(GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS) [Die Zuckerente]

Sale 2239 - Lot 298

Price Realized: $ 3,120

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

RARE 18TH CENTURY " PEEP SHOW " (GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS.) [Die Zuckerente]. An 18th-century Peep-show, consisting of five copper-engraved and hand-colored sheets of cardboard, depicting a group of slaves at work on a sugar plantation (probably Saint Domingue), a small repair to one tiny figure. [Augsburg, 1750]

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The peep show is made of five different layers which, when one is set over the other produces a three dimensional tableau. These peep-shows were very popular in the 18th and 19th century. Due to their very delicate construction, they are quite uncommon.