Penetration

59 entries in Glass / Penetration
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Carl Willmann Die Durchdringung der Materie full glass sealed with a fitting glass or celluloid disc, can be handled without spilling, glass through hat (visibly) application, top hat has spring-powered flap in bottom, see also p. 159
Related to July 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 7) 102
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Das Durchdringen der Materie liquid-filled glass covered with handkerchief and bottom-down hat, hat visibly sinks down and glass is now inside, ungaffed hat but special table
Related toAlso published here July 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 1) 3
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Das Durchdringen der Materie part two of description, second method with flap in hat
Related to Aug. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 2) 19
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster A Glass of Wine Passed Visibly Through the Crown of a Hat gaffed table
Also published here 1903 Later Magic 463
Oswald Rae Improved "Penetra" glass filled with water penetrates hat and then vanishes in a bag, collapsible glass
 		1928 Sub Rosa 30
Oswald Rae Glass of water Through a Hat brief
Related to 1929 More Practical Patter 14
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das schemenhafte Wasserglas glass through table, classic method
 		1930 Zauberkunststücke 38
Lu Brent Glass Through Hat (Oh! My Hat) Glass filled with confetti covered by newspaper and hat, glass passes through hat
 		1932 Novel Magic 22
Theodore Annemann Cigarette through Glass bit for penetration frame
 		1935 The Jinx (Issue 14) 65
Alvin C. Thompson A Novel Glass Thru Hat
1936 The Jinx (Issue 17) 95
Theodore Annemann Brema Nut Trick tip
 		1936 The Jinx (Issue 18) 101
Laurie Ireland Burlesque Explanation of the De Muth Glass Penetration presentation idea
 		1936 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1936) 10
Edward Massey Glass Through Glass glass rod through glass in frame
 		1938 Greater Magic 843
Ludwig Krug The Penetrale Glass rod through glass in frame
 		1938 Greater Magic 845
Al Baker The Glass Penetration penetrating a sheet of glass, standard prop with finessed handling
Also published here 1941 Magical Ways and Means 127
Gordon M. Howatt A Different Kind of Penetration ribbon through holes of a tube glass, which has two holes as well is put inside and is threaded on the ribbon
 		1942 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1942) 2
Theodore Annemann, Dave Spindell The Window Washer's Dream framed piece of a glass is penetrated by several objects, mime
 		1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 14) 60
Tom Sellers The "T.S." Glass Penetration glass sheet penetration with table and frame
 		1943 Twenty Tricks 18
Sala-Schnetzer, Ben Allas 1944 Ex glass penetrates hat under handkerchief, then it vanishes and appears in performer's pocket, clever model of glass dummy inside handkerchief
 		1944 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 6 No. 3) 12
George E. Arrowsmith The Arrowsmith Glass Penetration objects penetrate large sheet of glass
 		1945 My Best 283
Unknown A Porous Glass pushing wand through bottom of glass, same method than cups & balls gag
 		June 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 1) 130
Milbourne Christopher Milbourne Christopher's Column using "Vampire Flexible Glass" with mirror and break-away wand
 		Jan. 1946 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 8) 184
W. Flammarion Durchdringungen der Materie glass penetrates top hat under handkerchief, without special table
 		1948 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 2&3) 6
Hans Herrmann Gläser durchdringen den Kittel two glasses are covered with jacket, glasses penetrate jacket and appear under hat
 		1961 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 2) 37
Max Malini Penetration and Vanish of a Tumbler glass through glass , then glass vanishes and appears somewhere
Also published here 1962 Malini and His Magic 23
North Bigbee, Al Baker Ball and Glass
Inspired by 1962 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 374) 325
Bob Lewis Bob Lewis' Top Hat Illusion glass under silk penetrates silk and hat slowly
 		1966 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 43
Ben Christopher Extraction middle glass of stack of three has water, stack covered, coins are thrown in an some of them penetrate top glass, de Kolta Glass
Variations June 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 8) 105
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia, Osmar "Mister Curdis" Moreno Vaso y Sombrero glass under handkerchief, hat placed on top and glass penetrates hat
 		1967 Toda la Magia Moderna en un Pañuelo 48
Sahib Lichtkanone glas penetrates plate, with tubes, patter
 		1969 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 6) 102
Roy Johnson The Affectionate Coins six coins and washer, three coins in each hand, they penetrate table, repeat, repeat upwards, washer and glass through table as well
Variations 1970 The Roy Johnson Lecture Notes 3
Bob Read Handkerchief Through Glass through handle of mug, also with tie
 		1973 Thanks to Pepys... 16
Unknown Desintegracion (tota) de un vaso (de cristal) glass vanishes / penetrates through table, with newspaper cover
 		1973 Aprenda Ud. Magia 30
Captain F.W. Collins, John Ramsay, Bob Ostin Off the Handle
Related toAlso published here Mar. 1976 Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 7) 234
Eric Mason Moniker handle of a pint beer mug is threaded on a ribbon and under a handkerchief removed magically from it
Related to Oct. 1976 Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 2) 313
Ray Waters Mason's Moniker Modified
Related to June 1977 Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 10) 423
Unknown Glass and Card Penetration card placed on frame, glass is penetrated, different designs
 		1978/76 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 87
Bob Read Handkerchief Through Glass silk through handle of a mug
 		June 1979 Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 6) 694
Fantasio Silk Through Glass ungaffed
 		1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 41
Joe Safuto, Meir Yedid Thumb Through the Table glass through table, then thumb through table, seen in reversed glass on table
 		1982 Incredible Close-Up Magic 128
Meir Yedid Glass Through the Table
Inspired by 1982 Incredible Close-Up Magic 129
Edward Marlo Bill, Egg, and Glass bill vanishes and reappears under paper-covered glass, egg appears, vanishes, bill reappears in egg
 		1983 Arcane (Issue 9) 111
Pascal Monmoine Flashy glass through table idea, flash paper
 		1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 29) 558
Bob Read Handkerchief Through Glass through handle of mug, also with tie
 		1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 61
Joe Givan Black Holes Thru & Thru three glasses on top of each other, three coins thrown in top glass, they penetrate so there's one in each glass
 		1986 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 3) 1
Roy Walton Thru and Thru No. 81, cup dropped through cup, with coin inside as convincer
 		1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 113
Jörg Willich Gummi-Bear Penetration gummi-bear penetrates wine glass
 		1998 The Book 26
Unknown An Old Carnival Game
2000 Mastering the Art of Magic 132
Karl Fulves Glass of Spirits two glasses stacked and covered with paper tube, several swizzle sticks thrown into top glass, chosen color penetrates into bottom glass
 		2000 Discoverie (Issue 3) 35
Nathan Kranzo Tornado Straw straw is poked through bottom of cup, cup is restored, thumbtip
 		2001 The Ends 12
Al Baker The Glass Penetration "Baker Method"
penetrating a sheet of glass, standard prop with finessed handling
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 261
Al Baker Ball and Glass two balls in glass penetrate silk around glass, clever
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1941
 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions) 537
Al Baker Two Ideas of Al Baker ideas for the penetration of one glass through another filled one
Also published here
  • Genii, Vol. 36 No. 11, Nov. 1972
 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 605
Al Baker Liquid through Solid glass through glass with liquid
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 29 No. 10, Dec. 1930
 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 635
Bob Ostin, Dick Simonds, Captain F.W. Collins, John Ramsay Off the Handle ribbon penetrates handle of cup
Also published here 2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 27
Pete Biro The Ring on Wineglass as performed by Fred Kaps, with more options:
  • Pete Biro's One-Man Ring on Wineglass (First Handling)
  • Pete Biro's One-Man Ring on Wineglass (Second Handling)
 		Aug. 2007 Genii (Vol. 70 No. 8) 78
John Gaughan The Rabbit Through a Glass
  • The Chamber of Secrets
apparatus with sheet of glass that is penetrated
 		May 2011 Genii (Vol. 74 No. 5) 34
Tomas Blomberg Stem Spell Research rubber band with signed label through stem of wine glass, repeat
 		July 2015 Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7) 71
Max Malini Tumbler Penetration and Vanish glass through glass , then glass vanishes and appears somewhere, Whisky-refill ruse
Also published here 2022 Max Malini 335