Very Beautiful Early Walnut Slate with Carved Monograms, All Corners Mended, Worn Super Smooth antique hand-painted tintype All correspondence in photos included

All correspondence in photos included

such that it could also easily be removed from the wall--pretty handy

I found their source on the website of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale: they are from Alphabet of Different Nations: For Teaching Children to Read

with the coronation scene depicted I believe likely 15th-16th century

There is also a knot in the wood panel visible on the tower at center

Very Beautiful Early Walnut Slate with Carved Monograms, All Corners Mended, Worn Super Smooth antique hand-painted tintype All correspondence in photos includedI probably look at 100 antique slates for every one that I buy, and this is among the most beautiful I've ever found. The frame is walnut I believe, gorgeous rich color and the surface worn super smooth, with beautiful old metal wrap mends to each of the corners. Plus monograms carved deeply into each long end on one side, and long grooves on the other side. So much better in hand; really all about its objecthood, and nice and heavy and very sturdy.