Scarce and Special Feeling British Victorian Kaleidoscope with Treen Eyepiece European hand-drawn map I was in a frenzy

I was in a frenzy

There is a crack in the slate itself

I clearly have a weakness for antique stencils bearing texts that make them interesting as signs of sorts now

Here we've got A-Z plus an extra G and D

This huge old whimsy is about the size of a rolling pin

Scarce and Special Feeling British Victorian Kaleidoscope with Treen Eyepiece European hand-drawn map I was in a frenzyI'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.