Carpenter & Westley, phantasmagoria lantern

"Double tin magic lantern painted black, with disc shutter on the front to create the effect of chained casting of images or “dissolving views “, with achromatic lens of sliding spotlights, a high-quality condensing lens, an Argand lamp and with crooked flues to prevent light from inside the device from escaping through the tube. It was produced by the London Company Carpenter & Westley, one of t…