ID: 
2239
Maker's Name: 
C.I.
Where made: 
Japan
circa 1950 (?)
Dimensions: 
19 × 4.8 × 4.8 cm

Child's toy kaleidoscope. cardboard tube with three mirrored glass strips set at 600 to each other. When viewed from the end, multiple reflections produce a multicoloured symmetric pattern.

Three short cylinders are supplied that fit over the end of the tube. They contain a variety of small objects which produce complex patterns that change if the tube is shaken.