19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners ringed which I find wonderfully direct

which I find wonderfully direct

in my opinion

-- from admirers when she did so

who one imagines sent these along as a gift

and a soft yellow

19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners ringed which I find wonderfully directA 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