An Early 20thC Hand-Painted Fairground Sign; Children’s Joy; c.1910 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews With a keen eye for

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An Early 20thC Hand-Painted Fairground Sign; Children’s Joy; c.1910 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews With a keen eye forOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Edwardian Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1910Width: 31. 5Height: 6. 5The decorative hand painted fairground, sign designed to draw in the crowds at fairgrounds in the early twentieth century, sign written with the words Childrens Joy, in green with yellow highlights and shadowed in orange, the whole being an early example of fairground and circus memorabilia. Suspended from two corner holes, the panel has paint flaking to several