Schortmann SignHand-painted Sign-painters Antique Sign on Framed Wood Panel aged leather This is one a second

This is one a second batch of watercolor drawings I've purchased by Dr

mail magazines etc

which date to 1890 or so and were manufactured by Moore & Calvi Tobacco Company

I believe this is Chinese and dates from the 1950s or so

which I don't think is original

Schortmann SignHand-painted Sign-painters Antique Sign on Framed Wood Panel aged leather This is one a secondI've done some searching and found a number of Schortmann's from my neck of the woods near Boston, but I haven't been able to find anything about a Schortmann sign business, which I'd guess based on this sign operated in the early years of the 20th century, and if this one is any indication, must have made some pretty terrific signs! I love the palette shaped outline with brushes peeking through its thumbhole, and then the little "call me up" snuck in