Sale 5142
London, South Kensington
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22 January 2007
Price realised
GBP 900
Estimate
Medaillon polychrome lantern Lapierre, France; metal body with red, green, blue and orange and yellow lacquer finish, chimney, lens, lens cap, illuminant and two sets of strip slides showing L'Histoire de Polichinel and military figures, with folded sheet of instructions in French, English, Spanish and Italian, in maker's fitted box
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Literature
Thomas Ganz (1994) Die Welt im Kasten, p. 42 Ernst Hrabalek (1985), Laterna Magica, p. 149 no. 184
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