Alex's Carved Into, Beautifully Worn 19th Century School Slate with Angled Etched Lines ice fishing folk art With their metal posts

With their metal posts

which I'd probably hang on the wall from the hole at the end

5 1/2" x 3" measured on the square x 1 3/4" deep

as a handle and take it out berry picking

a graphite gray/silver along the sides and plain at the interior

Alex's Carved Into, Beautifully Worn 19th Century School Slate with Angled Etched Lines ice fishing folk art With their metal postsThe second of two antique slates listed today; I just can't resist good old ones, especially very well worn ones, with names carved into the frame here, Alex on one side, and an H on the other. And with more diagonal than straight lines etched into the lower half of the slate on the H side, which I find very beautiful. And quite poetically, the hole for hanging at top center wore all the way through, so another was made just below it. Gorgeous patina