Toy lantern (magic or optical lantern, n.d.)

Type of hardware

Nation of origin

unknown

Date of first manufacture

unknown

Examples of this hardware

Climax (Brass Climax) (toy lantern, Ernst Plank, c.1880)
Eos (toy lantern, Gebrüder Bing, n.d.)
Fabrik (toy lantern, Georges Carette & Co., n.d.)
Fassmodell (toy lantern, Jean Schoenner, 1890s)
Lampascope Boule (toy lantern, Lapierre et Cie, 1880s)
Lanterne Carrée mod. 3 (toy lantern, Lapierre et Cie, n.d.)
Lanterne de Salon (toy lantern, Lapierre et Cie, 1880s)
Laterna Magica (toy lantern, Jean Schoenner, n.d.)
Laterna Magica (toy lantern, Gebrüder Bing, 1900s)
Polychrome (toy lantern, Louis Aubert, n.d.)
Scio (toy lantern, Gebrüder Bing, c.1910)
The Little Buckeye projector (toy lantern, Buckeye Stereopticon Company, n.d.)
Toy lantern (toy lantern, Ernst Plank, 1880s)
Toy magic lantern (toy lantern, Ernst Plank, n.d.)
Tour Eiffel lantern: 35cm (toy lantern, Louis Aubert, 1889)
Laterna Magica: La Meduse (toy lantern, E. V. L., 1880s)

Dimensions

unknown

Production

Original retail price

unknown

References

Willem Tebra, ‘[Book review: Magie lumineuse]’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 14

‘Catalogue for the Exhibition’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 8

Honore Bostel, ‘The magic lantern: a children's toy’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), pp. 10-11

‘Magic lantern jigsaw puzzle’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 15

Derek Jones and Tony Dugdale, ‘Puzzle corner’ in NMLJ 2.3 (January 1983), p. 17

Illustrations in

‘Catalogue for the Exhibition’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), 8
Willem Tebra, ‘[Book review: Magie lumineuse]’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), 14
‘Magic lantern jigsaw puzzle’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), 15
Derek Jones and Tony Dugdale, ‘Puzzle corner’ in NMLJ 2.3 (January 1983), 17

Lucerna ID 2000020

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 25 June 2017

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Toy lantern (magic or optical lantern, n.d.)