Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving Japanese papier mache MA produced a pretty fabulous

MA produced a pretty fabulous deck of cards

Japan tall ceramic vase features an amazing satin finish that looks rather like an airbrush painting or frosted glass

and there must once have been a crank mechanism that this "wheel" connected to

guides to the heavens (complete with hilarious star maps) and faux-astrological advisements for each month of the year (i

just as it should

Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving Japanese papier mache MA produced a pretty fabulousThere are stereoviews and then there are stereoviews this is one of two early albumen photo stereoviews I'm listing this week of the gorgeous and special variety; a different species entirely from the later stereocards with images printed on the card. And this is a curious one, too. The image is very similar to an engraving ("Ideal Scene of the Lias Period with Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus") in French scientist Louis Figuier's 'The World Before the