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Shop Sign
Shop Sign

Shop Sign

$1,149

Shop Sign

Located in London, England

Large oak " Pharmacie " shop sign. France circa 1900. H 56cm x W 394cm x D 15cm

Category

Early 1900s Antique Signs

Materials

Lead

Coke Button Sign
Coke Button Sign

Coke Button Sign

Located in Alpha, NJ

This is a vintage enameled Coca Cola Sign. This is in good overall condition with minor wear along

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Signs

Materials

Steel

Bull Head Trade Sign
Bull Head Trade Sign

Bull Head Trade Sign

Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

19th Century bull head advertisement trade sign used in a hardware or butcher shop. Retains a

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Signs

Materials

Metal

“Whistle” Railway Sign, England 1870
“Whistle” Railway Sign, England 1870

“Whistle” Railway Sign, England 1870

Located in Culver City, CA

“Whistle” Railway Sign England, 1870 Painted backboard with alloy letters and glass “cats eye

Category

19th Century English Antique Signs

Materials

Metal

19th century French café sign ...
19th century French café sign ...

19th century French café sign ...

Located in Brecht, BE

a unique find, a 19th century sign from a French café "Les Bons Amis" which means "Best friends

Category

19th Century French Antique Signs

Materials

Glass, Pine

Massive Antique Garage Sign
Massive Antique Garage Sign

Massive Antique Garage Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

Carved and painted dimensional lettering adorned to a large painted plank to advertise a service station/car repair garage. 145.5" W x 25" H

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

Boucherie Chevaline Trade Sign
Boucherie Chevaline Trade Sign

Boucherie Chevaline Trade Sign

Located in London, GB

Boucherie Chevaline Trade Sign A hand crafted Boucherie Chevaline, zinc gold leaf hand beaten

Category

Early 20th Century French Victorian Antique Signs

Materials

Zinc

18th Century Apothecary Sign
18th Century Apothecary Sign

18th Century Apothecary Sign

Located in Napa, CA

18th Century Apothecary sign was created with wrought iron, fer forge. Beautiful details of the

Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Signs

Materials

Wrought Iron

19th Century Reliquiae Sanctorum Sign
19th Century Reliquiae Sanctorum Sign

19th Century Reliquiae Sanctorum Sign

Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex

Remarkable original "Reliquiae Sanctorum" sign on sheet metal. Later mounted to weathered

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Signs

Materials

Sheet Metal

Keystone Broom Corn Advertising Sign
Keystone Broom Corn Advertising Sign

Keystone Broom Corn Advertising Sign

Located in San Francisco, CA

Keystone broom corn supplies metal advertising sign 22.75" x 25.5"

Category

19th Century American Antique Signs

Materials

Metal

Vintage Large Wooden “Bakery” Trade Sign
Vintage Large Wooden “Bakery” Trade Sign

Vintage Large Wooden “Bakery” Trade Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

Large hand-crafted wooden storefront sign featuring raised block letters reading BAKERY across a

Category

Early 20th Century American American Colonial Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Mustard
Enamel Sign for Colman’s Mustard

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Mustard

$1,337Sale Price|41% Off

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Mustard

Located in Cheshire, GB

Enamel sign for Colman’s Mustard, of rectangular form decorated in blue and yellow enamel

Category

Early 20th Century British Antique Signs

Materials

Enamel

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch
Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch

$1,337Sale Price|38% Off

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch

Located in Cheshire, GB

Enamel sign for Colman’s Starch, of rectangular form decorated in blue and white enamel

Category

Early 20th Century British Antique Signs

Materials

Enamel

19th Century, Apothecary Trade Sign
19th Century, Apothecary Trade Sign

19th Century, Apothecary Trade Sign

Located in Nantucket, MA

Figural trade sign in the form of a mortar and pestle, both the mortar and pestle are hand turned

Category

Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Zinc

Early 20th Century Pharmacist Figural Trade Sign
Early 20th Century Pharmacist Figural Trade Sign

Early 20th Century Pharmacist Figural Trade Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

Antique figural painted tin trade sign. This piece takes the form of an antique mortar and pestle

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Signs

Materials

Tin

Monumental Cobblers Boot Trade Sign
Monumental Cobblers Boot Trade Sign

Monumental Cobblers Boot Trade Sign

Located in Staffordshire, GB

Monumental Cobblers Boot Trade Sign. Provenance: By Repute Crosby Cobblers - Liverpool Est 1841

Category

Early 20th Century British Antique Signs

Materials

Metal, Brass

19th Century Zinc Sign/Enseigne
19th Century Zinc Sign/Enseigne

19th Century Zinc Sign/Enseigne

Located in Brecht, BE

Quirky rare to find zinc sign/enseigne, made for a French hatmaker ... great patina.

Category

19th Century French Antique Signs

Materials

Iron, Zinc

19th Century Cobbler Trade Sign
19th Century Cobbler Trade Sign

19th Century Cobbler Trade Sign

Located in Nantucket, MA

A carved cobbler's boot-form trade sign, in old gold paint. Carved in two pieces of pine, capped

Category

Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Lead

Important Folk Art Trade Sign
Important Folk Art Trade Sign

Important Folk Art Trade Sign

$10,320Sale Price|20% Off

Important Folk Art Trade Sign

Located in Greenwich, CT

A mid 19th Century folk art trade sign of demilune form, depicting a Native American chief holding

Category

19th Century American Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

Antique Double Sided French Hairdresser Sign
Antique Double Sided French Hairdresser Sign

Antique Double Sided French Hairdresser Sign

Located in Ongar, GB

A beautiful early 20th century double sided French hairdresser shop sign with lovely old weathered

Category

1920s French Antique Signs

Materials

Metal

Antique Wrought Iron Welder's Trade Sign
Antique Wrought Iron Welder's Trade Sign

Antique Wrought Iron Welder's Trade Sign

Located in Montreal, QC

This large double side Welder's Mask Sign hung outside a iron mongers work shop boldly visible for

Category

Late 19th Century Canadian Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Iron

Hand Painted Dentist Trade Sign c.1940
Hand Painted Dentist Trade Sign c.1940

Hand Painted Dentist Trade Sign c.1940

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT Single sided wooden dentist tooth trade sign with gold and black letters. Hand painted, hand

Category

Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

Framed 18th c. Merchant Trade Sign
Framed 18th c. Merchant Trade Sign

Framed 18th c. Merchant Trade Sign

Located in Greenwich, CT

A late 18th century/early 19th century trade sign from a Dutch West Indies shipping merchant. The

Category

Late 18th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

antique pharmacy sign mortar and pestle
antique pharmacy sign mortar and pestle

antique pharmacy sign mortar and pestle

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

This is a very rare Pharmacy sign from the late 1800s. Made of tin/metal with remnants of gold

Category

19th Century American Antique Signs

Materials

Metal

1890 Wood Cigar Advertising Sign large American
1890 Wood Cigar Advertising Sign large American

1890 Wood Cigar Advertising Sign large American

Located in Surrey, BC

A truly one of a kind late 19th century/ hand painted solid wood large advertising cigar sign

Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

Walk This Way: Antique Metal Shoemaker’s Trade Sign
Walk This Way: Antique Metal Shoemaker’s Trade Sign

Walk This Way: Antique Metal Shoemaker’s Trade Sign

Located in New York, NY

Metal Shoe Trade Sign Europe (likely France or England), late 19th–early 20th century This

Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Signs

Materials

Metal

Early-20th Century Boul Club Sign
Early-20th Century Boul Club Sign

Early-20th Century Boul Club Sign

Located in London, GB

Early-20th Century Boul Club Sign A complete one off, in the form of a hand carved / painted

Category

Early 20th Century French Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Pine

Hand-Carved Steer Head Trade Sign
Hand-Carved Steer Head Trade Sign

Hand-Carved Steer Head Trade Sign

Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Hand-carved French walnut steer head trade sign. Made for a butcher shop. Simple, yet well done

Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

Large Vintage Play Golf at Virginia Porcelain Sign
Large Vintage Play Golf at Virginia Porcelain Sign

Large Vintage Play Golf at Virginia Porcelain Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

1930s; Antique porcelain enamel single‑sided roadside sign reading "Play GOLF at Virginia" with

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Signs

Materials

Enamel, Steel

Early 20th Century American "Chiropractor" Sign
Early 20th Century American "Chiropractor" Sign

Early 20th Century American "Chiropractor" Sign

Located in Chicago, IL

Own a piece of Wisconsin's history with this early 20th century hand-painted sign from an early

Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

Pre-Prohibition Fortune's Buffet ROG Mirror Sign
Pre-Prohibition Fortune's Buffet ROG Mirror Sign

Pre-Prohibition Fortune's Buffet ROG Mirror Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

Antique reverse-painted storefront sign. This piece was for a shop that specialized in alcoholic

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Signs

Materials

Brass

Johnson Motor Oil Double-Sided Porcelain Sign
Johnson Motor Oil Double-Sided Porcelain Sign

Johnson Motor Oil Double-Sided Porcelain Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

This sign advertises Johnson Gasoline (stylistically spelled erroneously) sold with Ethyl anti

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Signs

Materials

Metal

English Victorian Painted Shoemaker's Boot Sign
English Victorian Painted Shoemaker's Boot Sign

English Victorian Painted Shoemaker's Boot Sign

Located in Queens, NY

English Victorian red & blue painted and decorated wood carved shoemaker's boot sign.     

Category

Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Signs

Materials

Metal

Large Weathered Trade Sign "Carriage Shop"
Large Weathered Trade Sign "Carriage Shop"

Large Weathered Trade Sign "Carriage Shop"

Located in Greenwich, CT

A 12 foot long trade sign displaying the words Carriage Shop on one side and Horse Shoeing on the

Category

1870s American Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Pharmacist Figural Trade Sign
Early 20th Century Pharmacist Figural Trade Sign

Early 20th Century Pharmacist Figural Trade Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

Antique figural copper and tin trade sign. This piece takes the form of an antique mortar and

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Signs

Materials

Copper, Wrought Iron, Tin

Very Early X-Ray Building Sign
Very Early X-Ray Building Sign

Very Early X-Ray Building Sign

Located in Peekskill, NY

This is one of the best signs I've ever had. It's 10 feet 8 inches long by 19 inches by 5 inches

Category

Late 19th Century American Industrial Antique Signs

Materials

Tin

Vintage Steel Engineering Sign from USA
Vintage Steel Engineering Sign from USA

Vintage Steel Engineering Sign from USA

Located in Sagaponack, NY

A graphic rectangular patinated steel wall sign from a venerable Detroit, Michigan engineering firm.

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Signs

Materials

Iron

19th Century Folk Art Upholstery Trade Sign
19th Century Folk Art Upholstery Trade Sign

19th Century Folk Art Upholstery Trade Sign

Located in San Francisco, CA

Wonderful 19th century hand painted folk art upholstery trade sign. Double sided wooden trade sign

Category

Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

1800s Skeleton Key Locksmith Trade Sign
1800s Skeleton Key Locksmith Trade Sign

1800s Skeleton Key Locksmith Trade Sign

Located in Peekskill, NY

This is one of the best locksmith trade signs we have offered. It’s early and all handmade in iron

Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Iron

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

18th Century Zinc Chapeau Bicorne Sign

Located in Brecht, BE

. This is a French enseigne/sign, from the very short period in French history "incroyable et

Category

Late 18th Century French Antique Signs

Materials

Zinc

Traditional Large Iron Hanging Pub Sign. The Boot
Traditional Large Iron Hanging Pub Sign. The Boot

Traditional Large Iron Hanging Pub Sign. The Boot

Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight

Traditional Large Iron Hanging Pub Sign. The Boot This is a large and heavy piece dating from the

Category

1920s Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Iron

Early 20th Century Porcelain Heinz Advertising Sign
Early 20th Century Porcelain Heinz Advertising Sign

Early 20th Century Porcelain Heinz Advertising Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

sign. This piece features the iconic Heniz 57 Varieties typeface with the iconic pickle logo. The

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Signs

Materials

Porcelain

Hand Painted Studebaker Wagons Sign c.1930
Hand Painted Studebaker Wagons Sign c.1930

Hand Painted Studebaker Wagons Sign c.1930

By Studebaker

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT An original Studebaker hand-painted wooden sign, originally from a 1930s wagon shop

Category

Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

Rare Painted Antique Lead Watchmaker’s Shop Sign
Rare Painted Antique Lead Watchmaker’s Shop Sign

Rare Painted Antique Lead Watchmaker’s Shop Sign

Located in Bridgeport, CT

An outstanding piece of Folk Art, this Pocket Watch form Lead sign has a painted face with Roman

Category

19th Century Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Lead

Vintage Two-Sided Hood’s Ice Cream Advertising Sign
Vintage Two-Sided Hood’s Ice Cream Advertising Sign

Vintage Two-Sided Hood’s Ice Cream Advertising Sign

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A rare and authentic two-sided painted metal advertising sign for Hood’s Ice Cream, displayed in

Category

Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Signs

Materials

Metal

Late 19th Century "Pocket Watch" Carved Wood Trade Sign
Late 19th Century "Pocket Watch" Carved Wood Trade Sign

Late 19th Century "Pocket Watch" Carved Wood Trade Sign

Located in Buffalo, NY

Late 19th Century "Pocket Watch" Carved Wood Trade Sign. Watch-makers / repairs sign.. Wonderful

Category

Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Wood

Early Danish Double Sided Neon Bakery Sign
Early Danish Double Sided Neon Bakery Sign

Early Danish Double Sided Neon Bakery Sign

Located in Peekskill, NY

When we first found this neon sign our restorer was excited to work on it. He believes that the

Category

Early 20th Century Danish Industrial Antique Signs

Materials

Steel

c. 1920 ROG Usher's "Special Reserve" Beveled Advertising Sign
c. 1920 ROG Usher's "Special Reserve" Beveled Advertising Sign

c. 1920 ROG Usher's "Special Reserve" Beveled Advertising Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

c. 1920s; Andrew Usher & Co. - Edinburgh, Scotland Antique scotch whiskey advertising sign with

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Signs

Materials

Glass

Early 20th Century Mackintosh Solicitors Rounded Bronze Sign
Early 20th Century Mackintosh Solicitors Rounded Bronze Sign

Early 20th Century Mackintosh Solicitors Rounded Bronze Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

c. 1920s; W & J Mackintosh, Solicitors - London Antique rounded bronze column sign. This piece

Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Signs

Materials

Bronze

Late 19th Century Painted Tin Fountain Tobacco Advertising Sign
Late 19th Century Painted Tin Fountain Tobacco Advertising Sign

Late 19th Century Painted Tin Fountain Tobacco Advertising Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

Painted tin lithograph advertising sign for Fountain Tobacco, produced for Lovell & Buffington of

Category

Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Signs

Materials

Tin

Antique Folk Art Sign Copper Folk Art
Antique Folk Art Sign Copper Folk Art

Antique Folk Art Sign Copper Folk Art

Located in Munich, DE

This unusual ornamental copper plate was used to write information on it, possibly the menue for a restaurant. We can see traces of writing. The beautifull carving shows birds, leav...

Category

1860s European Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Copper

Antique NOS Reed Vise Tin on Cardboard Sign
Antique NOS Reed Vise Tin on Cardboard Sign

Antique NOS Reed Vise Tin on Cardboard Sign

Located in Dekalb, IL

Antique new-old-stock tin-over-cardboard (TOC) advertising sign. This piece advertises Reed Mfg. Co., a

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Signs

Materials

Tin

Early 20th century English Hand Painted “HELL” Sign
Early 20th century English Hand Painted “HELL” Sign

Early 20th century English Hand Painted “HELL” Sign

Located in London, GB

Early 20th century English Hand Painted “HELL” Sign Originally this sign was reclaimed from a

Category

1920s British Victorian Antique Signs

Materials

Pine

"Brookfield Rye" Tin Advertising Sign, American, circa 1901
"Brookfield Rye" Tin Advertising Sign, American, circa 1901

"Brookfield Rye" Tin Advertising Sign, American, circa 1901

By The Meek Co.

Located in Incline Village, NV

is the focal point of this chromolithographic tin advertising sign, used to promote the purchase of

Category

Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique Signs

Materials

Tin

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Antique Signs For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique signs available for sale. The range of distinct antique signs — often made from metal, wood and bronze — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of antique signs available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique signs are generally popular furniture pieces, but Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Folk Art styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many antique signs are appealing in their simplicity, but Emile Gallé, Baccarat and David Gueron Degue produced popular antique signs that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique Signs?

Antique signs can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,570, while the lowest priced sells for $38 and the highest can go for as much as $2,268,000.