This one I found in New Hampshire (almost into Vermont)
The velvet backed frame has an easel back from standing or can be hung from the strung
Super sturdy structurally
likely once part of a piece of furniture
bearing lion and eagle and cat and crown and rose and red star and various logos
SOLD Shut Open Open, Curious and Beautiful 19th Century Lead Weighted Sign barrel This one I found inA 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