King's Automotive Service Handmade Sign on Log Slice handmade wooden dial established in 1870

established in 1870

and more--making this all the more a document of another era

with great proportions and gorgeously rounded sides

my photos of this are not great and show a bit of shadow--in person it is pretty luminous and really lovely

as pictured--no real matter

King's Automotive Service Handmade Sign on Log Slice handmade wooden dial established in 1870I love the person who made this sign, taking great care to list, in hand lettered pencilled capitals, all of the services offered by King's Service station, as if "automotive" wouldn't quite imply the rest. I also, of course, really love the bleed of the blue paint onto the unpainted outlines of some of the letters, especially that S and E. Painted on a slice of log with the bark still on it, wonderfully sincere. 12 3 8" x 7 11 16" x 5 8" and in very