Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 mesh mask Over the bottom third a

Over the bottom third a cream glaze has been added

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

with natural bristles attached via fine hand-stitched wire (I think horse hair on the drafting brush

I believe this load-bearing character is based on Tevye

the contrast between finished dark wood and and black painted wood

Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 mesh mask Over the bottom third aWhat 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