Antique Magic Lantern Slip Slide, My Own Blue Bell(e) cigar box cart clicks and pops

clicks and pops

this giant smiling Jack-o-Lantern--right in time for Halloween but I also think quite transcendent

1900 in Germany

and were carefully painted black with varnish or shellac over top

or near where

Antique Magic Lantern Slip Slide, My Own Blue Bell(e) cigar box cart clicks and popsI think magic lantern "slip" slides are really fun a very simple early mechanical means of creating a changing image, with the black painted ground of the slide concealing (more of less) a second image that is revealed when the top pane of glass is pulled to the right. And I really love the bright blue bell in this one, which slides out to reveal a pretty blue belle! Closed: 7 3 8" x 4" x 7 16". Good condition, with a bit of paint loss, as documented,