Grand Triple New Model triunial lantern

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Magic Lanterns and Lantern Accessories

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Grand Triple New Model triunial lantern
W. C. Hughes, London; mahogany-body, decoratively carved flower insignia on the baseboard, lacquered-brass fittings and lens mounts with numerous adjustments, inset plate W. C. HUGHES. PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER. BREWSTER HOUSE. MORTIMER RD. KINGSLAND, LONDON, condensing lenses, later electric fittings and japanned-metal chimney, in maker's fitted wood travelling box; three lacquered-brass bound extension lenses with rack and pinion focusing, in fitted wood box; three lacquered-brass extension tubes, in fitted wood box; three brass bound lenses each with rack and pinion focusing and engraved GRUBB, DUBLIN B1 nos. 5316, 2692 and 5321 and brass mechanical shutters, in a fitted wood box; slide carriers, three centering slides and accessories in a wood box

Literature

David Robinson, 'The Rise and Fall of the Triple Lantern' in Servants of Light. The Book of the Lantern, MLS, 1997, pp. 34-45, ill. no. 43.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This lantern was used until relatively recently for magic lantern shows in conjunction with many of the lots of slides described in the lantern slide section (lots 325 and 359). Robinson dates this model of triunial lantern to 1895 towards the end of the life of the triunial or triple lantern which he records from 1874-1907. It originally sold for £42 10s.

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