Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 mesh mask I believe this load-bearing character

I believe this load-bearing character is based on Tevye

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Over the bottom third a cream glaze has been added

with lush cobalt blue hand-painted ginkgo leaf design over white glaze

Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 mesh mask I believe this load-bearing characterWhat a cast of characters! I've come across old Magic Lantern slides before, but none as wonderful as these, charmingly caricaturing a variety of couples, while imparting each figure with fantastic personality! Reverse painted on glass (I believe etched in black first, then with all the color painted by hand) in a terrifically bright palette of pinks, yellows, greens and blues, they really pop against the unpainted (clear) glass backgrounds, framed