Antique Large Hand-painted NOT on Pine keep they shop and they shop will keep thee These came from a big

These came from a big lot of drawings by a W

or announce someone's 60th or 90th birthday

The engraving and text page are attached via linen tape to a a paper mat with a cutout overlay—easily separated in order to frame the engraving

And then at the bottom

Antique Large Hand-painted NOT on Pine keep they shop and they shop will keep thee These came from a bigSurely this was cut down many years ago from a longer sign, which is a bit sad, but also makes it much more manageable (it's over 2 feet long as is) and of course I love the resulting concision of "NOT," lending itself to functioning as a comment on all sorts of contexts and situations. And what a beauty of an object, too, with these beautifully bold hand painted black capital letters against white painted ground, and a gorgeously weathered surface