Antique French Hand-colored Magic Lantern Slides, Set of Ten in Original Box woods areca nut I especially love his very

I especially love his very pink cheeks

the wire holds the propeller tight to the mounting piece

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 I especially love his veryI 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