Charming Old Homemade Wooden Kaleidoscope wooden amusement popularly known as Dame de

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

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

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

I would have a hard time guessing her age

2 5/8" x 1 7/8"

Charming Old Homemade Wooden Kaleidoscope wooden amusement popularly known as Dame deSince 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