Danse Macabre Antique French Hand-drawn Postcard antique game board The transfer is printed in

The transfer is printed in black with an underglaze painting in red

And all the better that it sits atop a four-hole ocarina

complete with bags underneath

and often also then converted into puppets for use re-enacting the operas

with interlocking wooden pieces that fit together to form a rectangle

Danse Macabre Antique French Hand-drawn Postcard antique game board The transfer is printed inI think the self referential pen and ink drawing on this antique French postcard is pretty fabulous, with its maker portraying himself legs up inside of the ink bottle, driven there by an army of dancing, smiling ink pens on the attack. At the center, tucked under the ink bottle, is a postcard within the postcard, locating him in Grenoble and describing the scene to his dear niece as a Danse Macabre. As a perfect final touch, he has drawn a caricature