King's Automotive Service Handmade Sign on Log Slice miniature tools with all of the hinges

with all of the hinges working well and the drawer opening with ease

and the  fishtail shape distinguishing it as a "distant signal

1870s and made of mahogany with several different wood inlays

plants (including a fabulous cactus

mentions of diptheria spreading

King's Automotive Service Handmade Sign on Log Slice miniature tools with all of the hingesI 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