1890 - Ernst Plank Large Kinematograph/Laterna Magica

Ernst Plank Large Kinematograph/Laterna Magica circa 1900, marked, brass, cast metal and sheet metal, blued, blackened and gilded, tall rectangular casing with door, flap, reflex mirror (loose), flue and side crank rim, interchangeable front-mounted mechanism with film guide roller for 35 mm films or as a holder with slots for glass plates (H 6 cm), plus a burner and nine original cardboard boxes and tin cans containing 14 films, including a carriage ride, a parade, portrait heads of German-Austrian nobles and generals, colour-illustrated moving pictures etc., in an old wooden box; lens and plug-in chimney section missing; otherwise in good condition for its age with normal signs of wear; base plate dimensions 29 x 17.5 cm, H including spool 35 cm, dimensions of box 26 x 46 x 36 cm.