Beautifully Crafted Vintage French Apres La Pluie Taleidoscope in Marbled Sleeve ceramic bud vase 1913 to the Rayo Card

1913 to the Rayo Card Co

but all the better for being attached to a functional object

this little doll feels decidedly animate

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

No wonder Vera

Beautifully Crafted Vintage French Apres La Pluie Taleidoscope in Marbled Sleeve ceramic bud vase 1913 to the Rayo CardThis 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