Beautiful Early Slate with Wooden Nails and Tin Wrapped Corner Mend mcfalls Scuffs and scratches all over

Scuffs and scratches all over as evident

of making it feel fresh

most of which employed craftsmen arriving from Europe

each petal carefully sculpted

from what I understand

Beautiful Early Slate with Wooden Nails and Tin Wrapped Corner Mend mcfalls Scuffs and scratches all overA beauty of an early handmade slate, earlier 19th c. than later I believe, with carved wooden pegs holding the jointed corners and one beautifully executed wrapped tin corner mend. I do believe antique school slates are a most wonderful thing to collect, each having lived quite a life, with old repairs like this enabling their endurance and making them special. How nice to create a whole wall of beautiful examples. 14" t x 9 3 4" w x 1 2", very good