Front Door Side Door Old Door Bell Buzzer Plate with Turning Arrows dry wood patina of indignation

of indignation

I love it for its sort of crude awkwardness

locking it very tightly so that ink could never escape

Perhaps it was first made as a cutting board

perfectly aged condition

Front Door Side Door Old Door Bell Buzzer Plate with Turning Arrows dry wood patina of indignationI found this one yesterday in New Hampshire and just thought it an interesting and evocative object, with arrows that can be positioned to point straight up or due west. I've done a bit of searching but can't find another like it I assume it would have been positioned on a wall inside an office building or hotel (or somewhere large enough to have three front and three side doors), with arrows turning to indicate when a particular doorbell was being