We ( owners Jan and Bobby Boal ) are charter members of the national Kaleidoscope society, The Brewster Society, founded by Cozy Baker. We began collecting back when we owned a bed and breakfast inn, The Veranda, which hosted many regional meetings of the society as well as birthday parties for Cozy and other "scope" artists and collectors. At the May 1998 meeting of the society in Orlando, Florida, Cozy awarded our shop the first award presented to a dealer. Thus, the Kaleidoscope Shop at Briarcliff Village is a natural extension of a work begun many years ago. Using words to describe a kaleidoscope is a lot like trying to describe a painting or a song. It seems to lose something in the translation. All the same, as we get started we are going to try to provide a Web site with enough pictures and descriptions to help you choose a kaleidoscope to add to your own collection or as a gift for someone who would enjoy having a precious scope of their own, even if you cannot come by to touch it and look through it in person. In the past decade, collecting scopes has experienced a surge of interest across the country. Fortunately, the number of artists creating high quality scopes has grown to meet that need. We have built relationships with these artists. Today you can buy a scope to fit any taste and any budget. We can offer you almost everything: scopes with exteriors of polished brass, stained glass, exotic wood, or alabaster, painted or etched, simple or elaborate, perhaps decorated with patterns or rainbows or dragons. Interiors come 2-mirror, 3-mirror, 4-mirror and variations of all kinds. Kaleidoscope object cases may be dry or oil-filled and contain gems, glass, watch parts, feathers, shells, LEDs, beads, or almost anything. We have them all. NOTE: We also feature outstanding non-kaleidoscope products.