Vintage Prime Electric Fence Embossed Tin Sign machine base Saint Louis

Saint Louis

The exterior is unfinished

typography

aligning with the postwar European aesthetic of sculptors like Manzù and Martini

founded in North Carolina in 1901

Vintage Prime Electric Fence Embossed Tin Sign machine base Saint Louisc. 1930s; The Prime Manufacturing Co. Milwaukee, WI Bold yellow and green tin advertising sign for the Prime Electric Fence line, featuring raised black lettering, lightning bolt graphics, and a dealer imprint for Clarence M. Bassett, Valley Falls, N. Y. The embossed typography and high contrast paint scheme mark it as classic early rural utility signage, made for roadside posts, barns, and farm gates. The green upper band appears to show overspray