An Early 20thC London & Southwestern Railway Painted Cast Iron Sign; ‘Shut This Gate’ Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews every 291/2 days – which

every 291/2 days – which is one lunar month

which offsets the central field wonderfully well

with corded rope running through to a toggle at one end

There are no marks verso aside from the canvas being stamped ’12 F’ and we cannot see a signature that is visible

An Early 20thC London & Southwestern Railway Painted Cast Iron Sign; ‘Shut This Gate’ Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews every 291/2 days – whichOrigin: English Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 20 Width: 18 Height: 3 Depth: 0. 5 The rectangular shaped painted cast iron railway sign, in black capital lettering to an emerald green ground reading Shut this gate in capital lettering, and surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century England. In original condition, the whole has not been re painted or meddled with and the paint has flaked beautifully with age. There are