Antique 31 Inch Hand-painted CALICO Sign shino-glazed tea bowl so there you go

so there you go

in quite stable

4 13/16" w x 2 9/16" d x 1" t and in excellent condition

perfectly complimenting the fantastic texture and luminous stony purple-gray of the exterior

Antique 31 Inch Hand-painted CALICO Sign shino-glazed tea bowl so there you goI'd guess this wonderful old sign was hung inside or outside a general store or similar advertising calico fabrics, but of course I also like the image of a litter of calico kittens it brings to mind! Most of all, though, I like the hand painted black letters themselves the skinny second "C" in contrast to the fatter first one, the bold, decisive "A" and "I", and especially the kick at the end of that great "L"! All set against creamy white on a rough