A Barrel full of Rhymes

A curious object – a small wooden barrel housing a strip of linen printed with Alphabet rhymes.Circa 1880.

Grimaces (changeable)

A paper toy from France that uses two wheels and a sliding strip to combine different facial features.

“Gd. cirque des folies élastiques intermède des grimaces d’O’Gus'” (circa 1900?)

The Laughable Game of What D’Ye Buy

A set of a popular card game.

This edition published around 1850 by S. Hart & Co. in Philadelphia.

No rules included.

Phenakistiscope

The Phenakistastcope or Magic Disc Edinburgh: Published by Forrester & Nichol, Lithographers, 10 George Street, & John Dunn, option 50 Hanover Square. [1832-1833].

A set of round prints for use in a phenakistiscope, an early device that took advantage of persistence of vision to show continuous motion, including several designed by Edward Sang, and published by the maker of optical instruments, John Dunn.