Untitled
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass and paper
Measurements
Each slide (max) - 36 mm (width); 131 mm (length), Each slide (min) - 125 mm (length); 31 mm (width)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666171
Summary
Nine rectangular glass lantern slides. Three of the slides have red paper borders, two have green and four have pink. Two of the slides with pink borders show a continuous scene, one is of Father Christmas on his sleigh and the other is of circus performers and animals. The other two contain five circular roundels. Each roundel depicts a picture. The front side is of animals faces dressed as humans, the other depicts five walking figures, and the middle one has dropped his hat. The two slides with green borders each have five characters on. One is of four peoples heads and a goose in a bonnet and the other depicts five animals doing various things, for example a goose on stilts. One of the slides with a red border is a continuous picture of wildlife, it depicts deer, a fox and rabbits with long tails. The other two each contain five roundels, one shows buildings with snow and water, and the other depicts farm animals. Total number of items is 9.