Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame shape dominoes and bringing cheer to the

and bringing cheer to the garden or studio as it does

:) Poor little doggy

There is some crazing visible in the white glaze of the flower and a bit of bleed of the brown glaze

in an old wooden box they pack into quite nicely

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Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame shape dominoes and bringing cheer to theI've bought and sold and otherwise admired a lot of antique slates, but never have I come across one with a rounded corner frame like this one, hand carved of walnut, I believe, in two parts joined by interlocking wooden pins. Since finding this one I've hunted around online and found just a couple of images of other 19th c round ish slates, but none with frames joined in quite this way. To my eye it's extraordinary beautiful, and all the better for