Antique School Slate with SLATE Etched In lattice tray and some paint loss on

and some paint loss on the frame

just surface wear as evident

and aging of the paper in general--but the toy is structurally sound and stable and this clown is ready to perform

I love the soft colors of the tiles

Antique School Slate with SLATE Etched In lattice tray and some paint loss onI love an antique school slate, and even more one that bears the traces of a prior owner, and of course I'm drawn like a magnet to things relating to language, especially when self descriptive. On one side of this one, etched into the slate, is "SLATE" itself, handwritten in capital serif lettering, which sure looks to me as if written in the 19th century based on the manner of the lettering. Perhaps the child who wrote it imagined with great