Scarlet Runner, Pith of Elder, Buffalo Horn: Beautiful Set of 18 Victorian Handmade Slides hand-painted pattern blocks I'm always searching for antique

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

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

Plenty of wear and aging

I've developed something of a thing for antique images of archeresses

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 I'm always searching for antiqueI'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