Writing Slate

Item Information

Title:
Writing Slate
Description:
A rectangular pine frame enclosing a conforming slate. The frame is printed with geometric shapes, architectural facades, perspectual images on one side, the alphabet and numbers, Roman numerals and a selecion of 32 four letter words on one side.
Creator:
Wilde Bowler & Co.
Date:
1991
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
slate (rock)
pine (wood)
printing (process)
tablets (information artifacts)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
alphabets (symbols)
geometric patterns
numerals
Pine
Slate
Geometric
Alphabet
Numbers
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
8 in. x 10 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/2699
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.924
Identifier:
2699