Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sand toy
Object Number:
INV.5259[dup]
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Cardboard, glass, paper, sand
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 21 x 26 x 6 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 a group of dancers performing a harvest dance on stage; sand-operated mechanism inside box makes three dancers in the foreground 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.
