A Wonderful c.1940 Hand Painted Fairground Booth Sign; “Gipsy Smith Romany Palmist” sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and on a red velvet

and on a red velvet carpet with gilt border

not taking too much time on his appearance and was known to be a bit of a lazy eccentric

and Swan joined John Mawson

a fractured wrist and gash to the forehead

A Wonderful c.1940 Hand Painted Fairground Booth Sign; “Gipsy Smith Romany Palmist” sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and on a red velvetOrigin: English Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 50 Width: 14. 75 inches Height: 30 inches The thin board ebony ground sign with gold hand painted script advertising the palmist and clairvoyant Gipsy Smith, an original Romany gipsy, survives from the second quarter of the twentieth century, the sign reading Gipsy Smith Romany Palmist, Your Councillor & Friend ~ if you are not afriad (sic) to face facts reading will