Accession No

5824

Brief Description

demonstration optical toy, possibly continental, circa 19th century

Origin

Maker

unknown

Class

optical; demonstration

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

glass (mirror); paper (card)

Dimensions

height 70mm; width 100mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract, Box 151, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York 10706, U.S.A., on or before 21/12/2000. Item No. 42 from Catalogue 68 Winter 2000/2001.

Inscription

Description Notes

demonstration optical toy, possibly continental, circa 19th century. A convex and concave mirror are mounted back to back and bound in fabric at their edges. Accompanying the mirror is a card case (now in two pieces) on one side of which is a colour print illustrating a period parlour scene

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