Accession Number: 1992.47
Description: Wooden desk slate; two solid wood side rails of darker wood, attached to main board with glue and three (3) screws through sides, each rail has seven (7) 5/16" diameter holes bored in a vertical line; wooden full width paper clamp at top of board, hinged with two brass curled piano hinges, cutout in center of clamp for fixed block mounted with nickel-plated brass leaf-shaped clamp lock, clamp has steel teeth both up and down (total of four); written in pencil below clamp is "Eddie Irwill, Woodside, Fla."; stamped on top of right rail behind clamp, "BA".
Height: 11.024
Width: 7.087
Depth: 2.362
Date Made: ca. 1890
Place of Origin: London, England
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 1992.47
Subjects: Boards (writing) Braille Tactile writing Slates
Dimension Notes: 6 x 18 x 28 cm.
Material: Wood, nickel, brass, steel
Updated: 11/08/2018
