Antique School Slate with SLATE Etched In antique wood framed slate or maybe she topped a

or maybe she topped a post

12 x 13 x 1"

A little rust and a little wear

as one seldomly sees these with laces (and a nice choice of these pinking-beige laces in combo with the caramel colored shoe I think

once framed

Antique School Slate with SLATE Etched In antique wood framed slate or maybe she topped aI 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