Beautiful Early School Slate with Hand-Carved Pegs and Initials on Both Sides handmade noisemaker 5 3/4" l x 3

5 3/4" l x 3 5/8" t x 1 1/16" d

PA for over 10 years

printed by The Bobbs-Merrill Company in the 20s-early 30s (last copyright is 1903)

20 1/4" long x 3"  tall x 1/8" thick when configured and in great condition

Great for adding ambiance to a backyard barbecue or picnic

Beautiful Early School Slate with Hand-Carved Pegs and Initials on Both Sides handmade noisemaker 5 3/4" l x 3I don't think I'll ever get over my love of beautiful antique school slates, in significant part for the fact that almost as much as any other sort of object they bear their entire history of use and ownership on their surfaces. This I think is a very old one, late 18th early 19th century I would guess, framed in walnut I believe and with finely carved wooden pins holding the corners together. Into one long edge on one side are the initials JEF, and