Antique School Slate with SLATE Etched In lattice tray and aging of the paper

and aging of the paper in general--but the toy is structurally sound and stable and this clown is ready to perform

one with a "+" inside that slides up and down

I love the soft colors of the tiles

I believe this old Native American Pueblo bowl is most likely Santo Domingo

I really love the capital letter handwriting on this

Antique School Slate with SLATE Etched In lattice tray and aging of the paperI love an antique school slate, and even more one that bears the traces of a prior owner, and of course I'm drawn like a magnet to things relating to language, especially when self descriptive. On one side of this one, etched into the slate, is "SLATE" itself, handwritten in capital serif lettering, which sure looks to me as if written in the 19th century based on the manner of the lettering. Perhaps the child who wrote it imagined with great