Lovely Smaller Sized Antique Magic Lantern Chromotrope moveable artillery 1840 miniature portrait painting really

1840 miniature portrait painting really does it for me

and perfect gift for an emerging Francophile

and the losses impart an appropriate sense of this as a dug-up ancient treasure

which just cry out to me to be brought home

with the corners of diamonds doubling as horns

Lovely Smaller Sized Antique Magic Lantern Chromotrope moveable artillery 1840 miniature portrait painting reallyI'll never pass by a chromotrope if I can help it optical magic of the purest sort. And this one is of a smaller scale than one typically sees, which makes it feel extra special to me. Bright and crisp color, with the optical effect produced by the rotation of one glass slide while the other remains static when one turns the handle. Lovely. 5 1 2" l including handle x 2" t x 7 16" d. Very good antique condition, handle turns smoothly.