Beautifully Crafted Vintage French Apres La Pluie Taleidoscope in Marbled Sleeve ceramic bud vase and with all of those

and with all of those years evident across its surface

and well tossed around

No wonder Vera

22 1/4" x 15 7/8"

So singular feeling and with a great sense of mystery and strangeness

Beautifully Crafted Vintage French Apres La Pluie Taleidoscope in Marbled Sleeve ceramic bud vase and with all of thoseThis is not antique, but it is a very fine quality vintage French taleidoscope a taleidscope is like a kaleidoscope but with an open ended view; rather than holding colorful bits inside, whatever one points it at is transformed into kaleidoscopic pattern. Which is really much more exciting! Brushed steel I believe, brass and glass, with substantial weight, very sturdy and built to last. And housed in a lovely and sturdy and very French feeling lidded