Antique Schoolhouse Slate "Silent" Chalkboard antique box especially as I’ve never seen

especially as I’ve never seen one like it before

3 1/4" diameter at base

measures 4 1/2" tall x 1 7/8" in diameter

a truly lovely object

Antique Schoolhouse Slate "Silent" Chalkboard antique box especially as I’ve never seenThis is a charming antique schoolhouse slate chalkboard with a wood frame. The chalkboard, which would have been used by an individual student, has holes all around the perimeter that would have been threaded with twine or yarn in order to keep the slate from banging on the surface of a school desk thus chalkboards like this are often called "silent" chalkboards! The front side of the slate is solid black; on the lower half of the reverse side are