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Magic Lanterns, manufactured by George Carette & Co. |
 The French manufacturer of tin toys and magic lanterns Georges Carette learned the secrets of making fancy toy magic lanterns from August Lapierre. After his marriage with a German woman he went to Nuremberg in 1886 where he founded his toy company with the help of a wealthy Bavarian hop merchant. Carette was among the first to produce electric toy tram-cars, along with locomotives, steam engines and other tin toys. The trade mark initially showed a winged figure with the words 'Jouets fins - Fine Toys - Feine Spielwaren'. After 1895 the initials GCCoN, and finally a sprocket wheel symbol with the GCCoN initials were used. At the outbreak of World War I Carette left Nuremberg for France, where he died in the 1920s. One of his fanciest models is 'die Fabrik'. |
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Type 720 Georg Carette Nuremberg, 1885. Black and gold lacquered tin body. The wooden feet and pedestal are typical for Carette. The bended backdoor has a ring shaped handle to open it. In the front is an oval mark impressed with the type number '720' and the text 'GESETZLICH GESCHÜTZT'. Height 27 cm. |
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C. 1895. This simple toy-lantern
was probably made by Carette or possibly by Jean Falk, who was working
for Carette until 1895 and then started to make some of their magic
lanterns self-employed. Some other manufacturers produced a similar
design too, like Bing and Plank. |
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Type
244/2 - 244/6 1895-1915. Russian iron. Typical door and chimney. Produced in five sizes; this one measures 14 x 9,5 x 33 cm. |
Type 244 C 1905-1915. Russian iron (blue tinted tin plate). Brass objective with 3 lenses. This type was available in six sizes. Sizes of this specimen 9,5 x 8 x 24 cm. Carette trade mark stuck on the back. |
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 Carette, c. 1900. Complete with its original box and oil lamp. |
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Type
388/1 - 388/6
was in production from 1900-1915.
Made of Japanned tin in 6 sizes. 46 cm H, 31 cm W, slide diameter 5-10
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Die Fabrik (The
Factory) 1895 |
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Very special magic lantern using a slide holding disk
for 4 slides with size 1 ½ " x 1 ½ " (c. 3.8 cm square). Lantern height:
12 1/4 " (31 cm). Chimney replaced. Patent from Jan. 17 1888 for
"Picture-Holding Disk for Magic Lantern".
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| Finally a Carette Cinematograph. It was able to use the normal magic lantern slides as well as film. The manufacturer is indicated by a small embossed stamp on the front which reads “G.C. Co. N” which was the acronym for George Carette & Company. It is also stamped "D.R.G.M." on the film advancement mechanism. This indicates that a design was centrally registered for all of Germany and its colonies. The D.R.G.M. registration was introduced 1891. | ||
 
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