Sale 5142
London, South Kensington
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22 January 2007
Price realised
GBP 312
Estimate
Chromatrope slides Carpenter & Westley, London; two wood-mounted, hand-cranked mechanical slides with paper label THE CHROMATROPE OR ARTIFICIAL FIREWORKS, no. 7 and no. 12, 10 x 4 inches (2)
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