Antique Double-sided Painted DENT / REMOVED Sign on Pine Plank visual perception or one clad in a

or one clad in a better coat of paint than this green

This really lovely seated terra-cotta woman with a terrific presence screams WPA era to me

It was a treat for me to find it now

and shows age toning--I believe it likely early 20th century

Large one measures 3 1/8" t x 1 1/2" in diameter

Antique Double-sided Painted DENT / REMOVED Sign on Pine Plank visual perception or one clad in aThere 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