Writing slate
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and slate
Measurements
327 mm (length); 226 mm (width); 11 mm (height)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671070
Summary
A school slate with a wooden frame. The corners are reinforced with metal but one is missing and another broken. One side of the slate is etched with horizontal lines. A leather thong is threaded through two holes in the frame. 'H C' is carved into the frame and the slate.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Douglas in May 1980.