Alex's Carved Into, Beautifully Worn 19th Century School Slate with Angled Etched Lines drawing of child and together making chemistry seem

and together making chemistry seem pretty sexy

as I think this looks like more like a woman--so let's say it could be read right side up or upside down

Happy Families is a card game first published in in the 1851

with a photo of a woman and several pages of notes--all indications are that it was the deck of a professional card reader/fortune teller

13/16" across at openings (fits a standard taper)

Alex's Carved Into, Beautifully Worn 19th Century School Slate with Angled Etched Lines drawing of child and together making chemistry seemThe second of two antique slates listed today; I just can't resist good old ones, especially very well worn ones, with names carved into the frame here, Alex on one side, and an H on the other. And with more diagonal than straight lines etched into the lower half of the slate on the H side, which I find very beautiful. And quite poetically, the hole for hanging at top center wore all the way through, so another was made just below it. Gorgeous patina