Antique Magic Lantern Slip Slide, My Own Blue Bell(e) celadon vase --to begin with

--to begin with

it is hard and smooth

surely pained to watch them on high

just missing fingers on one hand

Antique Magic Lantern Slip Slide, My Own Blue Bell(e) celadon vase --to begin withI 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,