The Davenport Collection
- a growing resource on magic and entertainment history

Claude Perry

Changing canister

Changing canister

The decorated lacquered tinplate canister is used by a magician to change one handkerchief for another. Late 19th ...
Card box

Card box

Boxes such as this, which are the correct size for a pack of cards, were often used by magicians to help them ...
Card pedestal

Card pedestal

This brass apparatus has various uses. The magician can make a card appear, disappear or change. Once the ...
Mirror glass

Mirror glass

This glass is used by the magician to vanish or produce a handkerchief. Once the possession of Cambridge magician ...
Crystal ball

Crystal ball

The ball is made out of glass and has a ground and polished flat base. Once the possession of Cambridge magician ...
Sand card frame

Sand card frame

The magician has a card selected and then magically vanishes it. The card is then found in this picture frame ...
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