Popping the Bubbly: Antique Slip Animation Magic Lantern Slide Indonesian puppet or maybe it housed pages

or maybe it housed pages of it at the printing house

those with mouth open were shot holding it aloft

In either event

really pretty

and there is a tear to the bottom right corner

Popping the Bubbly: Antique Slip Animation Magic Lantern Slide Indonesian puppet or maybe it housed pagesI'd never seen one of these before I found this, but have since learned that "slip animation" magic lantern slides were a Victorian era novelty. Inside the wood frame are two panes of glass, one of them which, painted with one strategically placed black blob, slides in and out to either conceal, or expose, the popping of the cork on our lady's bottle of ginger pop! Pretty clever, and I really love the analog method of simulating action. And tis the