Gorgeous Antique Wood Framed Large School Slate with Corner Reinforcements antique lacquer box The Washington Post

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to secure a scarf

The closest matches to these I've found are French

I have long admired these sorts of tiles-- produced in the 18th and 19th century during the Qajar period in Persia--which very frequently feature hunters on horses like this one

Such a great box

Gorgeous Antique Wood Framed Large School Slate with Corner Reinforcements antique lacquer box The Washington PostThis is the most beautiful old school slate I believe I have ever seen. And I think it is also the heaviest! I have not found another with this sort of double frame all the way around, or with these reinforced corners, with what appear to me to be iron plates wrapping around the sides, held in place by clusters of fat nails. Just wonderful. Plus, a name carved into the wood at the top of one side, which looks to read Chas Magill or similar. I think