KEEP TABLE CLEAN, Red on White Stencil Painted Steel Sign antique british floral study which looks to have been

which looks to have been produced by Sam Schartz Co

I found this wonderful box at an estate sale in MA in a modest house packed to the gills with a long lifetime's accumulation

facing toward her house with two faithful chickens at her heels

Plus what I believe is the original glass

KEEP TABLE CLEAN, Red on White Stencil Painted Steel Sign antique british floral study which looks to have beenSomething related to where this sign lived on December 12, 1974 cost $6. 53 per __ (?), which someone wrote in pencil right on it. I'd like to think it lived in the studio of Donald Judd, say, who was both ordering lots of industrial material and needing the work table to be clean! Whatever the case, a satisfyingly minimalist, matter of fact sign, in perfect red on creamy white comb. On steel plate, with two holes at bottom for mounting. 7" w x 6" t,