Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame shape dominoes 1960s-1970s or so

1960s-1970s or so

in an old wooden box they pack into quite nicely

There is one stain running diagonally near the top

) feels completely full of life and character to me--shy but curious

The basic story

Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame shape dominoes 1960s-1970s or soI've bought and sold and otherwise admired a lot of antique slates, but never have I come across one with a rounded corner frame like this one, hand carved of walnut, I believe, in two parts joined by interlocking wooden pins. Since finding this one I've hunted around online and found just a couple of images of other 19th c round ish slates, but none with frames joined in quite this way. To my eye it's extraordinary beautiful, and all the better for