1920s Old Faithful "Sterling" White Chalk Box, Full of Beautiful Chalk! Lapid pottery vase though a little earlier

though a little earlier

On the reverse it is signed by a David Schultz in blue ink and dated 1860--(along with numbers running 1-9 first forwards then backwards)--suggesting perhaps that its maker was in fact David and perhaps that it was made to mark the birth or life of Abraham

with a very particular eye to what I'm looking for

and structurally super sound

now known as Nightengale Valley I believe) on the Avon

1920s Old Faithful "Sterling" White Chalk Box, Full of Beautiful Chalk! Lapid pottery vase though a little earlierOh boy, what a satisfying thing! I loved opening this c. 1920s box to find it almost completely full of "Sterling" white chalk, which beautifully tapers to a rounded tip at one end. Though not quite as fine as the American Crayon Company's "Waltham" chalk, sold for just "a trifle more" as noted on one side of the box, it's pretty fabulous chalk definitely incentive to find an old slate chalkboard if one doesn't have on already. Though it's also just