Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame fire starter with a loose suggestion of

with a loose suggestion of wood grain

I believe for wearing it on a chatelaine

Like many things I find great

but there are good flowers and leaves and boats and butterflies and suns and moons and much more

and antique draughts (checkers) too

Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame fire starter with a loose suggestion ofI've bought and sold and otherwise admired a lot of antique slates, but never have I come across one with a rounded corner frame like this one, hand carved of walnut, I believe, in two parts joined by interlocking wooden pins. Since finding this one I've hunted around online and found just a couple of images of other 19th c round ish slates, but none with frames joined in quite this way. To my eye it's extraordinary beautiful, and all the better for