1 v. (2 slates) : double sided ; 18 x 8 cm. + 1 slate pencil
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ken Spelman Books
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
From the 1830s, pencils cut from solid pieces of softer grades of slate or soapstone were used by schoolchildren to write on tables cut from harder grades of slate. Slate pencils were available with the slate core unwrapped, wrapped in paper, or encased in wood like a lead pencil.