Pyrograph Sign, "May All Your Troubles End in Smoke" with Match Striker amusement has holes all around the

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

with some white paint drips on the branch that I'm guessing resulted from the process of creation

It is in very good overall condition

It measures 8

and with a widest diameter of about 1 1/2"

Pyrograph Sign, "May All Your Troubles End in Smoke" with Match Striker amusement has holes all around theI'm pretty taken with this antique wooden sign decorated with pyrography, signed (burned) on the back with the initials of its maker (W. F. G) and the year 1906. It not only features a great rendering of a burning pipe and the text, May all your troubles end in smoke, but also a square of sandpaper adhered to the bottom left corner for striking matches, which is still rough and ready to do the job. I especially love the os inside of os, like smoke