Antique Signs

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

A beautiful early 20th century double sided French hairdresser shop sign with lovely old weathered paint. Such a great looking piece and very decorative.

Long, hand-painted wooden directional sign reading "EAST BUILDING," rendered in bold block lettering over a heavily weathered white ground.

Measuring 102 cm in width and 75.5 cm in height, the sign was proportioned for clear legibility from a distance.

Manufactured from heavy gauge sheet iron, the sign bears the maker's mark 'Bruton, Palmers Green.

Manufactured from heavy gauge sheet iron, the sign measures 102 cm in width by 76 cm in height.

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

Vintage bicycle rack/stand made of iron and made for the French Tailor advertising the shop with hand painted sign "Simon ArtisanTailleur” - An "artisan tailleur" (master tailor) d...

Antique glass tobacciana sign. This sign advertises a brand of Cuban cigars.

Original Lyon’s Cakes Double-Sided Enamel Advertising Sign Material: Enamelled Metal A fine original Lyon’s Cakes double-sided enamel advertising sign, displaying the classic brand...

The sign features colorful illustrations of Hilltop medication containers alongside a hen and several chicks.

The sign features colorful illustrations of Hilltop medication containers alongside a hen and several chicks.

Traditional antique Scandinavian or Danish bakery sign having carved wooden pretzel topped with a metal crown.

Single-sided porcelain enamel trade sign featuring a stylized portrait of a young boy wearing round spectacles, rendered in warm tones with pale blue lenses.

. - New York Tin advertising sign for Colgate-owned soap brands. This piece features bright, litho graphics depicting the various soap products manufactured by Colgate and advertis...

We know that porcelain signs started to gain popularity in the United States starting around the 1800s.

Large Enamel Pictorial Sausage Sign, Palethorps Royal Cambridge A Great old sign with a mouth watering picture of Palethorps Royal Cambridge sausages The sign is made in ceramic ...

. - New York Antique embossed tin tacker with litho printed graphics. This small sign advertises Le Roy Little short and long cigars.

. - Hamilton, OH Antique lighted and reverse painted glass sign displaying the Black Clawson fourdrinier and press part.

. - Philadelphia Antique painted canvas advertisement for Dutch boy paints. This sign features an illustrated depiction of the eponymous boy, with a brush and paint bucket.

Illuminated telephone sign featuring a curved clear plexiglass panel, stylized handset silhouettes, and geometric lettering on a stepped gray aluminum housing.

Early-20th Century Boul Club Sign A complete one off, in the form of a hand carved / painted oversized Boul club advertising sign dated 1922.

This panel was part of larger sign, presumably naming the practitioner, but we found it as is.

There are dents along the edges of the bottom of the sign, but most of the paint on the sign is still stable. 29" dia and 34" H Bracket: 30" L x 22" H Please refer to photos regard...

ABOUT An original wooden desk sign for Ralph T. Cheery, postmaster with brass eagle.

Hand-carved French walnut steer head trade sign. Made for a butcher shop. Simple, yet well done design with dark stain and plaque backing.

Louis, MO Painted slag glass advertising sign promoting White House Shoes for Men, executed on mottled green slag glass with hand-painted white lettering and a central oval vignette...

c. 1900s - 1910s; manufactured by Burdick Sign Co. for Cuomo Cheese Corp. - New York Antique tin over cardboard sign advertising Charles Cuomo's cheese import and export business.

Vintage illuminated storefront sign manufactured by the Fred E. Gilbert Company for Sanitary Infant Dairy, a Pacific Northwest dairy serving the Tacoma and Puyallup, Washington, area.

These were essential to every farmer and outdoorsman at the time. This sign advertises the whole of Bangian's successful rubber empire, with the iconic Bangian lion standing proudly...

A vibrant hand-painted directional sign used to draw attention toward a nearby coin-operated machine or attraction.

An appealing early American veterinary trade sign reading “NEWARK SMALL ANIMAL HOSPITAL,” dating to approximately 1920.

The sign features three distinct typefaces in yellow on a brown field.

While difficult to nail down a specific date for this sign, as Stewart clippers' design didn't change much from the 1890s-1930s, the attire worn by the men in the photo likely places...

Double-sided porcelain enamel projecting trade sign for a beauty shop, featuring a striking Art Deco portrait of a fashionable woman framed within an oval medallion and accompanied b...

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

c. 1920s; Spear & Jackson - Sheffield, England Oversized hand-painted and screen-decorated trade sign modeled after a traditional carpenter's hand saw, advertising Spear & Jackson's...

. - Brockton, MA Illuminated countertop advertising sign for The Crawford Shoe, featuring the brand's iconic gentleman-and-dog graphic rendered on a glass panel within an ornate gil...

The thin metal of the sign was painted on the reverse of another much larger sign and mounted on a old wooden frame.

Double-plank wooden trade sign with hand-painted block lettering reading "CIGARS / CIGARETTES" in bold cream and red-shadowed type.

c. 1900s-1920s; Unknown Maker - United States Early 20th-century theatrical advertising image applied to chipboard, promoting Peter S. Clark’s traveling “Oh Girl” burlesque company ...

Reverse-painted glass "Optometrists" advertising sign from the Tallimit Art line produced by C. & A.

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

c. 1920s; Ames Shovel and Tool Company - Boston, MA Embossed lithographed tin advertising sign on a cardbord backing promoting Ames "Lock Socket" shovels, featuring bold red ground ...

c. 1920s-1930s; OshKosh B'Gosh - Oshkosh, WI Single-sided porcelain advertising sign for OshKosh B'Gosh overalls, painted in vivid red, white, and blue.

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

c. 1910s - 1920s; The American Art Works - Coshocton, OH for King Ventilating Company - Owatonna, MN Framed tin lithograph advertising sign for The King Aerator and King System of V...

Sign is two sided, framed in a heavy black wooden frame, and protected under glass.

. - Hartford, CT Single-sided porcelain enamel (SSP) storefront sign promoting Columbia Hartford and Vedette Bicycles.

Miller & Sons - New York, NY Color lithographed tin advertising sign promoting Le Roy Little Cigars, featuring a finely dressed gentleman in a broad-brimmed sombrero smoking a c...

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

Extraordinary Boulangerie Trade Sign Wonderful original, untouched Boulangerie trade sign.

This sign advertises Johnson Gasoline (stylistically spelled erroneously) sold with Ethyl anti-knock compound.

As an authentic exterior commercial sign, it displays honest weathering consistent with long-term display.

c. 1910s/1920s; The American Tobacco Co. - Durham, NC Antique single-sided porcelain advertisement for "little cigars". This piece advertises one of the many brands under the Ameri...

The sign is constructed from copper and tin, and affixed to a wrought iron wall mount.

Manufactured for outdoor dealership display during the first quarter of the twentieth century, the sign is formed from heavy sheet iron coated in multiple layers of kiln-fired glass ...

Wonderful 19th century hand painted folk art upholstery trade sign. Double sided wooden trade sign for an old upholstery shop in San Francisco.

. - South Gate, CA Vintage single-sided porcelain advertising sign for Ruchti Bros., a Southern California butcher shop.

c. 1920s-1930s; American Antique double-sided porcelain storefront sign advertising a beauty salon. The sign features matching off-white and burgundy graphics on both sides, includ...