SOLD Shut Open Open, Curious and Beautiful 19th Century Lead Weighted Sign pins which makes the surface almost

which makes the surface almost tar-like

it appears as though the woman at right is levitating above her found companions

and would look pretty cozy hung near a fireplace

very clean vintage condition

the plane crashed but my life was saved

SOLD Shut Open Open, Curious and Beautiful 19th Century Lead Weighted Sign pins which makes the surface almostA bit of a mystery, at least to me, but to my eye a wonderful and evocative one and the inked lettering spelling out Shut Open Open just makes me swoon. At first look it seemed perhaps to be a shop sign, indicating open or closed hours, but with a heavy lead weight covering almost the entirety of the back, and an eye hook at top, it must have pulled up or down, perhaps functioning as a gate or door weight, with the shut not referring to closed hours