11th Mar, 2025 12:00

The David Finn Collection of Toys from Thüringia and Erzgebirge

 
Lot 367
 


Lot 367 - A concertina peepshow of the Thames Tunnel from the Wapping Entrance, circa 1845
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367

A concertina peepshow of the Thames Tunnel from the Wapping Entrance, circa 1845

Sold for £210
Estimated at £300 - £500


 
A concertina peepshow of the Thames Tunnel from the Wapping Entrance, circa 1845, in marbled paper cover with ‘An Explanation of the Tunnel Under the Thames’ on inside front cover with information including it opened March 25, 1843 and costing £446,000 and four page printed view through the tunnel, hard coloured with cut-out and applied pedestrians —7 ¼in. (18.5cm.) wide (crudely restitched at spine, some wear and ageing)

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