- Subject
- Pre-cinema & optical toys
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay in 1944.
- Object type
- kaleidoscope
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 225mm Height: 345mm Weight: 2kg
- Inventory No
- 70920
- Accession Number
- 1944-1/part
Description
The kaleidoscope is mounted in an off-centre position on a circular stand with three legs. The eyepiece is wooden and the casing has a pasteboard coating. In the lower half of the casing is an opening to take a turning handle for altering the images inside the kaleidoscope.
