Antique Schoolhouse Slate "Silent" Chalkboard antique box (Orange bowl/base pictured in first

(Orange bowl/base  pictured in first photo not included

This seems to be a pretty rare one

and reminds me a bit of the cats of Laurel Burch

measures 4 1/2" tall x 1 7/8" in diameter

with wonderful

Antique Schoolhouse Slate "Silent" Chalkboard antique box (Orange bowl/base pictured in firstThis is a charming antique schoolhouse slate chalkboard with a wood frame. The chalkboard, which would have been used by an individual student, has holes all around the perimeter that would have been threaded with twine or yarn in order to keep the slate from banging on the surface of a school desk thus chalkboards like this are often called "silent" chalkboards! The front side of the slate is solid black; on the lower half of the reverse side are