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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th or 19th century French ship chandler's trade sign, circa 1800, an oval pine double sided sign built with large dove-tails, advertising Cooperage and...
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French Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

Materials

Pine

18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign
18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign

18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign

Late 17th/Early 18th Century Polychrome Tobacconist Figure Sign Folk Art Carving
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large carved and polychrome painted tobacconist's figure almost certainly 17th or early 18th century For a related example see Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Page 412, plate 436. Originally this may well have been a tobacconist's shop window figure. For a similar, but slightly earlier unpainted example, see Sotheby's, The W. J. Shepherd collection of treen, 30th November 1983, Lot 393, illustrated in Pinto "Wooden Bygones of Smoking and Snuff Taking", plate 1. Carved wooden figures, often painted, were placed outside tobacconist's shops as signs from the 17th century onwards. The earliest of these figures is the 'black boy' or 'blackamoor'. 'At the sign of the black boy' or 'at the sign of the blackamoor' was a popular address for tobacconists since the early 17th century. The 17th century figures...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

Materials

Pine

Late 17th/Early 18th Century Polychrome Tobacconist Figure Sign Folk Art Carving
Late 17th/Early 18th Century Polychrome Tobacconist Figure Sign Folk Art Carving

Late 17th/Early 18th Century Polychrome Tobacconist Figure Sign Folk Art Carving

Dutch Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Greenwich, CT
An 18th century trade sign from a Dutch West Indies shipping merchant. The carved and polychromed sign depicts a winged-foot mercury surrounded by ga...
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Dutch Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

Materials

Wood

Dutch Folk Art Trade Sign
Dutch Folk Art Trade Sign

Dutch Folk Art Trade Sign

18th Century Zinc Chapeau Bicorne Sign
Located in Brecht, BE
An item for the zinc collectioneur or someone who loves items that are quirky and rare to find. This is a French enseigne/sign, from the very short period in French history "incroya...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

Materials

Zinc

18th Century Zinc Chapeau Bicorne Sign
18th Century Zinc Chapeau Bicorne Sign

18th Century Zinc Chapeau Bicorne Sign

Folk Art Sign-Maker's Sample Board in Original Paint
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Folk Art two-sided sign maker's sample board in original paint, one side having square color samples with various border treatments, each panel numbered (one through 25), the other...
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English Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

Materials

Wood

Folk Art Sign-Maker's Sample Board in Original Paint
Folk Art Sign-Maker's Sample Board in Original Paint

Folk Art Sign-Maker's Sample Board in Original Paint

18th Century Apothecary Sign
Located in Napa, CA
18th Century Apothecary sign was created with wrought iron, fer forge. Beautiful details of the medical symbol of a winged staff with two snakes intertwined.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

Materials

Wrought Iron

18th Century Apothecary Sign
18th Century Apothecary Sign

18th Century Apothecary Sign

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H 26 in W 42 in D 5.5 in
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H 19.5 in W 27.5 in D 7 in
Late 19th Century Cigar Store Carved Wooden Indian Tobacconist Trade Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A life size carved pitch pine cigar/tobacconist trade sign/point of sale in the form of an Indian. Often placed outside of a shop, the cigar store Indian became less common in the 20...
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H 79.53 in W 22.05 in D 14.57 in
Scandinavian Late 17th Century Baroque Angel Candleholder
Located in Copenhagen, K
Late 17th Century Baroque Angel Candlestick, Scandinavian Amazing carved wood and polychrome candleholder.
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H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 5.91 in
Eat or Tea Large Scale 1950s American Porcelain Enameled Steel Letters Sign
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Superb large scale American 1950s porcelain enameled metal letters, over 24" high, originally used as exterior signage from Chicago. EAT or TEA or ETA or ATE, 3 individual heavy gauges pressed and folded cold-rolled steel letters...
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H 24.5 in W 21 in D 0.75 in
Vintage Hand Painted on Wood Historic Golf Club Sign, 1920s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
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H 23.23 in W 35.83 in D 1.19 in
Antique Italian Faience Albarello, 18th Century Majolica Apothecary Storage Jar
Located in Bristol, GB
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H 7.88 in W 4.34 in D 4.34 in
Antique Reverse Painted Glass Drink Coca Cola Sign Ice Cream Parlour circa 1920
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Located in Port Jervis, NY
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H 14.75 in W 26 in D 0.75 in
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Located in Hopewell, NJ
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H 37 in W 12 in D 5 in
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H 0.4 in W 13 in D 5.12 in
Pair of Promotion Signs of Champagne Moet Et Chandon, France 1800.
Located in Milan, IT
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H 38 in W 11.5 in D 14 in
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H 18 in W 15 in D 1.5 in
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Located in London, GB
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H 17 in W 6 in L 17 in
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H 20.5 in W 27.5 in D 0.75 in
18th Century Italian Wrought Iron Blacksmith Armor Maker Trade Sign Helm
Located in Carimate, Como
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18th Century Italian Wrought Iron Blacksmith Armor Maker Trade Sign Helm

18th Century Italian Wrought Iron Blacksmith Armor Maker Trade Sign Helm

H 13 in W 11.03 in D 13.39 in
French Naive 18th Century Pewter Tavern / Shop Sign
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique pewter sign. Most likely of a tavern. Real conversation piece. Pewter with forged iron. France, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses.
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French Naive 18th Century Pewter Tavern / Shop Sign
French Naive 18th Century Pewter Tavern / Shop Sign

French Naive 18th Century Pewter Tavern / Shop Sign

H 15.36 in W 19.3 in D 1.97 in
Rococo 18th Century Danish Baker's Sign, Origin: Denmark, Circa 1760 - 1780
Located in New York, NY
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Rococo 18th Century Danish Baker's Sign, Origin: Denmark, Circa 1760 - 1780

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H 26.38 in W 21.26 in D 1.97 in
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Located in Prahran, Victoria
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H 54.73 in W 43.31 in D 2.56 in
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H 36 in W 96 in D 3 in
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H 53.88 in W 8.75 in D 8.75 in

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