L.F Underhill Job Painting Old Hand-painted Sign garden tool and I'd like to think

and I'd like to think the painting was done on wood from a fallen tree removed from these very banks

no chips or cracks that I can see

speckled brown from reaction with the body of the clay

but I believe these were also made with hair of the living

Visible image: 18 3/4" x 11 3/4"

L.F Underhill Job Painting Old Hand-painted Sign garden tool and I'd like to thinkI really really love this sign, from the tiny details to the overall effect. First, the total lack of precision about it (note, among other things, the penciled "G" showing through the "T" in painting) makes it seem anything but an effective advertisement for a "job painter" I think I would quite like the person who made it, but don't think I'd hire them to paint my trim! And then these decorative periods (red ringed in gold paint) after Underhill and