Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame odd fellows links as it's the Kansas State

as it's the Kansas State bird

Each sheet measures 16 1/2" l x 8 3/4" w x 1/16" thick

And on the back of each is a tab for standing them up

) Very good condition

Rare Antique Oval Shaped Slate with Carved Walnut Frame odd fellows links as it's the Kansas StateI've bought and sold and otherwise admired a lot of antique slates, but never have I come across one with a rounded corner frame like this one, hand carved of walnut, I believe, in two parts joined by interlocking wooden pins. Since finding this one I've hunted around online and found just a couple of images of other 19th c round ish slates, but none with frames joined in quite this way. To my eye it's extraordinary beautiful, and all the better for