Accession No

5247

Brief Description

optical toy “La Newtonienne Toupie Spectrale” with instruction booklet, by Pelluard (booklet at least), French, 4/4 19th Century

Origin

France; Paris; 225 Rue Saint-Jacques

Maker

Pelluard [booklet printer, attributed maker]

Class

optical; games

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

paper; metal (brass, at least one white metal); cloth (velvet); wood (mahogany)

Dimensions

box length 275mm; breadth 160mm; height 67mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Alan Miller, 3 Lonsdale Place, Islington, London, N1 EL, at the Scientific Instruments Fair on 26/04/1998.

Inscription

‘LA NEWTONIENNE
TOUPIE SPECTRALE’ (cover of instruction booklet)
‘Paris - Typ. Pelluard, 225, re Saint-Jacques’ (back cover of instruction booklet)

Description Notes

Mahogany box with brass hinges and clip fastener; lined with red velvet. Contains black-painted white metal spinning top and coloured cards (forming parts of a colour wheel) for attachment to the top, to demonstrate the formation of white light from the colours of the spectrum. Instruction booklet in English, French, German and Spanish.

Condition fair (booklet very tattered, paper pieces fragile); incomplete (some parts missing).

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