Toy lantern (toy lantern, Ernst Plank, 1880s)
Lantern with slide inserted in carrier
Lantern and slides in original box
manufacturer: Ernst Plank
length 22 cm (8.7 inches); width 10 cm (3.9 inches); height 25 cm (9.8 inches)
(all dimensions are nominal; individual examples may have varied slightly from these values).
Small black German lantern with short messing part where a longer black curved chimney is missing, foot not movable, slide carrier removable, no mechanism to attach round slides, in original box (numbered no. 3941), with slides 8 Plank slides and 6 smaller slides.
Object number 468 in Robert Vrielynck, Collection Robert Vrielynck, self edition [Brugge 1998]. Current collection no. RV1_169 in Collection RV kept by the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (MuKHA).
in Robert Vrielynck Collection, item 468
in Museum voor Hedendagse Kunst Antwerpen: Museum for Contemporary Arts Antwerp, item RV1_169
Record created by and Richard Crangle. Last updated 26 October 2019
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