Petroleum Jelly c. 1950s Hand-painted Make Do Cardboard Sign old cat doorstop There are some hatch marks

There are some hatch marks on the ball

super finely done and I believe antique

My photos are not great (I'm better equipped to document smaller things than large ones

Signed at lower right

or just looking great on the desk

Petroleum Jelly c. 1950s Hand-painted Make Do Cardboard Sign old cat doorstop There are some hatch marksThis sign was painted on the back of two joined overapping pieces of cardboard packaging, including one for "Nu Style" Peppermint Patties, which pretty definitely dates it to the 1950s, and would strongly suggest it was made in a grocery store for actual store use. It also suggests that this store was pushing a generic brand of petroleum jelly, perhaps its own store brand, rather than promoting Vaseline (which had been invented in 1870; the wikipedia