Scarce and Special Feeling British Victorian Kaleidoscope with Treen Eyepiece European hand-drawn map 6 7/8 x 2 15/16

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Scarce and Special Feeling British Victorian Kaleidoscope with Treen Eyepiece European hand-drawn map 6 7/8 x 2 15/16I'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.