Kaleidoscopic viewing box

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Kaleidoscopic viewing box
the green embossed paper-covered box with six hand painted slides, hollow back, viewing prism and sliding lid with paper label in English, French and German Newest Multiplication Apparatus, (one slide cracked)

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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

Turning the prism produces a moving, kaleidoscopic effect. The slides show: an apple seller, a lady with an umbrella, an old woman taking snuff, a dancer, an owl carrying a saucepan and a chariot pulled by a butterfly.

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