AM's Early School Slate with Unusual Make Do Leather and Square Nail Repair rebus vessel and perhaps also watercolor for

and perhaps also watercolor for the color

though he could certainly be removed from it if desired

) Original dark red paint

as if fire--or even a tornado

so if keeping them in the box a rubber band or two would be useful around it if on the go

AM's Early School Slate with Unusual Make Do Leather and Square Nail Repair rebus vessel and perhaps also watercolor forIf I had the space, I would fill a whole wall with antique school slates with mends and carved in marks of all sorts. So much life and artful repair born of necessity embedded in them. As it is, I am always looking. Rare in my experience to find one with a repair done in leather, which is what makes this one particularly special to me. Attached by three square nails, each nail backed by a leather round in front of the larger leather triangle, which