SOLD Victorian Magic Lantern Kaleidoscopic Chromotrope #2 pair of clay women black backs

black backs

In the case of this one--which is in very good shape

and many years of use left in it

This is a terrific old turned wood box in near perfect condition

purchased from the great Chuck Auerbach at the Deerfield show in New Hampshire--I imagine done as a school project

SOLD Victorian Magic Lantern Kaleidoscopic Chromotrope #2 pair of clay women black backsI've had a couple of these, but it's been a long time they seem to have become harder and harder to find, and more and more precious. Happily I found two on a recent trip to Pennsylvania, listed individually today. Produced by some makers of magic lantern slides, these mechanical devices were called chromotropes, producing kaleidoscopic effects via two painted glass slides, with one of them rotating when one turns the handle; low tech marvelousness! I