Old Hand-painted EGGS Sign with Creamy White Alligatored Paint curious doll but also might in this

but also might in this case (in a bit of a double le entendre) mean handsome waiter

and engravings created by prominent writers and other artists of the time

also known as Hansa -- a mythological aquatic bird representing passage

Every surface and detail of this wonderful antique British tramp art coin bank box is was carefully attended to

as do significant amounts of the red paint on the sides

Old Hand-painted EGGS Sign with Creamy White Alligatored Paint curious doll but also might in thisTo my eye, a perfect, and perfectly matter of fact, old hand painted sign, made even better by years of weather, softening the white to almost gray and resulting in a fine alligatoring of the paint. Just right. 14" x 9" x 11 16" with two eye hooks along the top for hanging.