Yellow Stencil Painted Old Eastern Star Sign vintage earrings Vintage mid- to late-60s

Vintage mid- to late-60s

This is the sort of serene

with thick expressionistic strokes of deep blue glaze against white body lending lots of energy

The tin key wind tractor itself was made by Louis Marx Co

and presumed British

Yellow Stencil Painted Old Eastern Star Sign vintage earrings Vintage mid- to late-60sId guess the Eastern Star here refers to the fraternal order of the Eastern Starestablished as a Masonic appendant body in 1850 and operating across some 20 countries todayand perhaps this served a sign at some masonic gathering, designating where the Eastern Stars were meant to assemble. I just love the evocativeness of the phrase though, perfectly rendered in black stenciled lettering against the perfect yellow painted ground, which makes me think