Wood house sign – Harpooner Cottage

So, "Call me Ishmael" – a rectangular wooden plaque maybe from where Captain Ahab used to rest his whale bone peg leg when he was not in pursuit of Moby Dick.

Untreated softwood house signs will turn this silvery- grey when repeatedly exposed to those south-westerlies that blow in from the Bay of Biscay. To prevent this, the Captain should have ordered the crew of the Pequod to give it a fresh coat of varnish every year when they stayed at the cottage on shore leave.

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House Signs - House Plaques

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• Wooden House Plaque – Cor Cottage
• Varnished Wood House Plaque – The Cottage
• Framed Wooden House Sign – Glenrigg
• Wooden House Sign - Aldersyde
• Eden Cottage House sign
• Wood House Plaque - Holly Cottage