An Early 20thC London & Southwestern Railway Painted Cast Iron Sign; ‘Shut This Gate’ Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Strong” and famous leopard trainer

Strong” and famous leopard trainer Olga Celeste “To Mr and Mrs Monell

with the recessed panels washed to a pale

with an amicable disposition

With the masts went by the board

the dolphin grieved itself to death

An Early 20thC London & Southwestern Railway Painted Cast Iron Sign; ‘Shut This Gate’ Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Strong” and famous leopard trainerOrigin: English Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 20 Width: 18 Height: 3 Depth: 0. 5 The rectangular shaped painted cast iron railway sign, in black capital lettering to an emerald green ground reading Shut this gate in capital lettering, and surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century England. In original condition, the whole has not been re painted or meddled with and the paint has flaked beautifully with age. There are