Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sand toy
Object Number:
INV.8092
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Cardboard, glass, paper, sand
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 9 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 17.8 x 23.2 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: on label affixed to back of box: "MECHANICAL BOX/WITH AUTOMATON./DIRECTIONS FOR ITS USE./.../GERARD CAMAGNI./..."
Description:
Sand toy composed of viewing box made of cardboard with glass window containing colored lithograph of interior with fireplace in which a black man dances between two seated black musicians; sand-operated mechanism inside box makes head and arm of musicians and dancing figure move.
Gallery Label:
The term "sand toy" is used in Toys in America by Inez and Marshall McClintock (See Publications).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
