Royal and Noble
Royal and Noble
Property from the Estate of Jhr. Ir. G.C. (Gijs) Six van Wimmenum (1892-1975)
A DUTCH OAK CASED AND SHEET METAL MAGIC LANTERN (TOVERLANTAARN), SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
January 21, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from the Estate of Jhr. Ir. G.C. (Gijs) Six van Wimmenum (1892-1975)
A DUTCH OAK CASED AND SHEET METAL MAGIC LANTERN (TOVERLANTAARN), SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
together with several original period glass slides polychrome, some painted with hunting scenes, the others with genre and playful scenes
65m. high, 47cm. wide, 38cm. deep; 2ft. 1½in., 1ft. 6½in., 1ft. 3in.
Hieronymus Nicolaas Baron van Slingelandt (1787 - 1844);
Hieronyma Maria Antonia Fortunata Baronesse van Slingelandt (1814 - 1875), married to Jhr Jacob Pieter Teding van Berkhout (1810 - 1892);
Jkvr Catharina IsabellaTeding van Berkhout (1837 - 1886), married to Jean Antoine Corneille Bosch Reitz;
Sigisbert Chrétien Bosch Reitz (1860 -1938);
his godson an nephew Jhr Gijsbert Christiaan Six van Wimmenum (1892 - 1975);
Thence by descent
A toverlantaarn, also known as a magic lantern or laterna magica can be considered as the ancestor of the slide projector. The invention of the magic lantern is said to originate from the Netherlands and finds its origins with the important Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) in the mid-17th century.