This is an enormous sign. It measures 8 feet wide, 3.5 feet high. It is metal that has been painted gold for the lettering and the background has applied black smalt, comes in the original wooden frame. It is dated 1923 in Hebrew, and the last photo is what I found regarding the details of this exact Synagogue that it came from. In America, the practice of combining gold leaf letters with a smalt background is something which began in the 1870's as a way of enhancing a signs appearance. Often it was used in conjuction with dimensional wood letters which had been gilded but it was also very common to combine the technique with flat gold letters as seen in this antique sign. The use of sand - stained with japan color - was a common practice giving the sign background a velvety look; an even classier method was the use of crushed glass. Cobalt glass is officially referred to as smalt (used as pigment in paintings) but many different colors of glass, primarily black, were also historically used for smalt backgrounds on signs. Pickup only, I will not ship this, I will be happy to work with whatever shipping company you contact to arrange shipping. I'm located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, zip code 10025.