1475 Four single lever-type wooden slides for magic lantern; subjects include a rocking lifeboat, a ship and globe, and an early steamship; generally 10 x 17.5cm overall. (4) $200–300 ❖ 1476 Group of wooden slides, mostly double slipping slide-type; noted Ratcatcher and Bell Rock Lighthouse; the largest 11 x 17.5cm overall. (8 items) $300–500 ❖ 1477 Group of rotary-type wooden slides for magic lantern; noted Ratcatcher (with slipping slide element) and steamship at sea (eccentric movement-type); generally 11 x 18cm. (6 items) $500–750 ❖ 1478 Amusing wooden slide for magic lantern depicting an over-enthusiastic barber, combination double-pulley/ slipping slide-type, mid-19th century; 11 x 24cm overall. $100–200 ❖ 1479 Two mid-19th century chromatropes; 10.5 x 22cm excluding cranks. (2) $200–300 ❖ 1480 ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS: Panoramic slipping slide for magic lantern, likely depicting one of the many eruptions that took place in the 19th century; 8 x 30.5cm overall. $100–150 ❖ 1481 Group of mid-19th century panoramic slipping slides, the largest 10 x 38cm overall; rail, shipping (noted Niagara Falls), lighthouse, and horse-drawn carriage interest. (7 items) $250–350 ❖ 1482 ARCTIC EXPLORATION: Mid-19th century “eccentric movement”-type wooden slide for magic lantern; foreground depicts rocking sailship with British Red Ensign and narwhal, mid-field depicting another ship sailing left to right, background depicting static arctic icebergs; believed to be a depiction of Franklin’s 1845 attempt to find the Northwest Passage; dimensions 11.5 x 27cm (excluding crank). $300–500 ❖ 1483 SLIPPING SLIDES: Mostly humorous group, late 19th-century; noted “Ladies Only”, “Irish Stew”, and four “Good Night” types; generally 10.5 x 18cm overall. (28 items) $500–750 ❖ 1484 CHROMATROPES: Group of eight different designs, mid-19th century, brass cranks, timber frames. (8) $800–1,000 1485 WOODEN SLIDES: Mid-19th century group comprising six numbered “Mammalia” panoramic slides and six smaller single-image slides (horse- riding/indigenous inhabitants content), together with a toy magic lantern in red. (13 items) $250–350 ❖ 1486 WOODEN SLIDES: Late-19th century group comprising one lever-type (horse drinking from river), four comedic slipping slides, and a “Soldier’s Dream” part-set [4/5] of dissolving views for biunial by Newton & Sons; the largest 13.5 x 20.5cm. (9 items) $250–350 ❖ 1487 INDCOL COLOURED OPTICAL LANTERN SLIDES: Group of sets of glass slides for magic lantern, each set comprising twelve 83 x 83mm slides, the titles being “Airships & Aeroplanes”, “Life in Africa”, “The Emigrant’s Voyage”, “Jack’s Treasure”, and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. $250–350 ❖ 1484 151
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