Antique French Hand-colored Magic Lantern Slides, Set of Ten in Original Box woods areca nut 5 3/4" t x 2

5 3/4" t x 2 7/8" w x 1 7/8" d

the wire holds the propeller tight to the mounting piece

Some of my very favorite things hanging on my walls are textiles

I had never seen one of these planters before

which is nothing special but does the job

Antique French Hand-colored Magic Lantern Slides, Set of Ten in Original Box woods areca nut 5 3/4" t x 2I pass by most old magic lantern slides, but these are special c. 1880s or so I believe, French, and with all of the color hand painted. Quite a cast of characters (caricatures) and situations represented my favorite being a man with pointy beard holding "bettrave triumphant" (triumphant beet!) and a "gourmand" tethered to a pillar to be held off from the table by a satyr who is about to feast! Many seem to relate to devilish behavior, with a portrait