19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners carpet tacks box very old thing

very old thing

made in Denmark

I'd drink tea

really) of my favorite recent Brimfield finds--I could photograph these two all day

and then Converse spelled out on the interior or the shoe

19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners carpet tacks box very old thingA 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