Kaleidoscope
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1945
Materials
Metal, glass, wood and paper
Measurements
280 mm (length); 50 mm (width); 62 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664237
Summary
A pyramid Kaleidoscope (circa 1945); made from a tapering tube, triangular in section, covered with black paper. At the narrow end is a viewing lens. At the wider end, on one side, is a glass window. Inside are fragments of coloured metal foil.
Marks and inscriptions
On narrow side: THE/ 'PYRAMID' / MADE IN ENG. KALEIDOSCOPE