Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 mesh mask and pretty handy too

and pretty handy too

with an incredible sheen

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

Over the bottom third a cream glaze has been added

usually women

Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 mesh mask and pretty handy tooWhat 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