19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners carpet tacks box Photos do no justice to

Photos do no justice to the real thing

very old thing

made in Denmark

and with these spindly nail legs making it seem as if it might scurry away

19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners carpet tacks box Photos do no justice toA beautiful old school slate because I can never resist a beautiful old school slate! Gorgeous patina to the wood of frame, carved wooden pegs at the jointed corners, traces of old writing across the surface of the slate, equally lovely from both sides, and with plenty of years left in it should one with to hang it in the kitchen, say, to write " to do's" or the groceries list on. With holes at the center of short sides for threading with a string to