L.F Underhill Job Painting Old Hand-painted Sign garden tool Visible image: 18 3/4" x

Visible image: 18 3/4" x 11 3/4"

I believe this tiny one is carved of boxwood

the more the better

which operated from 1859 to 1899

L.F Underhill Job Painting Old Hand-painted Sign garden tool Visible image: 18 3/4" xI really really love this sign, from the tiny details to the overall effect. First, the total lack of precision about it (note, among other things, the penciled "G" showing through the "T" in painting) makes it seem anything but an effective advertisement for a "job painter" I think I would quite like the person who made it, but don't think I'd hire them to paint my trim! And then these decorative periods (red ringed in gold paint) after Underhill and