Old Red Zig Zag Edged 212 Wooden Sign brick painting The glass bottle and interior

The glass bottle and interior rim around are stained black from years of use

Klijn's work has been offered at auction multiple times

or whether it was made by

One of the things I love most about old folk carved whimsies is that even when representing fairly common forms -- chain links

is monogrammed with the initials HHF

Old Red Zig Zag Edged 212 Wooden Sign brick painting The glass bottle and interiorWhen I spotted this old sign, I immediately thought not of what I'm sure was its original function as a house number, but rather of the original, now impossible to attain 212 Manhattan area code. So I grabbed it for a longtime New Yorker to hang proudly, I hope or perhaps for a former Manhattanite like me, for whom 212 immediately provokes nostalgia for younger days in NYC, forever a core part of one's identity! Of a great scale at 25 inches long x 11