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Magic Lantern Kasper silhouette slides
lot 200 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
The Little Kasper- 6 wood-framed lantern slides after Albert Smith's show, "Der Kleine Kasper", a German version of the Punch and Judy Show. Set of 6 (Qty: 6) ... read more
Sold for £56 Result including buyers premium More details 3
Magic Lantern Slides, Collection of 13 Slip Slides
lot 201 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
Collection of 13 wooden-framed magic lantern slip slides
Sold for £81 Result including buyers premium More details 3
Magic Lantern Slides, Collection of 13 slip slides
lot 202 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
Collection of 13 wooden-framed magic lantern slip slides, very clean and all working
Sold for £162 Result including buyers premium More details 4
Magic Lantern Mechanical Chromatropes
lot 203 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
Collection of 10 Victorian mechanical magic lantern chromatropes including: an unusual chromatrope with 2 concentric disks with offset blue rings ... read more
Sold for £325 Result including buyers premium More details 11
Magic Lantern Slides, 4 good chromatropes by Negretti & Zambra
lot 204 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
Collection of 4 Victorian mechanical magic lantern chromatropes by 'Negretti & Zambra', including an unusal design with a label for 'Riband ... read more
Sold for £275 Result including buyers premium More details 5
Magic Lantern Slide of a swaying Ship at Sea
lot 205 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
Mahogany framed slide with a very delicately painted harbour scene, a small fishing boat on a glass plate is rocked back and forth by rotating the ... read more
Sold for £125 Result including buyers premium More details 2
Magic Lantern Slide, Artificial Fireworks
lot 206 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1860, wooden frame with printed label for 'The Chromatrope Artifical Fireworks' with contra rotating glass disks
Sold for £38 Result including buyers premium More details 2
Ship Crossing From Dover to Calais, Complex Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide
lot 207 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, late 19th Century, unsigned, slide shows a steam paddle ship, motions include rotating paddle, rocking ship, moving waves all via cams and a ... read more
Sold for £600 Result including buyers premium More details 3
A Rare Magic Lantern Scientific Slide
lot 208 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1880, unsigned, this slide is used to demonstrate how a clock escapement works, used in conjunction with a scientific Magic Lantern, a ... read more
Sold for £250 Result including buyers premium More details 3
A Complex Magic Lantern Slide of a Clowns Face
lot 209 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
mahogany frame with an image of a clowns face, with 5 levers to the side to change the position of his eyebrows, pupils, hands pull sides of mouth, a ... read more
Sold for £400 Result including buyers premium More details 3
Magic Lantern Slide of A Clown In The Stew Pot
lot 210 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
the slide with long glass slide to remove the seated clown and show surprise on the others face, a lever then moves the missing clowns legs up and ... read more
Sold for £288 Result including buyers premium More details 5
Perkin, Son & Rayment, The Magic Lantern
lot 211 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
Perkin, Son & Rayment, The Magic Lantern its Construction & Use, published by Perkin, Son & Rayment, c.1890, orange cloth black line illustration to ... read more
Sold for £75 Result including buyers premium More details 9
Large 12" Zoetrope, London Stereoscopic Company
lot 212 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1880, with paper label for 'WHEEL OF LIFE, SECURED BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT, London Stereoscopic Photographic Compy, Sole Licensees'; large ... read more
Sold for £438 Result including buyers premium More details 5
Spooner's Transformation, Napoleon
lot 213 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
William Spooner, titled 'Spooner's Transformations No. 8: Napoleon on the Rocks of St. Helena, Changing the reunion of the Emporer and his Son, ... read more
Sold for £362 Result including buyers premium More details 5
lot 214 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
French, c.1900, label printed 'Le Praxinoscope', the 22cm dia. black painted tinplate drum on a turned wood base with the label, candle holder, shade ... read more
Sold for £475 Result including buyers premium More details 8
G. W. Transparencies, Interior of Convent
lot 215 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
G. W. Transparencies, title reads 'G. W.'s Transparencies, Interior of a Convent, London: published by Reeves & Sons Cheapside and WMorgan, 64 Hatton ... read more
Sold for £62 Result including buyers premium More details 3
G. W. Transparencies, Midnight Mass
lot 216 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
G. W. Transparencies, title reads 'G. W.'s Transparencies,Midnight Mass London: published by Reeves & Sons Cheapside and WMorgan, 64 Hatton Garden' ... read more
Sold for £62 Result including buyers premium More details 3
Unusually Small Polyorama Panoptique
lot 217 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
French, c.1850 label to lid reads ''POLYRAMA PANOPTIQUE, BREVET D'INVENTION. S G ne de Gouv', green paper covered body with green paper circular ... read more
Sold for £525 Result including buyers premium More details 14
lot 218 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
German(?), lithophane stamped 1892, porcelain panel in frame, with replaced light to rear
Sold for £81 Result including buyers premium More details 4
Spooner's Protean View, No.5 The Magic Lantern
lot 219 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
Spooner's Protean View, No.5 The Magic Lantern, the view in modern mount in contemporary frame, image shows Magic Lantern operator with audience, ... read more
Sold for £212 Result including buyers premium More details 4
Indonesian painted shadow puppets
lot 220 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
2 Indonesian painted shadow puppets with articulated limbs, constructed of leather with wooden handles, both hand painted
Sold for £69 Result including buyers premium More details 8
3 19th Century Chinese Silk Puppets
lot 221 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
19th Century Chinese silk puppets, comprising: a figure of an Emperor wearing a long red silk robe and headdress, embroidered in coloured silk along ... read more
Estimated at £40 - £60 More details 7
2 Polychrome Phenakistoscope Disks
lot 222 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1830's both published by G. S. Treyear, 123 Cheapside London, disks include The Magic Circle N.1 and The Magic Circle No.6
Sold for £50 Result including buyers premium More details 4
lot 223 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
French, c.1880, unsigned but stamped made in France, with adjustable table clamp, telescopic stand with rack and pinion adjustment to the top, prism ... read more
Sold for £225 Result including buyers premium More details 4
lot 224 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1860, stamped Cary London to the prism housing, constructed of lacquered brass with screw tabel clamp, telescopic stand, prism with filter ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 3
Reynaud, Charles-Émile, Praxinoscope Theater
lot 225 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
French, c.1877, label for 'LE PRAXINOSCOPE, ER, PARIS' French polished case opening to form the viewer, with window to the top of the lid, sliot in ... read more
Sold for £1,625 Result including buyers premium More details 15
lot 226 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1890, plaque signed 'W. Tylar's LANTERNASCOPE, High Street, Aston, Birmingham', French polished wooden body with focusing eyepiece, ... read more
Sold for £162 Result including buyers premium More details 6
Walter Tyler, A Binocular Lanternescope
lot 227 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1900, unsigned but made by Walter Tyler, constructed of French polished wood, red bellows with push/pull focus, screw adjustment to ... read more
Sold for £525 Result including buyers premium More details 5
Very Fine Brass & Mahogany Magic Lantern
lot 228 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
Scottish, c.1890, with ivorine plaque for 'J. Lizars, Manufacturing Optician', French polished mahogany body with all lacquered brass parts, red ... read more
Sold for £312 Result including buyers premium More details 8
lot 229 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1860, unmarked, Brewater type stereoviewer finished in Bur walnut , stereo lenses on fold down lens panel, in paper lined case with recess ... read more
Sold for £150 Result including buyers premium More details 7
lot 230 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
Scottish, c.1900, unsigned but by J Lizars, French polished wood with lacquered brass parts, with rack and pinion focus, adjustable lenses, screw in ... read more
Sold for £188 Result including buyers premium More details 4
Very Fine Cosmorama Stereo Viewer
lot 231 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1860, signed to plaque in gothic font 'Robt. Christie 13 Duuro Cottages, St Johns Wood, London', the viewer with gothic arched viewing ... read more
Sold for £625 Result including buyers premium More details 5
lot 232 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1880, unsigned, bombe-shaped stereo viewer with rack and pinion focus, ground glass screen and fold up mirror for opaque and transparent ... read more
Sold for £400 Result including buyers premium More details 6
Smith, Beck & Beck Mirror Stereoviewer
lot 233 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1860, signed to the lens surrounds 'ACHROMATIC STEREOSCOPE, SMITH, BECK & BECK, 31 CORNHILL LONDON' and to the red leather covered handle ' ... read more
Sold for £262 Result including buyers premium More details 9
Smith, Beck & Beck Achromatic Stereoscope
lot 234 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, C.1860, serial no. 1614, signed around eyepieces 'ACHROMATIC STEREOSCOPE, SMITH, BECK & BECK, 31 CORNHILL, LONDON', viewer with adjustable ... read more
Sold for £400 Result including buyers premium More details 4
Collection of 3 Early Brewster Style Stero Viewers
lot 235 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
including an early example with screw focus eyepieces, a viewer with adjustable eyepieces and another simple viewer with push pull eyepieces
Sold for £238 Result including buyers premium More details 3
lot 236 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
French, unmarked, the viewer with leather-covered lens holders with screw focus, French polished wooden body with ground glass screen SKU0223D
Sold for £62 Result including buyers premium More details 5
lot 237 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, dated 1858, signed to the plaque 'Murray & Heath, 43 Piccadilly London, Reg Feb 1858' French polished Bur Walnut, the viewer with rack and ... read more
Sold for £150 Result including buyers premium More details 6
Gallary Stereo Viewer, J. Lizars
lot 239 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
Scottish, c.1900, ivorine plaque for 'J. Lizars Challenge Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, Belfast Aberdeen Liverpool' viewer constructed of French ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £400 More details 5
Brewster Pattern Stereo Viewer On Stand, Murray & Heath
lot 240 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1860, engraved to the brass foot 'MURRAY & HEATH, 43 Piccadilly, London' and the same to a plaque on the top of the viewer, viewer with ... read more
Sold for £438 Result including buyers premium More details 5
Brewster-Type Stereoscope on Stand
lot 241 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1860, unsigned, viewer of typical form, square lenses on fold up lens panel for cleaning, lift up flap with mirror to back, with ground ... read more
Sold for £212 Result including buyers premium More details 4
Negretti & Zambra, Fine Stereo Viewer
lot 242 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1860, plaque engraved 'Negretti & Zambra, Photo's to the Crystal Palace, 59 Cornhill & H. Hatton Garden London' and to a circular plaque ... read more
Sold for £262 Result including buyers premium More details 7
A Fine Folding French Stereo Viewer
lot 243 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
French, c.1900, with ivorine plaque marked 'Verascope Richard Rue Helevry, 10 & Rue Mayerbeer 7 Usine: 25 Rue Meilingue Paris', folding viewer for ... read more
Sold for £138 Result including buyers premium More details 5
lot 244 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
including a viewer with a plaque for 'Unis - France' with rack and pinion focusing, French polished body with rack and pinion focusing and inter ... read more
Sold for £138 Result including buyers premium More details 3
lot 245 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
French, c.1880, unsigned, of bombe form French polished walnut with ebonised edging, rack and pinion focus with unusual oval eyepieces on fold up ... read more
Sold for £138 Result including buyers premium More details 3
Charles Sand, Patent Stereo Viewer
lot 246 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
English, c.1857, stamped 'L.S.C. Patent' to the top brass work and to a plaque 'London Stereoscopic Company 54 Cheapside', French polished burr ... read more
Sold for £138 Result including buyers premium More details 5
A Large (16.7cm x 8.4cm) stereo Viewer, Gaumont, Paris
lot 247 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
French, c.1905, plaque engraved 'Societe des Etablissements, GAUMONT, Constructeur, No. 1082, Paris' large French polished wooden case with internal ... read more
Sold for £338 Result including buyers premium More details 8
Table Top Stereo Viewer "Le Minimus"
lot 248 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
French, patented 23. Feb. 1907 by Lucien Bize and Simeon-Louis Claparède, ivorine label for 'Le Minimus, Stereo Auto Classeur Brevete S.G.D.G.' , to ... read more
Estimated at £300 - £500 More details 7
French Table Stereo Viewer By Unis, Paris
lot 249 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025)
French, c.1900, brass label to the front reads 'UNIS FRANCE, STEREOSCOPES MATTEY PARIS' the viewer with door to base with 2 drawers each containing ... read more
Sold for £212 Result including buyers premium More details 20