A Botschan Reverse Painted Glass Name Plate with Gold Foil Letters antique cast iron target ) I love the very

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A Botschan Reverse Painted Glass Name Plate with Gold Foil Letters antique cast iron target ) I love the veryI haven't been able to definitively place A. Botschan, but this is about the most beautiful name plate as I've ever seen, which makes me think either he was a sign maker, or he bothered to hire a very good one to make a sign for whatever business it was that he was in! Gold foil for the face of the letters with reverse painted glass surrounding them black for the ground and red and gold paint for the shadowing on the letters. To my eye just gorgeous