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Lot Essay
A lantern with a changing mechanism introduced in 1888 by W. C. Hughes and offered by other manufacturers.
Details
Metamorphoser lantern
J. Wrench, London; Russian iron lamphouse, side and back-opening doors each with blue viewing window, electric illuminant, metal plate THE METAMORPHOSER. PATENT NO. 15440, brass slide-changing lever operating a double slide-changing stage, condensing lens, lacquered-brass lens mount and a rack and pinion focusing brass bound lens
J. Wrench, London; Russian iron lamphouse, side and back-opening doors each with blue viewing window, electric illuminant, metal plate THE METAMORPHOSER. PATENT NO. 15440, brass slide-changing lever operating a double slide-changing stage, condensing lens, lacquered-brass lens mount and a rack and pinion focusing brass bound lens
Literature
Robinson et.al. (2001), Encyclopaedia of the Magic Lantern, p. 192.
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