Elsie's Small Antique School Slate with Carved Wooden Nails antique wood shoe Super solid structural shape and

Super solid structural shape and great surface

and a lagged lower left corner (not a loss)--all of which in the case of this sort of drawing I think just make it better

and good all the way around I think

and which from what I have read was carried by "Press Gangs

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Elsie's Small Antique School Slate with Carved Wooden Nails antique wood shoe Super solid structural shape andI love an antique school slate, and think this is a lovely, early one, of a relatively rare small size, with carved wooden nails at the corners that have held the frame together tightly for a very long time. (Earlyish 19th c. I would guess.) It looks to have been owned at some point by an Elsie whose last name is a bit of a challenge to decipher, but seems to spread out across two lines as she ran out of space. 7 1 4" x 5 1 4", very good antique