AN UNUSUAL CASED SET OF ENGLISH HAND PAINTED GLASS EDUCATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES
UNSIGNED, MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising thirteen mahogany framed glass panes each measuring 14 inches long by 4 inches high (including frames) finely enamel painted with between one and four instructional astronomical diagrams with the edges of the frames hand labelled in ink - 1. MILKY WAY, ORION, URSA MAGOR; 2. Systems; 3. Moon, Jupiter, Saturn; 4. Sizes & Distances of Planets, Comets; 5. Zodiac, Nodes, Retrograde, Seasons; 6. Phases of the Moon, Shadows; 7. Theory of Eclipses; 8. Refraction, Parallax; 9. Eclipses of the Moon; 10. Tides; 11. Lunar Month, Crescent Moon, Quadrature, Gibbous; 12. Mercury, Mars, Venus, Uranus and 13. Revolution of the Earth. Precession, contained in a stained pine box with sliding lid applied with paper label titled ASTRONOMICAL to lid.
The box 38cm (15ins) long, 12.5cm (5ins) high, 12cm (4.75ins) deep.

Provenance:
Dreweatts, Fine Clocks, 7 Mar 2023, lot 14 (£900 hammer excl. BP)

Condition Report:
PLEASE NOTE: ALL LOTS ARE LOCATED AT SACKVILLE WEST STORAGE IN ANDOVER (SP10 3SA) AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW.

With wear, marks, knocks and scratches commensurate with age and use
Some old chips, splits, and losses
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