MH's Early American Primitive School Slate, All Original, Marvelous Patina pottery frog with stars in between each

with stars in between each Roman numeral and sun at the center

it measures 7 1/8" in diameter x 13/16" thick

was this boy's mother

with a little surface dirt

MH's Early American Primitive School Slate, All Original, Marvelous Patina pottery frog with stars in between eachYou know I love an old school slate, but it's a rare occasion I come across one with a frame as beautifully primitive as this one, pine I believe, which has accrued the warmest and richest dry patina over the past 150+ years. Many of the old school slates one sees were made in England, but this I am certain is American, found in Maine, all original, one small square iron nail next to one larger one at each of the jointed corners. Very sturdy and