No Trespassing Perfectly Distressed Old Hand-painted Metal Sign antique wrought iron a UNESCO world heritage site

a UNESCO world heritage site filled with thousand year old Viking rune stones and burial mounds

and this is an especially lovely one

They are strung

16 inches tall x 12" wide

All of these signs of age in this case I think only contribute to the wonderful aura of this lovely little painting

No Trespassing Perfectly Distressed Old Hand-painted Metal Sign antique wrought iron a UNESCO world heritage siteI find everything about this sign 100% PERFECT. And, with social distance now the norm, it feels timely and poignant communicating the directive to keep a distance, but doing it in such a completely tender, human e, intimate way. I know that this sign was salvaged from a factory in Indianapolis prior to demolition, where clearly it hung for many many years, with an early incarnation of the lettering still visible under the current hand painted