Most Beautiful Antique School Slate with Etched Grids, Square Corners, Nice Mend composition dolls (I think perhaps the the

(I think perhaps the the former notation is incorrect

and the paper does too

perhaps drawn with the aid of a microscope

though paint along the roof line on one short side seems to prevent it from  opening

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Most Beautiful Antique School Slate with Etched Grids, Square Corners, Nice Mend composition dolls (I think perhaps the theI've got a special weakness for antique school slates, and I find this one as beautiful as any I've ever found in significant part for the grids scratched into the surface of the slate on both sides, and for how the proportions and very square corners of the frame wed perfectly with the geometry of the gridding. And with a lovely iron mend reinforcement to one corner, perfect old chain for hanging, and days of the week etched into the widest column of