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Antique North Carolina Bait Shop Retail Flounder Fish Painted Wood Trade Sign
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming and one-of-a-kind antique North Carolina bait shop trade sign with beautifully
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood, Paint

Vintage Painted Wood Folk Art Showroom Trade Sign
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
American Folk Art trade sign with hand-carved "Showroom" letters and an arrow. The letters and
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Pine

Wood Carved Store Display Trade Sign Artist Paint Brushes Original Paint
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Completely wood carved. Perhaps part of a retail window display or a trade sign. Great American Folk Art
Category

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood

Frazer Nash Huge Illuminated Advertising Painted Trade Sign
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Frazer Nash huge illuminated advertising painted trade sign This is an advertisement for the
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Early 20th Century Industrial Signs

Materials

Wood

American Folk Art Workshop Wrench Wood Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic and substantial wood and iron wrench tool sign. Hand written fractions and original
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Iron

Circa 1890 Hardware Store Wood Trade Sign Carved Smaltz Black and Gold Paint
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Exceptional late 19th century hand carved letters with black and Gold paint and black smaltz
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood

A monumental vintage Pyramid Pencil Company wood trade sign.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A monumental vintage Pyramid Pencil Company wood trade sign. Great for a man cave or restaurant!
Category

20th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood, Paint

Vintage Large Painted 3d Industrial Builders Trade Wall Sign Plaque, C.1940
Located in London, GB
A large and unusual builders advertisement trade sign. circa 1940 Scratch built to the very
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Mid-20th Century English Industrial Signs

Materials

Aluminum

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

Antique Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Zinc

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

Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood

Important Folk Art Trade Sign
Important Folk Art Trade Sign
H 36 in W 72 in D 3 in
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
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Antique 1870s American Signs

Materials

Wood

19th Century American Trade Sign 'Crook', Medina, NY
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century American trade sign 'Crook', Medina, NY Craftsman made, with sand-painted back ground
Category

Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Giltwood, Wood

Wood Carved Red and White American Folk Art Barber Pole Trade Sign Sconce, C1920
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great Americana! c. 1920s American Folk Art wood and iron carved barber pole. Layers of thick
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Vintage 1920s North American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Iron

Elkwood, Late 19th Century American Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
With carved gilt wood letters with mounted against a blue painted sand ground American, c. 1890.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood

19th Century Gold Giltwood Carved Letters William Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Classic 19th century American wood trade sign with chunky hand carved and gold painted letters
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Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood

Vintage School Crossing Safety Guard Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original hand painted school safety crossing guard sign. Sheet metal and wood. Great original
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Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Sheet Metal

Giant Wood Early 20th Century Hand Painted Americana Barber Shop Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large and chunky Americana! Fantastic and original Barber Shop trade sign in the shape of a barber
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood

Set of Three Folk Art Straight Edge Razor Trade Signs
Located in Stamford, CT
Three whimsical American folk carved wood art trade signs in the form of straight edge razors. Used
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood

Double Sided Trade Sign "Ocean & Bay Waterfront Lots for Sale"
Located in Nantucket, MA
Double sided real estate trade side, original paint on framed wood panel White ground with black
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Pine

Cigars Store / Trade Folk Art Wooden Carved Sign. c 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
American Folk art wooden "CIGARS" sign from the 1920's. Great old Store Trade sign. Wood cut to
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood

Unusual Set of German Mid-20th Century Shop Trade Sign Tools
Located in London, GB
Unusual set of German mid-20th century shop trade sign tools Every now and again we are lucky
Category

Vintage 1950s German Folk Art Signs

Materials

Metal, Brass

20th Century, Original Painted Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This original painted black and white trade sign reads Reserved for district. This cool one sided
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20th Century American Country Signs

Materials

Wood

20th Century, Original Painted Sign
20th Century, Original Painted Sign
H 12 in W 18 in D 0.1 in
Monumental Antique American Painted Turned Wood Barber Pole, circa 1875
Located in San Francisco, CA
An uncommon and towering seven-and-a-half-foot tall circa 1875 American painted turned wood barber
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Antique 1870s American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood, Paint

Reverse Painted Glass Gilt Single Sided Sign Plaque Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
An incredible and highly original early 20th century hand painted trade sign. Presumably painted
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Early 20th Century English Industrial Signs

Materials

Glass

20Thc Folk Art Cow Sign W/ Original Chain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20thc folky hand made cow trade sign.This full body cow hanging trade sign is double sided
Category

Vintage 1940s American Adirondack Signs

Materials

Wood

Pub Sign "The Grove Tavern (Taylor Walker)"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a path through a grove of trees
Category

20th Century English Signs

Materials

Metal

Pub Sign "The Grove Tavern (Taylor Walker)"
Pub Sign "The Grove Tavern (Taylor Walker)"
H 45.5 in W 31.25 in D 1.5 in
19th Century Antique Ships Chandler Shop Advertising Sign
Located in Peabody, MA
A relic from Boston’s mercantile history and the seafaring trade. This 19th century shop sign
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Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood

19th Century Barber's Pole Hand Carved Hand Painted
Located in San Francisco, CA
weather would have eventually stripped away the original paint. A barber's pole is a type of sign used
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Wood

"B. Briscoe, Tailor" Sign with a Backwards S, circa 1810-1850
Located in York County, PA
extraordinary surface Early, painted, American trade sign, made of pine, with a molded edge, applied with “T
Category

Antique Early 19th Century American Signs

Materials

Wood

Antique Chinese Carved Wood Trade Sign
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Unique hand carved wood trade sign from China, 1890s. The sign with hand carved Chinese lettering
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Antique 1890s Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Hardwood

Antique Chinese Carved Wood Trade Sign
Antique Chinese Carved Wood Trade Sign
H 17.5 in W 50 in D 1.5 in
Carved and Painted Tuna Fish Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Expertly carved trade sign reminiscent of those that used to hand in the large waterfront fish
Category

2010s British Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood

Antique "Skates Sharpened" Double Sided Hand Painted Trade Sign Circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
American, circa 1900. An antique American double-sided trade sign or store display "Skates
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Antique Early 1900s American Primitive Decorative Art

Materials

Iron

1900s Butcher's Pig Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Vintage carved and painted pine butcher's trade sign. Molded frame, insized text reading "Porkies
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Early 20th Century French Antiquities

Materials

Wood

1900s Butcher's Pig Trade Sign
1900s Butcher's Pig Trade Sign
H 40 in W 33 in D 3 in
19th Century Tobacco Trade Sign Carving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th Century Native Tobacco Trade Sign attributed to Samuel Robb (1851-1928). The statue is in fair
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Antique 19th Century American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Folky Hand Carved Cow Trade Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This hand carved & painted folky cow wood hanging double sided trade sign.This carved cow has the
Category

Vintage 1940s American Adirondack Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Folky Hand Carved Cow Trade Sign
Folky Hand Carved Cow Trade Sign
H 18 in W 30 in D 1.75 in
Telephone Company's Trade Sign USA 1950
Located in Milan, IT
A window trade sign of an American telephone company, depicting a big phone. Carved out of fruit
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Vintage 1950s American Antiquities

Materials

Plastic, Wood

19th Century Trade Sign Clothing Wood Double Sided Wooden Hudson Valley NY
Located in Wallkill, NY
Take a look at this fantastic double sided early 19th or late 18th century wooden trade sign with
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Primitive Architectural Elements

Materials

Iron

Horse Head Trade Sign, Last Quarter of the 19th Century
Located in York County, PA
An exceptional, painted American trade sign made from carved wood in the full-bodied form of a race
Category

Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood

American Oval Timber Trade Sign with Two Masted Ship and Rope Boarder. C. 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
American oval hand carved timber trade sign with a centered two masted ship, rope border, upper
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Antique 1850s American American Empire Nautical Objects

Materials

Rope, Wood, Paint

Japanese Signed Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask of Chujo, Early Showa Period
Located in Studio City, CA
handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and is signed by the maker, clearly a master of his trade, on
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Masks

Materials

Wood, Paint

Japanese Antique Edo Signed Wood Noh Theater Mask Ko-Omote 17th-18th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
-carved from natural wood, clearly by a master of his trade. The mask is signed on the inside by the
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Paint

Carved and Painted Wood Paddle Surinam Maroon Ndyuka
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Finely painted with traditional geometric designs on both sides of one end, and subtle carved and
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Vintage 1950s Surinamer Folk Art Tribal Art

China Trade Nautical Seascape of Ship “County of Caithness” (1897) by Lai Fong
Located in Shippensburg, PA
signed lower right "Lai Fong / Calcutta / 1897" Item # 403ZMN11W A very fine oil on canvas by the China
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Antique 19th Century Indian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Open Water, Trade Winds: abstract Japanese inspired landscape w/ ocean, in blue
By Michele Kishita
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Michele Kishita's recent body of abstract landscape paintings on wood panel amplify the expanse of
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Birch, Latex, Wood Panel

China Trade Nautical Painting of Sailing Ship by Lai Fong of Calcutta ca. 1900
Located in Shippensburg, PA
" in Rough Seas (1900) Oil on canvas signed lower right "Lai Fong / Calcutta / 1900" Item
Category

20th Century Indian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Painted Wooden Stag/Reindeer
Located in Washington, DC
Painted wooden stag. English. Probably a Tavern or trade sign.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Painted Wooden Stag/Reindeer
Painted Wooden Stag/Reindeer
H 42 in W 51 in D 2.75 in
"Moments I Would Never Trade" CHANEL N°5 Perfume Collage Painting on Panel Board
By Robert Mars
Located in New York, NY
executed on wood panel and comes ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso, signed by the artist
Category

2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Newsprint

Carved Tuna Fish with Painted Finish
Located in Norwell, MA
hanging bolts. This carved fish is reminiscent of the trade signs that would hang in the fishmongers
Category

2010s British Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood

French Folk Art Hand Carved Painted Whimsical Childrens Cat Chair Gerard Rigot
Located in Surfside, FL
in the form of a cat. Hand signed on bottom Endorsed by the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
Category

20th Century Folk Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

19th Century American Patriotic Barber Pole Open Sign Folk Art
Located in Forney, TX
sculpted wooden patriotic barber pole advertising trade sign / open sign. Mid-19th century, Southern
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Inge Woelfle - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
folksy Bavarian man in his sunday robe. Painted on wood with pastel colors around 1950s. Framed with
Category

Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood

An Early 20th Century Cigar Store Indian, Carved Wood With Polychrome Decoration
Located in Cotignac, FR
A 20th Century wood carved male figure, a 'Cigar Store Indian' with original polychrome decoration
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Inge Woelfle - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Pipe, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
depicting a pipe smoking folksy Bavarian man in his sunday robe. Painted on wood with pastel colors around
Category

Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood

J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Beer Mug, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
depicting a beer drinking folksy Bavarian man in his sunday robe. Painted on wood with pastel colors around
Category

Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood

J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Wine Glass, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
painting depicting a wine drinking folksy Bavarian man in his sunday robe. Painted on wood with pastel
Category

Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood

J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Beer Mug, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
depicting a beer drinking folksy Bavarian man in his sunday robe. Painted on wood with pastel colors around
Category

Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood

Man Ploughing by Paulémile Pissarro - Wood Engraving Print
Located in London, GB
Pissarro (1884 - 1972) Wood engraving 7 x 13 cm (2 ³/₄ x 5 ¹/₈ inches) Signed lower right, Paulémile
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Wood, Engraving

Paysage à Asquins by Paulémile Pissarro - Wood Engraving Print
Located in London, GB
Asquins by Paulémile Pissarro (1884 - 1972) Wood engraving 9.7 x 15.5 cm (3 ⁷/₈ x 6 ¹/₈ inches) Signed
Category

20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving, Wood

"May" Pink Bunny Oil Painting in Vintage Wood Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

An Assignation in the Fall.Young Lovers Meeting in the Woods in Autumn.Victorian
By William Arthur Breakspeare
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
. Signed lower right. Image size 12.6 inches x 7.3 inches ( 32cm x 18.5cm ). Frame size 19.3 inches x 13.8
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

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Painted Wood Trade Signs For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of painted wood trade signs available for sale. Frequently made of wood, paint and metal, all painted wood trade signs available were constructed with great care. Painted wood trade signs have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Folk Art, Industrial and Victorian painted wood trade signs are consistently popular styles. Many painted wood trade signs are appealing in their simplicity, but Indian Motorcycles and Liebig's Extract of Meat Company produced popular painted wood trade signs that are worth a look.

How Much are Painted Wood Trade Signs?

Prices for painted wood trade signs start at $195 and top out at $39,000 with the average selling for $1,800.