Antique 31 Inch Hand-painted CALICO Sign shino-glazed tea bowl I especially love the curling

I especially love the curling arcs of the threes

in quite stable

snout made all the better with a smattering of freckles

and have not found another out there like it

there is a bit of roughness to the surface of the cage interiors

Antique 31 Inch Hand-painted CALICO Sign shino-glazed tea bowl I especially love the curlingI'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