{"product_id":"a-20thc-sign-written-pine-advertising-sign-for-p-w-maller-morticians","title":"A 20thC Sign-Written Pine Advertising Sign for P.W.Maller Morticians","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin: Canadian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod: Mid\/Late 20thC \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance: Unknown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate: c.1980\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth: 24”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight: 42”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDepth: 2”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe coffin shaped hand-painted mortician premises sign of good size, reading “P. W. Maller Mortician, Coffins Made to Order, Finest Canadian Pine, Special Rates” in gold paint to a black ground and surviving from the third quarter of the twentieth century.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere is chipping and wear to the paintwork, which gives the sign a decorative appeal with no cracks or losses. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor as long as human beings have cared for their dead, there have been funeral directors. The ancient Egyptians were possibly the first society to support full-time funeral directors with specialist priests spending up to 70 days preparing deceased royalty and nobility for the afterlife.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe name change from undertakers to morticians was first proposed in 1895 in The Embalmers' Monthly, a funeral business trade magazine. It sounded more user-friendly and it distanced itself from the business at hand, which was death.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDarkly humorous, beautifully decorative, fabulously unique.","brand":"Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52562613469464,"sku":"2552","price":690.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/5800\/5784\/files\/pinemorticiansign1.jpg?v=1787572698","url":"https:\/\/doeandhope.shop\/products\/a-20thc-sign-written-pine-advertising-sign-for-p-w-maller-morticians","provider":"doeandhope.shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}