SOLD Shut Open Open, Curious and Beautiful 19th Century Lead Weighted Sign pins 1 7/16" tall at corners

1 7/16" tall at corners

it appears as though the woman at right is levitating above her found companions

It is marked England on the interior

the plane crashed but my life was saved

A small loss to the tip of her nose

SOLD Shut Open Open, Curious and Beautiful 19th Century Lead Weighted Sign pins 1 7/16" tall at cornersA bit of a mystery, at least to me, but to my eye a wonderful and evocative one and the inked lettering spelling out Shut Open Open just makes me swoon. At first look it seemed perhaps to be a shop sign, indicating open or closed hours, but with a heavy lead weight covering almost the entirety of the back, and an eye hook at top, it must have pulled up or down, perhaps functioning as a gate or door weight, with the shut not referring to closed hours