Make Do Hybrid: Antique Darning Egg with Clothes Pin Handle Scheurich vase creamy white hand-painted capital letters

creamy white hand-painted capital letters against rusty surface really do it for me on this sign

unsigned but dating to the mid 19th century I know

or sometimes "persuader"--likely dates to the early 19th century

including "Pigeon Tribe" and "Honey Eaters

Make Do Hybrid: Antique Darning Egg with Clothes Pin Handle Scheurich vase creamy white hand-painted capital lettersA very sweet old thing, the likes of which I've never seen a make do darning egg I believe, with a clothes pin used for its handle. Looks to me like just one small iron nail with nice bleed around it securing the two parts together, but its as solid and sound as can be. 5 1 2" l x 2" x 1 1 2" and in good antique condition.