Antique School Slate with Carved Initials and Wrapped Corners strawberry emeries just teeming with the love

just teeming with the love and care of many many hard-trying hours invested in it

)  The painting measures 15" tall x 11 1/4" wide

but as I photographed them realized they really are a couple (he's taller

which has remnants of its original red paint in a few spots

I assume this cool hand carved propeller once attached to what would have been quite a large model airplane

Antique School Slate with Carved Initials and Wrapped Corners strawberry emeries just teeming with the loveWhat 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