Is it real or is it...?

[Fabius]

I thought this was real until I saw the back. Never seen a back where the porcelain didn't cover most of the back. This back is weird looking with the exposed areas.

First and second photos are the suspect sign. The third is a known good one in y collection. I'm not where my sign is so I can't post a back pick of the good one. Notice that on the suspect sign hole on the right is slightly different position.

What do you think?

[Sargeguy]

Looks like a factory defect to me-the blue from the rim bleding over onto the back. The porcelain looks real albeit incomplete.

[Jack Ryan]

First and second photos are the suspect sign. The third is a known good one in y collection.

So "Wisconsin" is normally "bolder" than "Telephone Company"?

Thanks

Jack

[Sargeguy]

I did not notice that.  In one picture it looks normal.

[Fabius]

So "Wisconsin" is normally "bolder" than "Telephone Company"?

Thanks

Jack

The two signs have the same boldness in the Wisconsin lettering. I've senn that before on other sings and advertising.

[19and41]

I've worked in porcelained copper and wonder how they deposited the material so precisely to form the sign's design?  Was it deposited as a liquid or paste, or was it deposited as a dry granular material as I used?  I've never seen any pictures of the processes in making such signs. 

[Jim Stettler]

I think they  use a stencil and blue porcelain powder over a white "blank".
JMO,
Jim S.