Beautifully Crafted Vintage French Apres La Pluie Taleidoscope in Marbled Sleeve union I'm a sucker for wire

I'm a sucker for wire work (including for the fact that I love photographing it

and have included a 1912 advertisement showing this same roll in photos

In this work

gate-like form with spiked grate and terrific variety of leaves along the top edge

maybe waiting for a boyfriend or husband to finish up and get them on the road

Beautifully Crafted Vintage French Apres La Pluie Taleidoscope in Marbled Sleeve union I'm a sucker for wireThis is not antique, but it is a very fine quality vintage French taleidoscope a taleidscope is like a kaleidoscope but with an open ended view; rather than holding colorful bits inside, whatever one points it at is transformed into kaleidoscopic pattern. Which is really much more exciting! Brushed steel I believe, brass and glass, with substantial weight, very sturdy and built to last. And housed in a lovely and sturdy and very French feeling lidded