WE BOUGHT SOME SIGN COLLECTIONS FROM VARIOUS ANTIQUE STORES – LIQUIDATION SALES IN CANADA, USA AND EUROPE. UP FOR SALE IS ONE GREAT LOOKING VINTAGE PORCELAIN METAL SIGN. SIZE APPROXIMATELY: 18″ x 17-1/2″ (METRIC 46,0 x 44,5 cm). FRONT OUTSTANDING QUALITY YOU CAN FEEL THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF REAL THICK PORCELAIN ENAMEL. HEAVY CONVEX SIGN IS PARTIAL RUSTY, TARNISHED, SCRATCHED WITH SOME NICKS & PORCELAIN CHIPS. USED CONDITION, PLEASE LOOK AT THE PICTURES FOR DETAILS. THE PICTURES ARE PART OF DESCRIPTION!! WE DO NOT OFFER SIGNS FROM INDIA & CHINA!! OLD ENAMEL SIGNS WERE MADE USING A HANDCRAFTED PROCESS IN WHICH A STEEL BASE PLATE WAS HAND-COATED WITH LAYERS OF ENAMEL USING A STENCIL, WHICH WERE THEN FIRED AT HIGH TEMPERATURES. THIS PROCESS CREATES THE CHARACTERISTIC RAISED LETTERING & GRAPHICS AND ENSURES AN EXTREMELY DURABLE, CORROSION-FREE & WEATHERPROOF SURFACE, AS THE ENAMEL IS FUSED TO THE STEEL AT APPROXIMATELY 850 °CELSIUS (OR 1562 °FAHRENHEIT). NOT ALL SIGNS HAVE A MAKERS MARK & NOT ALL SIGNS ARE FLAT. THE MOST EUROPEAN SIGNS ARE (DOMED – CONVEX) THAT MAKES THE SIGNS WAY MORE STABIL THAN THE FLAT ONES. THE DEFINITION OF VINTAGE IS: THE ITEM IS OVER 20 YEARS OLD AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN ORIGINAL! THE REAL COLOUR OF THE ITEM MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE PICTURES SHOWN ON WEBSITE CAUSED BY MANY FACTORS SUCH AS BRIGHTNESS OF YOUR MONITOR AND LIGHT BRIGHTNESS.