Magic lanterns - Ernst Plank part 2

Magic Lanterns, manufactured by
Ernst Plank part 2

		Welt-Climax, 1895. Angular lamp house of black Japanned tin. Richly decorated lens support of cast metal ornaments, mounted on a wooden base. On both sides of the lantern a gold coloured metal plate with the model name of the lantern (one on the door) and the patent nr. E.Sch. No. 8703, and a metal plate with the E.P. trademark on the front of the lamp house. Only suitable for circular slides.
Climax 1898. Red lacquered spherical body, suitable for the normal oblong glass slides and disc shaped glass slides as well. Was obtainable in five sizes.		Black painted tin globe lantern. (1895)

Complete in its box, with five round glass disks with the series Robinson Crusoe, Human Races, Little Red Riding Hood, Portraits, and Geology, some oblong slides, a chromatrope and a mechanical slide.		Old brass E.P. Magic Lantern, c.1880s, in box.
Barrel shaped lantern, 1895. Black painted tin lamp house, trimmed in gold. The wooden ground plate measures 4 ¾” by 9 ½”. The lantern itself measures 11” from the lens to the back, 13” high to the top of the chimney, and is about 5” wide. The EP-trademark is on the front. Complete with the original small oil lamp.	1895. Spherical body made of tin, painted with red alcohol varnish. 20 cm tall. Suitable for 3 cm slides.
Red tin mailbox shaped magic lantern. Nickel lens and chimney parts; top of the chimney is polished brass. "E.P." trademark on back door. Sizes: 26 cm high x 8.5 cm wide x 18.8 cm long.
	Black painted mailbox shaped magic lantern. Gold coloured plate with the E.P. trademark on front above the slide holder. Gold painted triangular feet; polished brass lens & chimney. Sizes: 37.5 x 13.5 x 27.5 cm.
Though this nice magic lantern set is attributed to Georg Carette & Co. by Ernst Hrabalek (Laterna Magica), most specimens are found in an Ernst Plank case or box. This wooden box measures 9 x 8 x 4.5 inches. On the lid is a well-known E.P.- label (inset), picturing a group of Victorian era people watching the magic lantern show. The lantern itself is 6.5 inches tall and is made of black lacquered tin, on a wooden base. A small brass 'E.P.' metal plaque is affixed to the front. A second plaque (inset) shows the text 'Gesetzlich geschützt' (a German patent) and the model number '720'. This model was also available in red.

This projector is approximately 9.5 inches high and 4 inch wide, with lens 11 ¼" long. It has gold painted lion feet and a perforated chimney support. Two plaques are attached to the body, the side one reading 'Helios EP' with a sunburst pattern, the other with the standard winged E.P. trademark.	Ernst Plank's 'Helios' magic lantern.
Angular magic lantern, made of Russian iron. The slide holder contains a rather rare tin framed chromatrope C. 1900.
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