SOLD Victorian Magic Lantern Kaleidoscopic Chromotrope #1 antique beach photo Letters measure approx

Letters measure approx

24" x 6" x 7/16"

and I must say the wings on them

which I assume is the case here

SOLD Victorian Magic Lantern Kaleidoscopic Chromotrope #1 antique beach photo Letters measure approxI've had a couple of these, but it's been a long time they seem to have become harder and harder to find, and more and more precious. Happily I found two on a recent trip to Pennsylvania, listed individually today. Produced by some makers of magic lantern slides, these mechanical devices were called chromotropes, producing kaleidoscopic effects via two painted glass slides, one of them rotating when one turns the handle; low tech magic! I tried to