Bristol Zoological Gardens:  A Mid 20thC Sign Written Enclosure Warning Sign for The Bear Pit; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' c.1950-60 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus the full script reads:

the full script reads:

and three keys for which to wind them

mountain-turf and river's marge

or perhaps he once bore a crown (leading to the assumption he may be Scandanavian) though we would have expected the crown to be carved in one piece as is the rest of the piece

It consists of three pieces

Bristol Zoological Gardens:  A Mid 20thC Sign Written Enclosure Warning Sign for The Bear Pit; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' c.1950-60 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus the full script reads:Origin: English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Bristol Zoological Gardens, Bristol, England Date: c. 1950 60 Width: 15. 5 Height: 11 The hand sign written enclosure warning sign believed to have been displayed around the edge of the bear pit during the period reading; 'Do Not Sit Children On This Barrier' the whole of wooden construction and painted in sky blue and red with yellow text, surviving from the 1950s and formerly of Bristol zoological