A Fully Operational Vintage Butcher's Boys Own' Magic Lantern, Complete With 7 Boxes of Lantern Slides sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles emerald green etc

emerald green etc

aerial reconnaissance photographs

Width: 11 inches at head or 19 inches with horns

On the underside of the lid is the original trade label which reads “Rogers’s Superior London-Made Water Colors… the great superiority of these colors has been proved by the society of arts having awarded Joshua Rogers their large special prize gold medal”

it has not traded for decades and the name is now used by a London cocktail establishment

A Fully Operational Vintage Butcher's Boys Own' Magic Lantern, Complete With 7 Boxes of Lantern Slides sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles emerald green etcOrigin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 Height: 9 inches Length: 19 inches full extended or 12 inches of housing Depth: 6 inches Slides: 3. 25 x 3. 25 inches A green painted tin magic lantern, with large telescopic brass lens, and an attractive logo painted in gilt on the sides. Inside the box is a light bulb and fitting, with a new cord and plug, which has recently been rewired, earthed and checked for