Beautifully Worn and Mended Antique School Slate die-cut sheets of animals it partially covers a dark

it partially covers a dark tan/light brown glaze visible on the lower half of the vase

Signed (incised) AD on the bottom

The painting dates to the 1940s I believe

coupled with the fantastic turquoise and yellow of his outfit

is Zanesville

Beautifully Worn and Mended Antique School Slate die-cut sheets of animals it partially covers a darkOne comes across a fair number of old school slates, which are lovely object for sure, but it is the ones that look like they've been through battle (in the classroom), mended and mended and mended again, that I really love. Just think of all that has been written across the surfaces of this (real) slate, and the to and fros from school it has done; I imagine it being thrown to the ground time and again in order for its owner s to run off to play, or