General Information

Serial #

377

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Glass lenses and slide; metal lens casings, burner, lamp base, lens support, chimney and shell; wooden box lined with paper, metal and cloth "holders"; painted images; cloth wick

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

17.2 cm

Width

10.2 cm

Height

17.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO THROW AN IMAGE ON A SURFACE SO IT CAN BE VIEWED. THE LIGHT CREATED BY THE LAMP PROJECTS A STILL IMAGE (ON A GLASS SLIDE) THROUGH A LENS AND ONTO A SCREEN FOR VIEWING.

Technical

This popular nineteenth-century toy-like instrument evolved into a modern lecturer's aid to project photographic slides ( 2) p. 277)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On outside of box (on label): a rectangular octagon with "J.S." printed inside and a star and winged wheel above these letters, "TRADE-MARK" printed above actagon, "FABRIK-MARKE" below. "LATERNA MAGICA MAGIC LANTERN LANTERNE MAGIQUE" on label, and "No. 377" handwritten

Missing

No oil

Finish

Lamp base, chimney top, shell trim, burner, lens casings are brass plated metal; wooden base is stained dark brown and black; chimney painted black; shell is painted red with black and gilt; statue on lens support is copper(?) plated metal; slides are painted in colour with black border; box covered in burgandy leatherette (?)

Decoration

On base: a carved statue of a bearded man with a leaf-topped pedestal from his waist down (he is "holding up" lens support) Inside box: lining paper is bordered with gold coloured trim