Antique Wood Framed Double Sided School Slate embroidered pin cushion Thayer--an educator and Episcopalian minister

Thayer--an educator and Episcopalian minister who built a second home and summered in Ipswich (son of Robert Helyer Thayer

Guatemalan I believe

this one is from Boston

with thin black bands near the lip of the lid and near the top and bottom of the body

it's as if she herself

Antique Wood Framed Double Sided School Slate embroidered pin cushion Thayer--an educator and Episcopalian ministerI love these old school slates, made with real slate that retains a sense of many many years of school lessons performed across its surface and I believe this is an especially old one (19th c I think), so all the more so. I especially love the simple wood frame on this one just what it needs to be, and not quite square, plus one bottom corner of the frame exposes the edge of the slate inside, making its authenticity all the more apparent. The jointed