Untitled
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass and cardboard
Measurements
Each slide - 82 mm (length); 82 mm (width), Box - 93 mm (length); 93 mm (width); 45 mm (height), Each piece of the broken slide (min) - 6 mm (length), Each piece of the broken slide (max) – 82 mm (length)
Place of origin
Britain
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666143
Summary
A set of twelve glass lantern slides. The slides are all square and have black paper borders. Each square has been numbered from one to twelve and has a picture set in a circle. The slides depict a story about two men, a barrel and a tiger. One of the slides has been badly broken and is in thirteen pieces, and number twelve is very cracked. The slides are all contained in the cardboard lid of a box, the base of which is missing. A paper label on the top of the box reads 'The 'Indcol' Coloured Optical Lantern Slides'. Total number of items is 25.
Marks and inscriptions
On the lid of the box: 'The 'INDCOL'/COLOURED OPTICAL/LANTERN SLIDES/BRITISH/MADE/Standard/Size/12/IN A/SET/WITH/LECTURE/The Elephants Revenge.'