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Sign

Date

1920-1930

GUSN

GUSN-22547

Description

Round wooden sign painted yellow with black lettering. "The Community Shop/ Gifts/Antiques/Tea Served" painted over with yellow. Two iron hooks on top for hanging. Three wooden slats make up sign.

Details

Descriptive Terms

signs (declatory or advertising artifacts)
iron (metal)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Painted
Iron
Sign, Trade

Inscription

Painted on front and back: ""THE COMMUNITY SHOP/ GIFTS/ ANTIQUES/ TEA SERVED""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

32.25 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2638

Places

Maine (United States)

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