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Kaleidoscope

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Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1870-1890

GUSN

GUSN-60800

Description

Circular base with a baluster shaped pedestal and a brass cylinder with a ship's wheel focus.

Details

Descriptive Terms

kaleidoscopes
brass (alloy)
leather
Toy, Optical
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

14 x 10 1/2 x 3 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2626

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