AM's Early School Slate with Unusual Make Do Leather and Square Nail Repair rebus vessel Penmanship includes a number of

Penmanship includes a number of poems and phrases

and perhaps also watercolor for the color

but I've never found one myself and must say that this one featuring a couple on their wedding day is about my favorite I've seen

aside from missing arms and feet

and the more time I spend with it the more I love it

AM's Early School Slate with Unusual Make Do Leather and Square Nail Repair rebus vessel Penmanship includes a number ofIf I had the space, I would fill a whole wall with antique school slates with mends and carved in marks of all sorts. So much life and artful repair born of necessity embedded in them. As it is, I am always looking. Rare in my experience to find one with a repair done in leather, which is what makes this one particularly special to me. Attached by three square nails, each nail backed by a leather round in front of the larger leather triangle, which