Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 Art Deco pitcher and the fragility of the

and the fragility of the material

delineated rib cages

cut and punctured by hand

as if ready to hop away

crownlike hat with long flaps

Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 Art Deco pitcher and the fragility of theWhat 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