Black Magic! Fun Vintage Painted Chalkware Book with Skull and Cross Bones (and interesting provenance) tinned charmingly caricaturing a variety of

charmingly caricaturing a variety of couples

with the tiniest bot of loss to corners

I believe these likely date to the 1930s-40s or so

This sixth plate tintype is an example

2" tall with tail x 2 1/4" l x 15/16" d

Black Magic! Fun Vintage Painted Chalkware Book with Skull and Cross Bones (and interesting provenance) tinned charmingly caricaturing a variety ofThis one made me laugh and I just couldn't resist, with the crudeness of the "Black Magic" painted across the face of the chalkware book especially doing it for me. I found it at a local antiques shop in my town of Ipswich, MA functioning as a bookend no price on it. Upon asking, I learned it was a memento from the recent filming of Stephen King's Salem's Lot in town a year or two ago, several scenes of which were shot inside the shop. (The downtown