Yellow Stencil Painted Old Eastern Star Sign primitive spoon just everything great in antique

just everything great in antique playing cards

which dates to the 1880s

Painted in oils I believe quite a long time ago on what  a small plate/dish made of hard paper mache I believe

and including for the fact that I sell a lot to artists and creative people of various sorts

Yellow Stencil Painted Old Eastern Star Sign primitive spoon just everything great in antiqueId guess the Eastern Star here refers to the fraternal order of the Eastern Starestablished as a Masonic appendant body in 1850 and operating across some 20 countries todayand perhaps this served a sign at some masonic gathering, designating where the Eastern Stars were meant to assemble. I just love the evocativeness of the phrase though, perfectly rendered in black stenciled lettering against the perfect yellow painted ground, which makes me think