Thread: Escher with special instructions

This archived thread here, Escher Back Labels, shows a variety of them in a few different designs.

IMO the one with the barber scene with the four men is the oldest of the barber scene labels. The blue cup label, Celebrated Water Razor Hone, may be older, may not.

Note that some of these 4 man barber scene labels do not have the signature. I think that it makes sense to assume that they are older than the labels with the signature.

The labels with the two man barber scene are IMHO the later stones. When used, rinsed under that tap, lapped under running water, those labels will rinse off eventually. The 4 man labels are on there to stay. Even deliberately removing them is all but impossible. The two man require a little bit of soaking and peel right off.