L.F Underhill Job Painting Old Hand-painted Sign drippy green glaze and the shape and size

and the shape and size of the bowl

which infamously sank during the Portland Gale blizzard of 1898

It measures 4 1/2" tall x 1 1/2" wide

I discovered this wonderful little clay woman with child at the estate sale of a choreographer in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood

It's definitely got a strong patina on it

L.F Underhill Job Painting Old Hand-painted Sign drippy green glaze and the shape and sizeI 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