MH's Early American Primitive School Slate, All Original, Marvelous Patina blue glass etched vase I'm terrible photographing whites

I'm terrible photographing whites

Crate measures 10 5/8" x 10 5/8" x 6 1/2" t

Some staining to her top and a little wear to the top of the arms

To my eye just a gorgeous object

She moved to New York in 1942 and became well known as a sculptor creating works in clay

MH's Early American Primitive School Slate, All Original, Marvelous Patina blue glass etched vase I'm terrible photographing whitesYou know I love an old school slate, but it's a rare occasion I come across one with a frame as beautifully primitive as this one, pine I believe, which has accrued the warmest and richest dry patina over the past 150+ years. Many of the old school slates one sees were made in England, but this I am certain is American, found in Maine, all original, one small square iron nail next to one larger one at each of the jointed corners. Very sturdy and