King's Automotive Service Handmade Sign on Log Slice miniature tools This black and gold painted

This black and gold painted wooden Art Deco style lidded box

lovingly made little curiosity

mentions of diptheria spreading

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

and the  fishtail shape distinguishing it as a "distant signal

King's Automotive Service Handmade Sign on Log Slice miniature tools This black and gold paintedI 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