Charming Old Homemade Wooden Kaleidoscope wooden amusement 14" t x 6" w

14" t x 6" w

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

I would have a hard time guessing her age

and the legs as separate layers

and white on this one showing a merger of the two

Charming Old Homemade Wooden Kaleidoscope wooden amusement 14" t x 6" wSince 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