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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1938.299 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name toy, kaleidoscope Description Telescope shaped toy on a pedestal stand of turned wood with a circular stand - the stem decorated - the kaleidoscope tube consists of an eye piece, a gold and black tube with a section at the other end that revolves - these instruments make designs with fragments of coloured glass. In this model the glass consists of tubes filled with water and containing an air bubble: the designs resulting are very effective. Production date 1890 Material metal Dimensions height: 330.00 mm Location On Display - Hollytrees Museum, Colchester Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1938.299
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

toy, kaleidoscope
Description

Telescope shaped toy on a pedestal stand of turned wood with a circular stand - the stem decorated - the kaleidoscope tube consists of an eye piece, a gold and black tube with a section at the other end that revolves - these instruments make designs with fragments of coloured glass. In this model the glass consists of tubes filled with water and containing an air bubble: the designs resulting are very effective.
Production date

1890
Material

metal
Dimensions
Location

On Display - Hollytrees Museum, Colchester

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