Beautifully Crafted Vintage French Apres La Pluie Taleidoscope in Marbled Sleeve antique tin figure These two wooden cutouts--SOLD SEPARATELY

These two wooden cutouts--SOLD SEPARATELY

Earlyish  20th c

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This faience vase was designed by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen as part of its BACA series in the 1960s

Beautifully Crafted Vintage French Apres La Pluie Taleidoscope in Marbled Sleeve antique tin figure These two wooden cutouts--SOLD SEPARATELYThis 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