Baked Beans and Turkey, Much Weathered Old Stencil Painted Sign from Maine tiny wooden shovel with a bit of yellow

with a bit of yellow paint where the handle meets the head

I believe this old wooden stacking toy is very early Playskool--1940s or so I think

Really a lovely little parquetry set

which add up to the most perfectly imperfect surface decoration

other times widely spaced

Baked Beans and Turkey, Much Weathered Old Stencil Painted Sign from Maine tiny wooden shovel with a bit of yellowIn addition to the very native New England combination of baked beans and turkey, what really sold me on this sign is the red lettering against weathered gray on the beans side, looking quintessentially Down East Maine to me, and as if battered by wind and perhaps some sea spray too, which I think is very likely the case! I also just like the idea of having a sign that says Turkey, whether as a descriptor (of the person, say, who might be sitting