Beautifully Crafted Vintage French Apres La Pluie Taleidoscope in Marbled Sleeve antique tin figure These two wooden cutouts--SOLD SEPARATELY

These two wooden cutouts--SOLD SEPARATELY

so assume she is as well

so I think perhaps these were produced during WWI as promotional give aways

Photos follow the sequence pretty much as it goes

with a couple of tears coming in from the edges

Beautifully Crafted Vintage French Apres La Pluie Taleidoscope in Marbled Sleeve antique tin figure These two wooden cutouts--SOLD SEPARATELYThis is not antique, but it is a very fine quality vintage French taleidoscope a taleidscope is like a kaleidoscope but with an open ended view; rather than holding colorful bits inside, whatever one points it at is transformed into kaleidoscopic pattern. Which is really much more exciting! Brushed steel I believe, brass and glass, with substantial weight, very sturdy and built to last. And housed in a lovely and sturdy and very French feeling lidded