Antique School Slate with Carved Initials and Wrapped Corners plaster molding with one hole at bottom

with one hole at bottom center for a screw

with the elder home in her nightgown as the younger heads out to a ball

Much weathered surface

There is hanger at top center on the back

Missing the tip of an ear on one side

Antique School Slate with Carved Initials and Wrapped Corners plaster molding with one hole at bottomWhat most draws me to antique school slates are the histories they carry, especially things like initials carved in the frames and old make do repairs, both of which this one special. Usually the mends take the form of corners reinforced with metal strips and extra nails, but this is the first I've come across repaired with string, brilliantly wrapped tight between notches carved into the sides of the frame, and still holding tight. I think perhaps it