Red on White Hand-painted Double Sided OPEN + Cabbage Sign large whirligig What I know about J

What I know about J

with a couple of old fold lines and a small clean tear near the top along the center fold line

which interlock to allow for even spacing between letters

the two with fishing poles perched on what appears to be the stone wall of a pond

carving itself is 13 1/4" tall x 1 1/16" wide and deep

Red on White Hand-painted Double Sided OPEN + Cabbage Sign large whirligig What I know about JI really love the big, painterly serif lettering on this old hand painted OPEN sign, and the way the O and N push up against the edges, and of course the all over craquelure to the white paint, which I believe is house paint. Then on the back, just Cabbage, quickly painted with the paint thinning as the hand travelled. To my eye quite a satisfying thing. 19" l x 10 1 2" t x 5 8" thick. Sound and stable condition; paint is not actively chipping off.