Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame odd fellows links as it's the Kansas State

as it's the Kansas State bird

South Weymouth MA

I find seeing the two versions side by side quite pleasing to the eye

Made of ash splint and woven sweetgrass

Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame odd fellows links as it's the Kansas StateI've bought and sold and otherwise admired a lot of antique slates, but never have I come across one with a rounded corner frame like this one, hand carved of walnut, I believe, in two parts joined by interlocking wooden pins. Since finding this one I've hunted around online and found just a couple of images of other 19th c round ish slates, but none with frames joined in quite this way. To my eye it's extraordinary beautiful, and all the better for