Antique School Slate with Unusually Narrow Frame and Unusually Jointed Cornes vintage stuffed mohair ) Three masts to the

) Three masts to the ship here

pinned for now just with small safety pins

and brown paper behind that

purchased from a dealer at Brimfield who is a consistently good source of curious carved things--and because I love birds of every ilk

If purchasing the pair

Antique School Slate with Unusually Narrow Frame and Unusually Jointed Cornes vintage stuffed mohair ) Three masts to theI consider myself something of a connoisseur of antique school slates at this point, having bought and sold a whole lot of them, and looked at many many more. This one, found in southwest New Hampshire, sold me for the unusual narrowness of the frame, and for its unusual and very sweet notched corner joints. Also, there is a layer of what appears to be iron in between the two layers of the frame. Someone more knowledgable than me can surely understand