Gazer Collection

Star and Stargazer 1926
THE STAR AND THE STAR-GAZER An actress in her dressing room receives a friendly visit from a lover of the theatre

Starlight Gazer Ridden By R.Thomas Craven Meeting, Newmarket Rowley Mile Course, Newmarket, England 20 April 2006 Date: 20 April 2006

Star gazer and great weaver fish
Star gazer, Uranoscopus scaber 82 and great weaver fish, Trachinus draco 83. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Fortune Tellers Caravan - Romany Rose. Date: circa 1930s

The Balcony. Engraving by Barcelo, La Ilustracion, 1882. Colored

Polyprosopus Macer, or Broad-Headed Gazer. Date: 1865

Rashleigh Shark and Broad-Headed Gazer
Squalus Rashleighanus or Rashleigh Shark (above) and Polyprosopus Macer or Broad-Headed Gazer (below). Date: 1862

Nell St John Montague
Nell St. John Montague, clairvoyant. early 1930s

Crystal Gazer Circa 1910
A lady gazes into a crystal ball while an impassive and indeed inscrutable oriental stands watching her by a brazier

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Step into a world of enchantment and wonder with the captivating gaze of the Gazer. From the starry nights of 1926, where the Star and Stargazer mingled, to the fortune-telling caravans of Romany Rose, the Gazer has been a symbol of mystery and intrigue. Behold the broad-headed Gazer, also known as Polyprosopus Macer or the Rashleigh Shark, with its mesmerizing stare, reminiscent of ancient myths. In the 1882 engraving by Barcelo, La Ilustracion, the Balcony scene showcases a Crystal Gazer, a popular pastime of the Victorian era. Nell St John Montague, a renowned poetess, once penned, 'I gazed into the crystal ball,' alluding to the Gazer's power to reveal the unknown. So, take a moment to be entranced by the allure of the Gazer, as we journey through the annals of time and legend.