Online auction - Lot 163
[Magic lantern]
Gabriel Grubb.
S.l., York & Son, [post 1875]
Starting bid: €
80
€ 100 / 200
Bidding via DrouotLot description
17 painted glass sides, 8 x 8 cm, with black paper tape (some def.). One (2nd slide?) in a wooden frame, 10,5 x 26 cm, with a second glass moving behind (3rd and 9th slides largely cracked).
In wooden box with clasps, 6 x 12 x 28,5 cm, handwritten label "Gabriel Grub" pasted on the left. Label with legends printed on the back of the lid.
Every scene is presented in a large or small circle, surrounded by grey paper. Adaptated from Dickens' "Gabriel Grubb and the Christmas goblins".