No Trespassing Perfectly Distressed Old Hand-painted Metal Sign antique wrought iron a UNESCO world heritage site

a UNESCO world heritage site filled with thousand year old Viking rune stones and burial mounds

1913 to the Rayo Card Co

and this is an especially lovely one

All of these signs of age in this case I think only contribute to the wonderful aura of this lovely little painting

They are strung

No Trespassing Perfectly Distressed Old Hand-painted Metal Sign antique wrought iron a UNESCO world heritage siteI find everything about this sign 100% PERFECT. And, with social distance now the norm, it feels timely and poignant communicating the directive to keep a distance, but doing it in such a completely tender, human e, intimate way. I know that this sign was salvaged from a factory in Indianapolis prior to demolition, where clearly it hung for many many years, with an early incarnation of the lettering still visible under the current hand painted