Charles Bush


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Scope name: Parlor Kaleidoscope
Year: 1875
Limited edition: Antique
Signed: Etched
Scope type: Cell(parlor)
Exterior material: Cardboard
Object cell type: Dry
Objects: Liquid filled ampules
Mirror system: 2 mirror
Symmetry: 5-point
Special features: Antique kaleidoscope. Single wooden pedestal base. Textured cardboard tube with screwed on brass end with brass spoked object cell. Variety of object pieces: ampules filled with different colored liquids and bubbles, glass pieces, screen, twisted glass. Stamped on brass: C.C. Bush & CO PROV, R.I. PATENT REISSUED NOV 11 1873 with a small image of a single pedestal parlor scope above.

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Scope name: Bush parlor
Year: 1875
Limited edition: Antique
Signed: Stamped
Scope type: Cell(parlor)
Exterior material: Cardboard
Object cell type: Dry
Objects: Liquid filled ampules
Mirror system: 2 mirror
Symmetry: 5-point
Special features: This version has 4-legged base. Objects include the sought-after swan. 5-point symmetry.

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Scope name: Bush parlor
Year: 1875
Limited edition: Antique
Signed: Stamped; sticker
Scope type: Cell(parlor)
Exterior material: Cardboard
Object cell type: Dry
Objects: Liquid filled ampules
Mirror system: 2 mirror
Symmetry: 5-point
Special features: Black wooden pegs, removable lens cap, original sewn lens in mount. This version is the rarest type Bush scope. Exterior is cardboard with decorative gold braid banding on the barrel and cell exterior.

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Scope name: Bush parlor
Year: 1875
Limited edition: Antique
Signed: Stamped; sticker
Scope type: Cell(parlor)
Exterior material: Cardboard
Object cell type: Dry
Objects: Liquid filled ampules
Mirror system: 2 mirror
Symmetry: 5-point
Special features: Black wooden pegs, removable lens cap, original sewn lens in mount. This version is the rarest type Bush scope. Exterior is cardboard with decorative gold braid banding on the barrel and cell exterior. Original wire candle holder.