Scarlet Runner, Pith of Elder, Buffalo Horn: Beautiful Set of 18 Victorian Handmade Slides hand-painted pattern blocks with plenty of irregularity and

with plenty of irregularity and some surface rusting adding color

6 7/8” x 3 3/8” and in very good overall condition

I can't find any other sets out there more sale

I'm always searching for antique folk art pieces incorporating hearts (who can ever have enough

though I am not entirely sure when they were made and whether a specific purpose

Scarlet Runner, Pith of Elder, Buffalo Horn: Beautiful Set of 18 Victorian Handmade Slides hand-painted pattern blocks with plenty of irregularity andI'll never tire of looking at Victorian era glass microscope slides of all sorts of tiny specimens, and these, between their handwritten labels, plaid borders and backings, and very visible, beautiful contents, are I think especially good. Such excellent, evocative language "Pith of Elder", "Leaf of Scarlet Runner" and then bits of fur from a Jenet [Genet] cat, back of a deer, and White Coat seal. I also really love the how the glass cutouts were