Super Painterly and Clever Antique Miniature Fourth of July Celebration Slate from Slatington, PA apothecary chest Gabriel Kohn

Gabriel Kohn

I have since found others similar (including in museum collections) and know that it likely came from Guererro in Mexico

I believe dating it to the late 19th century or so

Fascinating

so I've carefully removed all the pages and will send them outside of the binder

Super Painterly and Clever Antique Miniature Fourth of July Celebration Slate from Slatington, PA apothecary chest Gabriel KohnI spotted this one from a distance in a case and made a bee line for it the combination of the lush red white and blues of the taped perimeter in combination with the matte gray of the slate makes it to my eye a most gorgeous thing; a found painting if I ever saw one. It took me a minute to decipher the printed text on the reverse, but it reads: Fourth of July Celebration Slatington PA, with just the year worn enough not to be sure of (my guess is