Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 mesh mask The larger shows one small

The larger shows one small crack that runs down from the lip the bowl and a little roughness around the edge otherwise

While it would certainly be wonderful to have a complete (very rare) set of these old Ives and Company "Military Ten Pins

a version of which is featured in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum

the contrast between finished dark wood and and black painted wood

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Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 mesh mask The larger shows one smallWhat a cast of characters! I've come across old Magic Lantern slides before, but none as wonderful as these, charmingly caricaturing a variety of couples, while imparting each figure with fantastic personality! Reverse painted on glass (I believe etched in black first, then with all the color painted by hand) in a terrifically bright palette of pinks, yellows, greens and blues, they really pop against the unpainted (clear) glass backgrounds, framed