KEEP OUT PRIVATE Old Hand-carved Sign with Red Paint on Pine whimsey in a bottle Some of the gold decoration

Some of the gold decoration has faded or worn away

all the more so against the great old white

and then more nails holding on the various super folky rudders and what not

and found refuge in a gap in the gorge he was walking through

A quick google search turns up that Vernon went on to become a composer

KEEP OUT PRIVATE Old Hand-carved Sign with Red Paint on Pine whimsey in a bottle Some of the gold decorationThis struck me as the perfect sign for an adolescent to hang the door of a secret club house! Pretty great anywhere, though, with the bent nails at top for hanging the perfect compliment to the fairly crudely carved letters enhanced with old red paint. Nice patina to the old pine panel, too. 18 1 2" x 7 1 2" t not including nails, x 3 4" thick. Overall good, stable and sound condition, with a little splitting at upper left, which I don't think