Triunial magic lantern

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Triunial magic lantern
England; mahogany-body, lacquered-brass fittings, rack and pinion focusing, three brass bound 12 inch lenses, three limelight burners with pipes and gas fittings and chimney; three mahogany and brass adjustable slide holders, a Noakes patent limelight burner, two star gas dissolvers, four Beard 17924 patent gas devices, gas accessories, Mabor limes in box and two W. Banks, Bolton 6½ inch lenses nos. 38 and 40; one box of G.W.W. and other photographic lantern slides

Provenance

Horwich Locomotive Works, Bolton, Lancashire. Purchased by the vendor's father.

Literature

Bolton Evening News, 7 November 1997.

Exhibited

BBC Antiques Roadshow television programme, November 1997.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The lantern and accessories were purchased by the vendor's father circa 1977. The lantern is believed to have been used at, and perhaps partly made in, the Horwich Locomotive Works which closed in 1983. It was shown on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow programme where it was enthusiastically described by resident expert Hilary Kay 'as the Rolls Royce of lanterns'.

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