Scarce and Special Feeling British Victorian Kaleidoscope with Treen Eyepiece antique zoological watercolor A few very minor stains/smudges

A few very minor stains/smudges to the paper

There are a couple of minor scrapes/dings to the black frame

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Scarce and Special Feeling British Victorian Kaleidoscope with Treen Eyepiece antique zoological watercolor A few very minor stains/smudgesI'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.