Scarce c. 1860s "Transparent Slate" with Eleven Engravings for Tracing folk art walking stick of song and of wine

of song and of wine / The sights you see there at the St

I would consider more for display that wearing--dimensions 8 3/4" l x 3" w x 2 1/2"

I find it quite poignant

most never opened or used (just two of the bandage boxes are empty

Scarce c. 1860s "Transparent Slate" with Eleven Engravings for Tracing folk art walking stick of song and of wineThis is a scarce one an early "transparent slate," c. 1860s, used as a drawing teaching tool. (The man pictured is Charles Fremont, Senator from California, first Republican candidate for president in 1856, and best known as "the Pathfinder" for expeditions to open the West to settlers.) As per the instructions on the back of the frame, one was meant to place one of the included engravings in the frame, use a "fine pointed black lead pencil" to trace