Charming Old Homemade Wooden Kaleidoscope wooden amusement I have dreams of having

I have dreams of having a dog as big as I am

2 5/8" x 1 7/8"

popularly known as  Dame de Beauté [Lady of Beauty])

14" t x 6" w

some text visible from the cigar box wood from which it was made

Charming Old Homemade Wooden Kaleidoscope wooden amusement I have dreams of havingSince finding a sweet old homemade kaleidoscope this summer, I've kept a keen eye out I find kaleidoscopes magical things, and there is something especially special, and very tender too, about someone having created that magic for themselves! Homemade ones like this have no turning parts; you just turn the whole thing to move the little bits of colored glass around inside, landing in different patterns. Not the most spectacular kaleidoscopic effects