Mid Century Handmade Glass Microscope Slides with Textile Fibers fifth edition Wizard of Oz and a terrifically proud rooster

and a terrifically proud rooster at the top

The ground reads white but is also reflective

very endearing

The way that it is painted makes the goat appear rather more like a symbol than an actual thing

I find the relationship between the form of the turned handle and the tapered bristles at the other end of this brush super satisfying

Mid Century Handmade Glass Microscope Slides with Textile Fibers fifth edition Wizard of Oz and a terrifically proud roosterI found this set of slides along with the set with pigments I just listed, and while these are less visually interesting, I really love them for the spectrum of strands of different fibers they capture, from linen to flax to wild silk to alpaca wool to fibers taken from the crown of President Jackson's beaver hat! (which I believe dates this set to 1965 and surely there's a story there!) Looking at things like this makes me want to write a story or