From the other angle, choir boys singing with candles.
The origins of lenticular printing date back to the 1600's with "Tabula Scalata" wherein artists would paint on a corrugated canvas so that when viewed from 2 different angles, a different image is seen.
Modern lenticular printing began in the late 1890's, but it wasn't until WWII when modern plastic injection moulding was developed that the use was applied to toys and novelty items with lenticular toys becoming a staple of cereal and Cracker Jack prizes.
This is a great piece!!! Love the Santa side- he's so cute!
ReplyDeletei LOVE lenticular stuff. i have to make a conscious effort not to focus on collecting it. you just don't see it anymore, and it's such a great thing (and it has a great history, as you point out).
ReplyDelete"Tabula Scalata"? Wasn't that a song from The Lion King ?
ReplyDeleteI have a flat, square lenticular ornament featuring a scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas that I purchased at Wal-Mart about eight years ago. Its hanging on my tree now.
>"Tabula Scalata"? Wasn't that a song from The Lion King ?
DeleteWhat a wonderful phrase.
>I have a flat, square lenticular ornament featuring a scene from A Charlie
>Brown Christmas
Please tell me it's of the tree going from skimpy to grand.
You got it.
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