Large Antique Slate with Hand-carved, Numbered Grid railroad certain objects just have a

certain objects just have a special weight that you can immediately feel in your gut

and this mix of two dresses

Really a terrific piece that would command attention wherever it is placed

I think these bright orange porcelain "Persian Hunter 1642" boxes

Signed (incised) on underside

Large Antique Slate with Hand-carved, Numbered Grid railroad certain objects just have aThis 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,