Excellent Looking Antique Victor Safe & Lock Co. Interior Safe Door Panel with Patent Dates on Slate fifth edition Wizard of Oz Wonderful things to put to

Wonderful things to put to use again as spools for holding a collection of special ribbons now

And a nice mix of cheerful and cozy and a little moody too

Hard to believe that making students wear dunce caps was once a common practice--but so it was

With the perfectly rusted bottle caps strung on wire

I’ve bought and sold a number of 19th century penmanship and maths notebooks

Excellent Looking Antique Victor Safe & Lock Co. Interior Safe Door Panel with Patent Dates on Slate fifth edition Wizard of Oz Wonderful things to put toA little research tells me this was the interior panel on the door of a Victor safe, last decade 19th century. I just thought think it's a great looking thing, to hang as a sign of sorts now, with a sort of trompe l'oeil aspect to the "silent" slate bearing the years of patents in a calligraphic font. Graphically satisfying, an icon of safe keeping, and somehow it all feels a bit Duchampian to me. And of course I love a school slate! 13 15 16" x 8 7