Set of 8 French c. 1900 Microscope Slides with Insect Specimens paper basket right down the wonderful fish-topped

right down the wonderful fish-topped weathervane

I especially love the slogan on the front of the box: "to keep busy the little hands and little head

its execution in watercolor

Easy to frame just showing the drawing--quite a striking little piece

Surreal and perfectly matter of fact at the same time

Set of 8 French c. 1900 Microscope Slides with Insect Specimens paper basket right down the wonderful fish-toppedIt seems beautiful glass microscope slides are finding me lately and these antique French ones with handwritten specimen descriptions on lithographed paper labels I think are just so lovely. Silkworm and foot of a caterpillar happily need no translation, and then there appears to be the scale of a sole (fish I assume) and mouth of a ?, and something human! (perhaps your deciphering skills will be better than mine!) All of the specimens are visible