Antique School Slate with Carved Initials and Wrapped Corners max schoop time and again

time and again

10 1/2" l x 5" widest x 1 1/2" tallest

then covered with a pane of glass which both protects the design and renders it super functional

Some creations we see like a basket of clothes / Carried jauntily perched on the head / And one that will cover the tip of the nose / is "the hat of the season" tis said

Plenty of wear around the edges and one half of one wheel broken

Antique School Slate with Carved Initials and Wrapped Corners max schoop time and againWhat most draws me to antique school slates are the histories they carry, especially things like initials carved in the frames and old make do repairs, both of which this one special. Usually the mends take the form of corners reinforced with metal strips and extra nails, but this is the first I've come across repaired with string, brilliantly wrapped tight between notches carved into the sides of the frame, and still holding tight. I think perhaps it