Palace and Fountain
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, a palace in the background, from the top of which fireworks spray out. Hedge with bushes and flowers at either side, receding into background. In foreground, a fountain with two serpents holding up a globe. Pinks, greens, and white.
place: label: made in
content: Savoy, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1937-18-8
objectType: label: Type
content: toys & games
label: Object Name
content: Lantern slide
label: Type
content: Lantern slide
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Cut paper on wood frame
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 44.8 × 49.9 cm (17 5/8 × 19 5/8 in.)