Braille slate

Slate

Accession Number: 2001.211.45

Description: Pocket slate; 3 lines of 24 cells; brass top frame, cell windows are smooth rectangles; bright aluminum lower frame, grooved, brass pins up; brass piano hinge, riveted into recesses in frames; stamped "1990" on front left of top frame and "Istituto Dei Ciechi Napoli Paolo Colosimo" on front right of top frame.

Date Made: n.d.

Place of Origin: Naples, Italy

Collection: Ronecker Slate Collection

History/Provenance: Ronecker Slate Collection

Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2001.211

Subjects: Braille Slates Tactile writing

Dimension Notes: 1 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.

Made: Istituto Paolo Colosimo, Napoli

Material: Brass, aluminum

Updated: 11/23/2015