Antique Double-sided Painted DENT / REMOVED Sign on Pine Plank drawing on wood panel I cannot resist objects like

I cannot resist objects like this

but the "REMOVED" on the reverse side suggests it could have be the sign if a car repair shop

I know that this dragon fragment from an incredibly intricate mixed metal overlay on an antique Asian table

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Signed at lower right with what looks like Wm Ritter

Antique Double-sided Painted DENT / REMOVED Sign on Pine Plank drawing on wood panel I cannot resist objects likeThere are lots of things I love about this old sign, which shows much better in person, including for the fact that the black painted letters are raised in slight relief. It appears to have been cut down on the right end from a larger sign when I first saw it I assumed the "DENT" once read DENTIST, and may have, but the "REMOVED" on the reverse side suggests it could have be the sign if a car repair shop, and perhaps DENT was just DENTS. I of course