No Trespassing Perfectly Distressed Old Hand-painted Metal Sign antique wrought iron They are strung

They are strung

and this is an especially lovely one

The lid features what I believe is Hintha

complete with mechanical beak

1913 to the Rayo Card Co

No Trespassing Perfectly Distressed Old Hand-painted Metal Sign antique wrought iron They are strungI find everything about this sign 100% PERFECT. And, with social distance now the norm, it feels timely and poignant communicating the directive to keep a distance, but doing it in such a completely tender, human e, intimate way. I know that this sign was salvaged from a factory in Indianapolis prior to demolition, where clearly it hung for many many years, with an early incarnation of the lettering still visible under the current hand painted