Effect
The Wandering Glass and Bottle
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926
- Time
- 9 min read + 10 min practice
- Materials
- In the library
- Prerequisites
- None
How well I remember my mystification when I was a boy to see the magician cause a bottle and a glass of wine to change places at will. This effect is just as interesting to me now as it was then. It is familiarly known as The Passe-Passe Bottle and Glass Effect.
Performer shows a bottle and glass, also two empty cylinders. These cylinders are just large enough to fit
down over the bottle or the glass. Magician pours out a glass of wine from bottle and places bottle and glass some distance apart. He places one cylinder over the bottle and the other over the glass. Upon command, bottle and glass change places. Bottle and glass change about as often as commanded by performer and covers are shown freely at any time.
How it is done
The method, 9 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.
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