Alex's Carved Into, Beautifully Worn 19th Century School Slate with Angled Etched Lines ice fishing folk art It’s unmarked and I’ve searched

It’s unmarked and I’ve searched but have not found another like it

once owned by a Charles Monroe

but all the better to have been made as tokens of affection for the (once) living

With their metal posts

Alex's Carved Into, Beautifully Worn 19th Century School Slate with Angled Etched Lines ice fishing folk art It’s unmarked and I’ve searchedThe second of two antique slates listed today; I just can't resist good old ones, especially very well worn ones, with names carved into the frame here, Alex on one side, and an H on the other. And with more diagonal than straight lines etched into the lower half of the slate on the H side, which I find very beautiful. And quite poetically, the hole for hanging at top center wore all the way through, so another was made just below it. Gorgeous patina