Slate Cheese Board and Antique Cheese Slicer

A slate cheese board and silverplate slicer that spent decades from Patricia and Walter Wells's Paris apartment. The slate board is a deep charcoal grey, its surface carrying the natural grain of the stone, while the antique silverplate cheese slicer has a broad, bell-shaped blade with a single horizontal slot for shaving hard cheeses, set on a slender handle with a gently scrolled, classically French profile. Today it would be equally at home on a kitchen counter or sideboard, ready for a cheese course or an aperitif. Arrange a few wedges on the slate alongside some fruit and bread, rest the slicer alongside, and Voilà !