19th Century Small Size Handmade School Slate with Charming Etched Monogram, Stars and Shapes weathered chain In addition to variation in

In addition to variation in the shape of the legs and feet

but it's the simultaneous attention paid to faces and outfits and postures and gestures and hairstyles that endears these to me

(And "Do your duty" is pretty good too

Being pretty long of limb myself

6 5/8 x 4 3/8 x 3” t and in very good condition

19th Century Small Size Handmade School Slate with Charming Etched Monogram, Stars and Shapes weathered chain In addition to variation inLots of different reasons for falling in love with antique school slates beautiful old mends, carvings into the wood, or, in this case, etchings into the surface of the slate itself. It's a lovely, unusually small, 19th century example to begin with, with wooden pegs at the jointed corners, but it is the work of R. P. T that really sold me, between those dimensional block initials, and cubes for periods, and stars and shapes and flourishes