogued as 1990-5036/7197.

Magic Lantern

Magic lantern. Double lantern for 3 1/4 inch square slides; pair of lenses with double V dissolvers, linked for simultaneaous operation, rack focusing. Lens seperation on rack adjusted lens panel on sliding extension. One large rear condenser lens, two smaller front lenses; single light source (missing). Individual single slide holders.

Double lantern

Magic lantern. Wooden body single lantern with iron top and chimney. Side door is hinged with ventilation flaps on bottom of either side. No light source present. Fitted with a double plano-convex condenser in brass mount. With spring loaded pressure plate in slide aperture. 6 inch objective lens fitted, with rack and pinion focusing and single drawtube.

Magic lantern

Bullseye torch accepting twin cycle lamp battery, lens removable replaceable by lantern slide attachment with single condenser lens and double projection lens. Base for supporting during projection, for 3cm wide slides.

toy magic lantern and bullseye lamp

Black painted iron lantern. Three wick oil burner. Double plano convex condenser. Rack and pinion focused objective with disc shutter. Chimney missing.

Magic Lantern

Phantasmagoria magic lantern c. 1820.

Phantasmagoria magic lantern

circa 1820

Matagraph 35mm cine and magic lantern slide projector, 1898. Levi, Jones & Co Ltd, London. The mahogany body stamped '11'; hand crank, brass-bound lens, lacquered-brass beater movement, rear metal safety shutter, top-mounting film-holder, lantern slide holder and metal lamphouse with chimney. (In maker's original box with lacquered brass fixing screws - 1997-5006/2).

Matagraph 35mm cine and magic lantern slide projector

1898

Magic Lantern manufactured by W C Hughes.

Magic Lantern

Newton magic lantern F: 10 inch projection lens (front elements missing), rack and pinion focusing (pinion missing). Double condenser. 2 side doors with circular red windows, sealed up. All brass, no chimney or lightsource. Newton and Co.

Newton Magic L

Newton & Co., 3 Fleet Street, London. For projecting sets of three seperation positives; three lenses (one missing) on diverging mechanism; outer pair individually adjustable up and across for alignment (lefthand adjuster missing). Beamsplitter box to send projection light through RGB filters to the lenses (lid missing).

Ives Lantern Photochromoscope

Biunial magic lantern with gas burners, slide cameras, and chimney in wooden carrying case, n.d. 1880-1900

Biunial magic lantern, c 1890

1880-1900

magic lantern, for use with electric arc lamp for oxy-hydrogen limelight, by William Ladd, London, England, 1870. Fitted with condenser, projection apparatus, polarising microscope, diaphragms etc.

Magic lantern

1870

Kodak Eringa lantern. Magic lantern in iron and nickel plated brass. Rack and pinion extension and rack and pinion focusing. Screw adjustment on 'gate; giving up to 2 1/4 inches separation between lens tube and condenser. Double plano-convex condenser. Petzval type lens with filter slot and flasher. Iron lamphouse, no light source. Side door on each side with shutter blue glass inspection windows. Double rear door. In iron case. Kodak Limited c.1908.

Kodak Eringa lantern, magic lantern in iron and nickel plated brass

1903-1913

Double lantern with accessories

Double lantern with accessories

Laboratory lantern with independent optical system

Laboratory Lantern with Independent Optical System

Benetfink Magic Lantern. Single lantern made from mahogany and brass. Capping lens with tinter slots and two sets of tinters. Incandescent gas fitting with semi-cylindrical silvered reflector. With iron chimney and roof. With two slide carrier, eclipse and rollerblind sliding carrier. With glass and wood liquid cell. All in wooden box.

Benetfink Magic Lantern

1900

E P Toy Magic Lantern. Projector for 5cm wide slides. Small paraffin oil lamp. Single condenser lens. Double projection lens. Brass chimney.

E P Toy Magic Lantern

Magic lantern; fluted polychrome cylindrical lantern body; 14.5cm diameter; for 6cm wide slides; with 'Wunder Lampe' oil lamp, not matching.

Lanternscope magic lantern

Ex Medical Department, Kodak Limited, Kingsway. For 3 1/4 x 3 1/4" slides. F:18" lens, with flasher, rack focused. Electric lamp, ES fitting, refelctor. Condensor missing. Black crackle paint; lid of lamphouse hinged up for ventilation; curtain. In metal case.

Slide projector

Two gas jets; pictures held on vertical rear door by double rack operated holder.

Mirrorscope opaque projector

Sciopticon magic lantern for three and one quarter inch square slides, wooden base and lens panel, enameled iron lamp house, brass condenser housing and lens mount. Multiple wick oil burner and chimney missing. Fitted with a Petsvalle type lens, F 5.5 inch, rack and pinion focusing. Double plano-convex condenser 4 inch diameter. 3 1/2 inch silver reflector in back of cylinder lamp housing. Potential ACM (asbestos)

Sciopticon Magic Lantern

Hughes magic lantern

Hughes magic lantern

EP Toy magic lantern . For 35mm wide slides. Cylindrical lamphouse. Painted red with brass chimney. Brass single wick oil lamp base. Single condenser lens. Double objective lens. Wooden baseboard. Ernest Planck. In wooden case, instructions in German, French and English on inside of case. With 12 slides, fairytale subjects.

EP toy magic lantern

Triunial lantern with box, by J.H.Steward, 406 Strand, London, c.1890. (see part records)

Early triunial lantern with box

Toy magic lantern for 4cm wide slides; oil lamp missing; horizontal cylindrical body on hollow wooden base with storage for slides; with 9 slides; in box.

Toy Magic Lantern

Magic lantern body (lens and illuminant missing) c. 1830 (B1515)

Magic Lantern Body

1830

Magic lantern for 3 1/4 inch slides. Fitted with a 7 inch projection lens with tinter slot and flap shutter, rack and pinion focusing. Condenser lenses missing. Single side door with blue glass window. J. Wrench.

Wrench Magic Lantern with case

Magic lantern, black enamelled iron body with chimney, brass lens tube and lens. No light sources. No makers name. In wooden box, with fittings for light source and tilting projector.

Black enamel magic lantern

Newton slide projector. For 3 1/4 x 3 1/4" slides. F:12" lens, rack focused; double condenser; incandescent lamp fitting with reflector; prefocus base lamp. Wooden slide holder. Curtain.

Newton lantern Slide Projector, c 1885

1880-1890