19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners wooden tiles so am pricing them as

so am pricing them as if silver plate

though one occasionally finds portraits and examples incorporating color

and no wonder

I believe it is silver plate and is in very good condition

established in 1901 I believe

19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners wooden tiles so am pricing them asA beautiful old school slate because I can never resist a beautiful old school slate! Gorgeous patina to the wood of frame, carved wooden pegs at the jointed corners, traces of old writing across the surface of the slate, equally lovely from both sides, and with plenty of years left in it should one with to hang it in the kitchen, say, to write " to do's" or the groceries list on. With holes at the center of short sides for threading with a string to