Scarce and Special Feeling British Victorian Kaleidoscope with Treen Eyepiece antique zoological watercolor which slides--allowing for viewer participation

which slides--allowing for viewer participation

paper size 5 7/8” x 9 3/4”

Horizontal fold and toning as evident

including what I believe is the edition number

There is a fair amount about Fehn out there

Scarce and Special Feeling British Victorian Kaleidoscope with Treen Eyepiece antique zoological watercolor which slides--allowing for viewer participationI'm always on the hunt for old kaleidoscopes, very happy when I find a homemade one, but this is something else, and the most beautiful I've seen a Victorian example, made in England, with this gorgeous treen (turned wood) eye piece, which feels to me like the very essence icon of kaleidoscope. The body is pasteboard, with elegant printed paper wrap, and tin around the glass end, partially wrapped in brown paper embossed with a leaf and vine pattern.