Antique Wood Framed Double Sided School Slate toy bear terrific South American textiles

terrific South American textiles

I don't know a lot about the origins of this fantastic basket

Bowls measure 4 1/4" across at lip

Marked on bottom "Hand Made by David Heger N

This wonderful old barn-shaped wood and wire bird cage was clearly made with a lot of love and care

Antique Wood Framed Double Sided School Slate toy bear terrific South American textilesI love these old school slates, made with real slate that retains a sense of many many years of school lessons performed across its surface and I believe this is an especially old one (19th c I think), so all the more so. I especially love the simple wood frame on this one just what it needs to be, and not quite square, plus one bottom corner of the frame exposes the edge of the slate inside, making its authenticity all the more apparent. The jointed