1766 or 1966 HEAVY BRASS(?) STORE/SHOP SIGN?

What is this??

It is heavy(!), I think made of brass? and measures 8.5" x 6"

I've been watching it for the last week at a local thrift store for it to go to 1/2 price - today it finally did; going from $69.95 to $35

I thought it was a 1766 brass shop sign until I got it outside - now I think it's only 1966!!
But I still can't tell what half of it says or have any idea what it is/was?
Can anyone help me with this one?
I appreciate any info.

 

Looking at it here made me think of something - could this be a fireman's plaque that was hung outside houses & business' to show they were insured?

 

I don't think it has anything to do with fire fighting...

Is that the word BORLANGE in the middle? (Borlänge is a city in Dalarna County, Sweden.)

 

And the language looks like Swedish to me. Something with Skandinaviska banken, Scandinavian bank? Maybe @judy can read it?

 

Skandinaviska banken:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandinaviska_Banken

 

Allan Ebeling Väggrelief

https://www.tradera.com/item/341176/333095084/allan-ebeling-vaggrelief-koppar-tuna-knape-

need a translation

 

hmmm well the google translation of that one wasn't too helpful
Fine road relief by Allan Ebeling Tuna Knape. Gift by Skandinaviska Banken Borlänge. Made in the spring of 1966. Height 20 cm Width 16 cm

but this one adds a little info on a similar pair.


https://www.tradera.com/item/341176...?itm_source=vip&itm_medium=more-from-category



Wallboard in copper depicting Blacksmith and Copper mat. The copper panels are made by the artist Allan Ebeling in the 19450 / 60s. Height 20 cm. Width 16.5 cm. The genuine copper figure "Kopparmatte" was erected on the shampoo bar 1600-1700 century at Gamla Stan in Stockholm. He is now standing on the steps of the City Museum in Stockholm. The paintings are made for Enskilda Banken.

 

so then....just art !

 

I think the copper mat is meant to be the anvil, and with some cross-translating between several languages I think the shampoo bar is a pillory, but in this case probably just a pillar or streetpost.
I like the idea of a shampoo bar though.

 

Translated..........

https://www.tradera.com/item/341176...-vaggrelief-koppar-tuna-knape-#view-item-main

 

Sorry....it did not c/p translated. But click on the button on the upper right to translate.

 

There is only a button that wants to convert the price into British pounds.

 

I got a translate button but then it said it couldn't translate. . .

 

Description
Fine road relief by Allan Ebeling Tuna Knape. Gift by Skandinaviska Banken Borlänge. Made in the spring of 1966. Height 20 cm Width 16 cm

Swedish Krona to US Dollar
1.00 SEK =0.105640 USD

(final price was 1 Krona).

 

I saw that - and that it sold at auction for 11 cents??!!
What is it exactly (I know I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box) - a brass relief? Of what?
If/when I put it on ebay what do I say - it was a gift from a bank & made by Allan Ebeling, right? (unless this is a copy?). It's heavy/sturdy enough - do you think it was in a wall in the bank or given to the bank to be mounted?
Again, sorry if I missed it - but what is it a relief of? A miner?
Was it worth the $35? (I am SO glad I didn't buy it for $69 - in the store's light it looked liked 1766 & I was tempted to buy it then thinking it was a early colonial sign or something!)
Thanks guys, I really appreciate the help

 

A blacksmith and a copper something.
Maybe they had reliefs of different professions?

 

I found another.......listed as bronze....

wall decoration.

Never sold.

https://auctionet.com/en/960855-allan-ebeling-vaggdekoration-brons-1966-tal#machine_translation

 

sigh...well, it'll make a heck of a deep sea sinker/weight!

 

I would say it's a woodsman or a woodcutter - the equivalent of an American lumberjack.

 

Looks a bit like the "tin woodsman" from the Wizard of Oz. Standing in front of a log cabin type building.