Antique Double-sided Painted DENT / REMOVED Sign on Pine Plank for the daybed 7 1/2" long x 3

7 1/2" long x 3 1/4" wide x 5" tall (with tail)

and typically with text on the body of the vessel taunting someone to try

woven of ash splint I believe

The watercolored rounds representing progressively diminished color intensities are paper cutouts

Could be a fun one to send as a birth announcement yet

Antique Double-sided Painted DENT / REMOVED Sign on Pine Plank for the daybed 7 1/2" long x 3There are lots of things I love about this old sign, which shows much better in person, including for the fact that the black painted letters are raised in slight relief. It appears to have been cut down on the right end from a larger sign when I first saw it I assumed the "DENT" once read DENTIST, and may have, but the "REMOVED" on the reverse side suggests it could have be the sign if a car repair shop, and perhaps DENT was just DENTS. I of course