A Wonderful c.1940 Hand Painted Fairground Booth Sign; “Gipsy Smith Romany Palmist”

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A Wonderful c.1940 Hand Painted Fairground Booth Sign; “Gipsy Smith Romany Palmist”Origin: English Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 50 Width: 14. 75 inches Height: 30 inches The thin board ebony ground sign with gold hand painted script advertising the palmist and clairvoyant Gipsy Smith, an original Romany gipsy, survives from the second quarter of the twentieth century, the sign reading Gipsy Smith Romany Palmist, Your Councillor & Friend ~ if you are not afriad (sic) to face facts reading will

The Kelly Miller Circus

for a short time

each on an associated oak plinth

He then stole and bribed his way into Wales and went to Newport where he sneaked into the embassy where he was granted asylum

sometimes decorated with needlework

The Whole: 16

For those who could afford it

There are several punched holes for mounting purposes

for a bonsai plant

and mischievous

others were finely painted with mythological or figural subjects

some of the bottle tops have small dings to them though in terms of the glass there is only one bottle that has damage to it with the neck being cracked

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