A Wonderful c.1940 Hand Painted Fairground Booth Sign; “Gipsy Smith Romany Palmist” sub-Curios When the hound police finally

When the hound police finally caught up with Margo after years of close shaves and near misses

One of the side adjustment arms is a later replacement

dating this flag to that period

As with all hand-made rugs

signaling that it would have once bore a diluted form of castor oil obtained from the seeds of the plant RICINUS COMMUNIS

A Wonderful c.1940 Hand Painted Fairground Booth Sign; “Gipsy Smith Romany Palmist” sub-Curios When the hound police finallyOrigin: 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