Vintage Brass Metal Chinese Dentist Sign Mounted on A Wood Base

This is a very unusual, small, Vintage Brass Metal Chinese Dentist Sign Mounted on A Wood Base. The engraved brass is filled with both red and black ink.

Approximate Size

• Base Width: 35.8 cm
  
• Height: 2.5 cm (1")
  
• Depth: 17.7 cm (excluding hooks)

In good condition, with a few surface blemishes in the wood and brass, it advertises a dental practice in a mixture of Chinese and English script. The sign could be stripped and polished but we have left it as some customers prefer the original patina.

Unfortunately, I'm not able to read the Chinese script, engraved and overwritten with red ink, at the top of the brass plaque or that within the right to left sliding window in the bottom left hand corner. I assume the 'window' indicates the dentist's availability: in/out 

The middle of the plaque is engraved and filled with black ink with the wording:

Dentist 

Ong Poo Yong

A lovely little curio for the home office, which has two brass hooks at the rear for wall mounting!

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