Large Antique Slate with Hand-carved, Numbered Grid new mexico price is for the pair

price is for the pair

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I've seen handled bowls of this form described as mortars

Window blocks measures 2" x 1 5/8" x 3/4"

Large Antique Slate with Hand-carved, Numbered Grid new mexico price is for the pairThis terrific old chalkboard is too large to have been a student's school slate; rather I think it must have been used in a general store or other business context where an ever changing numbered list would be useful. In addition to the wonderfully worn, very sturdy wooden frame with jointed corners secured with wooden pins what I find especially beautiful are the hand written numbers, carved incised into the state itself, as are the gridded lines,