Antique Magic Lantern Slip Slide, My Own Blue Bell(e) cigar box cart and were carefully painted black

and were carefully painted black with varnish or shellac over top

which I believe is Peruvian—it feels bright and festive thrown over the back of a sofa or taken on a picnic

this giant smiling Jack-o-Lantern--right in time for Halloween but I also think quite transcendent

1900 in Germany

would originally have been a decorative pane on a large clock

Antique Magic Lantern Slip Slide, My Own Blue Bell(e) cigar box cart and were carefully painted blackI think magic lantern "slip" slides are really fun a very simple early mechanical means of creating a changing image, with the black painted ground of the slide concealing (more of less) a second image that is revealed when the top pane of glass is pulled to the right. And I really love the bright blue bell in this one, which slides out to reveal a pretty blue belle! Closed: 7 3 8" x 4" x 7 16". Good condition, with a bit of paint loss, as documented,