Red on White Hand-painted Double Sided OPEN + Cabbage Sign large whirligig What I know about J

What I know about J

1920s--and a late iteration of the mold to where the the edges are softened and what was a incised decorative band near the top has lost most of its detail

carving itself is 13 1/4" tall x 1 1/16" wide and deep

and what a lovely object to hang on the wall near the entryway

though I am certain it was hers

Red on White Hand-painted Double Sided OPEN + Cabbage Sign large whirligig What I know about JI really love the big, painterly serif lettering on this old hand painted OPEN sign, and the way the O and N push up against the edges, and of course the all over craquelure to the white paint, which I believe is house paint. Then on the back, just Cabbage, quickly painted with the paint thinning as the hand travelled. To my eye quite a satisfying thing. 19" l x 10 1 2" t x 5 8" thick. Sound and stable condition; paint is not actively chipping off.