Antique Magic Lantern Slip Slide, My Own Blue Bell(e) birch bark which first gained popularity as

which first gained popularity as comic strip characters invented and drawn by NYC-based writer

with signature to the right

revealing it as a vessel as well

who apparently painted lots of flowers in vases

Another excellent

Antique Magic Lantern Slip Slide, My Own Blue Bell(e) birch bark which first gained popularity asI 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,