Rare American Enamel Barbers Pole Sign, Industrial Style, 1930s
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Rare porcelain enamel barbers pole shop sign. This is a very rare old sign, it is American in origin, we have the red and blue stripes wrapped around a White background, and at th...
Enamel
Early 20th Century Folk Art Zinc Barbers Pole Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century folk art zinc barbers pole trade sign. An early 20th century hand crafted zinc barbers pole trade sign.
Zinc
Vintage Smaller Folk Art 19th Century Barber Pole
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A great Folk Art barber pole in a smaller size that would hang on a post or in the front of the shop with holes to the reverse. Having fantastic patina with wear, age and being repai...
Wood, Paint
19th Century American Patriotic Barber Pole Open Sign Folk Art
Located in Forney, TX
A rare, likely one-of-a-kind, large antique, circa 1860s, early American hand carved, painted, and sculpted wooden patriotic barber pole advertising trade sign / open sign. Mid-1...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Sam Williams Signed Northwest Coast Nuu-chah-nulth Carved Wood Totem Pole
By Sam Williams
Located in Studio City, CA
A striking hand carved Pacific Northwest Coast totem pole by Nuu-chah-nulth artist Sam Williams (1884?
Wood, Paint
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