A Shop Fire Dissolving Magic Lantern Slide Set

lot 251 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A ‘shop fire’ day, night and shop ablaze. 3 slide magic lantern dissolve set, hand coloured. measuring 7” x 4”

Sold for £100    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

5 Astronomical Double Magic Lantern Slides

lot 252 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

by Newton, Opticians & Globe Makers, Fleet St London with 10 hand painted images of astronomical subjects

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 2  

A 'Cricket' Magic Lantern Slide

lot 253 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

‘cricket’ hand painted magic lantern slipping slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4”

Sold for £25    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

A Very Early Set of Magic Lantern Slide

lot 254 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

An Unusual set of Mahogany slides with smaller than usual hand painted circular windows, 2 with seperate rectangular windown for subject labels ... read more

Sold for £25    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A Rare set of Dissolving Aurora Borealis’ Magic Lantern Slides

lot 255 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

‘aurora borealis’. 2 slide magic lantern dissolve set, hand painted. measuring 7” x 4 1/4”.

Sold for £250    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

Magic Lantern Dissolve Set

lot 256 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

Mahogany framed slides of a hand tinted sleeping child with a second slide of floating angels, slide labelled 'Dissolving - Hovering Angels - The ... read more

Sold for £100    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

Magic Lantern Slide of a Woman with Growing Chin & Nose

lot 257 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

wooden slide with hand-painted image of woman with a glass slipping slide to reveal a growing nose and chin, 24cm x 11cm

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 3  

Magic Lantern Slide of Silhouetted Dancing Monkeys

lot 258 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

Mahogany slide with 2 articulated brass monkeys on a spindle driven by a cord rotated by the handle, in the original case, 18cm x 11 cm

Sold for £175    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

Lantern Slide of People Ice Skating

lot 259 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

long wooden slide with hand-painted winter scene with frozen lake, handle is pulled and a group of hand-painted ice skaters glide across the ... read more

Sold for £212    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

Magic Lantern Slide, Tug of War

lot 260 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

Mahogany framed slide with hand-painted top curtain with brass silhouetted characters having a tug of war, the slide is operated by 2 levers at the ... read more

Estimated at £300 - £400 More details 2  

A Very Finely Painted Magic Lantern Slide Set

lot 261 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

the 6 mahogany slides with delicately painted scenes of 'The Miller, His Son and their Donkey' the slides with the owners name 'L. D. Brooke' in pen ... read more

Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 2  

Magic Lantern Slide of Man Fighting a Snake

lot 262 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

Mahogany slide with a good clear image of a man fighting a snake, the snake is animated a the secondary dlass slide by moving the lever up and down, ... read more

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Magic Lantern Dissolve Set of an Alpine Climber

lot 263 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

mahogany slides, the first of a hand painted static image of a climber high up in the Alps, smoking a pipe next to a camp fire, the second slide has ... read more

Estimated at £300 - £400 More details 2  

Magic Lantern Slide of Man with Growing Chin

lot 264 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

Mahogany slide impressed 'ABRAHAM & Co LIVERPOOL' with hand-painted image of a man, when the lever is turned his chin grows 17.5cm x 10cm

Estimated at £60 - £80 More details 3  

Magic Lantern Slide of a Dancing Sailor

lot 265 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

Mahogany fremed slide, stamped 'REGISTERED' the slide with a hand painted stage, in the centre is a silhouetted articulated sailer, his movements ... read more

Sold for £225    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Magic Lantern Slide of Animated Boats at Anchor

lot 266 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

mahogany slide with evening scene of tall ships at anchor in Alexandria, with rowing boat leaving the ship and another boat rises and falls in ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 2  

Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide of an Optical Illusion

lot 267 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

mahogany slide with a single rotating disk, with hand painted image of 3 soldiers with large moustaches and hats, however, as the slide rotates the ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 3  

Magic Lantern Slides of Hogarth's Drawings

lot 268 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

Mahogany frames impressed 'NEWTON 3 FLEET ST LONDON', each with hand painted scenes of Industry & Idleness, by Hogarth, 5 from a set of 12 (Slides 3, ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 2  

Magic Lantern Slides of Old London

lot 269 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

Mahogany slides with hand-painted and hand -coloured slides, Slide 12 labelled 'D.W. Noake & Son' and 'Old London', 'The Frost Fair', the other ... read more

Estimated at £300 - £500 More details 2  

Magic Lantern Slide of a Rural Scene With a Curtain

lot 270 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

the mahogany framed slide with a detailed hand-painted image of a country scene, with a winding handle to the top and spindle to the bottom, when the ... read more

Sold for £175    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Magic Lantern Slide of Native People Dancing Around a Burning Person

lot 271 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

Mahogany Slide, with hand-painted scene of a fire on a beach, a rotating lever operates a dancing crowd around the fire and the poor unfortunate tied ... read more

Sold for £69    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide of a Windmill

lot 272 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

Mahogany Framed slide impressed 'CARPENTER & WESTLEY 24 REGENTST LONDON', with hand-painted scene of a windmill and sunset, with crank driven ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 2  

Magic Lantern Slide of a swaying Ship at Sea

lot 273 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

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

Estimated at £100 - £150 More details 2  

A Complex Mechanical Polarising Magic Lantern Slide of a Swan

lot 274 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

the slide is constructed of mahogany with an image of a swan between 2 polarizing film filters, the handle rotates one of the filter to reveal the ... read more

Sold for £650    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A Complete Set of 9 Astronomical Lantern Slides

lot 275 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

English c.1880, unsigned but typical of the sets made by Newton or Carpenter & Westly, the set of slides in the original pine storage box with a ... read more

Sold for £1,375    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

An Automita-esque Lantern Slide of a Boy Being Caned

lot 276 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

English, 19th Century, brass silhouette of a teacher caning a poor student, the action via 2 lever controls to the side 7" x 4.25" Note: purchased by ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 2  

lot 277 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

French, 19th century, blue label for 'E. Mazo, 10 Bould. Magenta, Paris' further labelled in pen 'Le Bains froids' - the cold baths, the slide with ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 3  

Lantern Slide of A Devil & Wheelbarrow

lot 278 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

An unusual slide of a hand-painted devil pushing a wheelbarrow, a brass lever then covers the devils head and reveals in now in the wheelbarrow, 19cm ... read more

Sold for £238    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Magic Lantern Mechanical Beehive Slide

lot 279 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

the slide with contra-rotating glass disks giving the effect of swarming bees outside the beehive, with finely hand-painted woven beehive in an ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 2  

A Very Large Polytechnic Chromatrope Magic Lantern Slide

lot 280 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

Large Mahogany Frame constructed in 3 parts, hand painted contra-rotating glass disks driven by gearing behind the large brass frame, with makers ... read more

Sold for £475    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide of a musician with Changing Faces

lot 281 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

mahogany frame with mechanical geared disk with 13 different facial expressions, 18cm x 11 cm

Sold for £250    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

‘A Very Merry Christmas Chromtrope’ Hand-Painted Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide

lot 282 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

‘a very merry christmas chromtrope’ hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4 1/2”.

Sold for £75    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A Hand Painted Chromotrope / Watermill Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide

lot 283 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A hand painted chromotrope / watermill rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4 1/2”

Sold for £94    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A Beehive Chromatrope Magic Lantern Slide

lot 284 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A ‘beehive / chromotrope’, hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4 1/4”.

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A ‘Man Eating Rats’, Hand-Painted Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide

lot 285 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A ‘man eating rats’, hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide by Carpenter and Westley. works well. measuring 7” x 3 3/4”.

Sold for £81    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A ‘Volcano’ Hand-Painted Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide

lot 286 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A ‘volcano’ hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 6 1/2” x 4”.

Sold for £106    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A ‘Eidotrope’ Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide

lot 287 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A ‘eidotrope’ rackwork magic lantern slide, the slide produces a zoom-in/out effect, works well. measuring 7” x 4 1/2”.

Sold for £775    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A Dissolving Set of Lantern Slides With a Snow Effect

lot 288 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

comprising of three wooden framed slides, the first a hand-painted static image of carol singers in the moon lit snow before a house, the second ... read more

Sold for £562    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Handpainted Windmill chromatrope Magic Lantern Slide

lot 289 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A ‘windmill / chromotrope’ hand-painted contra-rotating rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4”

Sold for £69    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A Hand-Painted Windmill Magic Lantern Slide

lot 290 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

windmill’ hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4”

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 2  

A 'Good Night' Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide

lot 291 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A ‘goodnight chromtrope’ hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4”

Sold for £81    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A ‘Goose skipping, with Punch and Judy’ Magic Lantern Slide

lot 292 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A ‘Goose skipping, with Punch and Judy’ hand-painted magic lantern skipping slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4”

Sold for £56    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A Fish Bowl, Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide

lot 293 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A ‘fishbowl’ hand-painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4”

Sold for £81    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

An Unusual Curtain Magic Lantern Slide

lot 294 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A ‘curtain slide’ unusual magic lantern goodnight curtain slide. with fabric curtain that unvails the image, with stamp for 'W. F. Archer Liverpool'. ... read more

Sold for £100    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

A ‘Chromotrope’ Hand-Painted Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide

lot 295 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

A ‘chromotrope’ hand-painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4”.

Sold for £88    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

An Astronomical Orrery Magic Lantern Slide

lot 296 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

An Astronomical Orrery Magic Lantern Slide with label for 'No.1 The Solar System, shewing the revolution of all the planets with their satellites ... read more

Sold for £200    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

'The Fountain’ a Pair of Dissolving View Magic Lantern Slides

lot 297 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

'the fountain’ a pair of dissolving view magic lantern slides. measuring 7” x 4 1/2”

Sold for £106    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

Mechanical 'Fountain', Hand-Painted Magic Lantern Slide

lot 298 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

fountain’ hand-painted rackwork magic lantern slide. measuring 7” x 4 1/2”

Sold for £88    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

4 hand painted astronomical mechanical magic lantern slides

lot 299 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

4 hand painted astronomical mechanical magic lantern slides, including the Seasons, The Earth Roundidity, Phases of the Moon, Eclips & Transit of ... read more

Sold for £250    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A Complex Magic Lantern Slide of a Clowns Face

lot 300 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)

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

Estimated at £700 - £1,000 More details 3