John Gambling’s tamborine rings

In this trick the magician makes a tambourine by trapping some tissue paper between the two rings. When the paper is broken, a huge production of paper streamers is made from it. John Gambling (1871-1954) was a well known magician in England and was also known for his ventriloquism. There is a label on one of the rings saying: ‘John Gambling’s rings used by him for 60 years’. The rings were passed to Claude Perry, for whom John acted as a mentor and friend for many years. Claude willed them to David Cridland, who gifted them to the Davenport Collection.