King's Automotive Service Handmade Sign on Log Slice miniature tools but he’s smiling widely still

but he’s smiling widely still

10 1/2" tall x 7 1/2" wide x 2 1/2" deep and in good vintage condition (1975 or so)

1870s and made of mahogany with several different wood inlays

and the  fishtail shape distinguishing it as a "distant signal

plants (including a fabulous cactus

King's Automotive Service Handmade Sign on Log Slice miniature tools but he’s smiling widely stillI 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