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Signs For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1940s
English Pub Sign, "The Admiral"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a portrait painting of a decorated Royal Navy admiral with the sea and warships in the backgroun...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
Antique Original 1917 Connecticut Automobile License Plate
Located in Stamford, CT
This is an original 1917 Connecticut automobile license plate with a six digit number 54232. It would look great on a classic car or a nice addition to a license plate collection...
Category
Early 20th Century American Signs
Materials
Metal
Antique Industrial Art Deco Brass Internalite Enquiries Illuminated Sign, c1920
Located in London, GB
A stunning illuminated 'Internalite' directional sign made in England by K.F.M Engineering. c.1920.
Wall mounted brass frame housing the internal illuminations above single sided ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Signs
Materials
Brass
Wood 'Dinner' Sign, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Prominent 1980s reversible DINNER sign in a unique and bold blue base color with white font and borders. The reverse side features colorful flowers and the word "TEA" painted in maro...
Category
1980s American Vintage Signs
Materials
Wood
Advertising Mirror by Raymond Peynet for Atikah Cigaretten
Located in CADALSO, ES
Extremely rare to find.
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Signs
Materials
Mirror
Mid-20th Century 'Illegitimi non Carborundum' Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally an expression used by British Army Intelligence during WWII, then adopted as a motto by U.S. Army personnel, this mid-20th century sign hand-painted with a mock Latin insc...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Wood
English Pub Sign, "The London Inn - St. Austell Ales"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a painting of a City of London scene featuring Big Ben clock tower and Westminster Bridge, entitled: The London Inn...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage neon propaganda from Steiff. 1960 - 1965
By Steiff
Located in CADALSO, ES
This object was only issued for Steiff dealers.
Has never been sold to private persons
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Signs
Materials
Brass
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 and has the original metal chain.The cow is hand carved & painted wood.
Category
1940s American Adirondack Vintage Signs
Materials
Wood
Antique Industrial Art Deco Brass Flambosign Illuminated Exit Sign, circa 1930
Located in London, GB
A large directional 'Exit' sign made in England by Flambosign. circa 1930
Believed to have come from the Ilford Hippodrome as it once stood prior to bomb damage and later demoliti...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Signs
Materials
Brass
Vintage Heavy Cast Iron Dog Lawn Sign
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Vintage Heavy Cast Iron Dog Lawn Sign. Made in iron with great patina
Category
1950s American Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Large Early 20th century Palethorps Pictorial Enamel Sausage Sign Very Rare
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Early 20th century Palethorps Pictorial Enamel Sausage Sign
Very Rare old sign with a mouth watering picture of Palethorps Royal Cambridge sausages
The sign is made in ceram...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage Signs
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Original Mickey Mouse Neon Sign Framed
Located in Stamford, CT
Fantastic, original 1970s Mickey Mouse Neon Sign in working condition. This is a great piece with real neon glass tubes in metal box with black lucite front. It's a fun piece perfect...
Category
Late 20th Century American Signs
Materials
Metal
1950’s Liquor Neon Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
1950’s single sided Liquor neon and porcelain sign. New transformer and new wiring. It does work.
Category
1950s North American Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Antique Steel & Cast Iron Bus Station Standing Pole Sign by J.G. Pollard Co.
Located in New York, NY
Manufactured by J.G. Pollard Co., a company with a long history dating back to its establishment in 1837 in Brooklyn, New York, this sign represents a part of the heritage of metal c...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Signs
Materials
Steel, Iron
Breitling Retail Store Display Advertising Sign
By Breitling
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce vintage Breitling watch three-dimensional retail store advertising display stand window sign.
Rare large free-standing example, only given to select dealers, featuring a tall rectangular solid wood frame, raised chrome Breitling letters, over a yellow jet plane in sculptural relief form, on a most distinctive artistically distressed background; the reverse finished with a flueele fabric and adorned with the Breitling 1884 logo; rising on metal feet.
Dimensions: (approx)
29.5" High, 24.5" Wide, 5.5" Deep
Condition Report:
Great original unrestored vintage condition. Presents well. Some condition issues/retaining vintage character marks and charm, including scattered nicks, mainly to the front top right frame, minor scuffs to the letters, scratches, slight bend to left foot pad, all typical wear consistent with age and indicative of industrial use.
At the time of writing this, we also have some other luxury watch store signage / merchandising displays, including Rolex, Panerai, Cartier, antique clock...
Category
Late 20th Century Industrial Signs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Industrial Mid-Century Scratch Built Hand Made Wooden Child Cart, C.1950
Located in London, GB
A wonderful scratch built childs red bicycle wagon. c.1950
Hand built and painted little red wagon full of charm and character. Could be repurposed as a planter, garden decoration...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial 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
Large Industrial Illuminating Letter "R" Sign, USA circa 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large industrial illuminating electric letter ‘R’ sign from a Northwestern United States Emergency Room. 2 feet wide and 2.5 feet tall. Letter 'E' also availabl...
Category
1940s North American Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
Folky Hand Carved & Painted Fish Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky hand carved & painted fish sign comes from a cabin in New England.Possibly a fishing campsite.Amazing painted surface.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Signs
Materials
Wood
1950’s Enamel and Neon Corner Sign Cafe
Located in Chicago, IL
1950’s enamel and neon corner Cafe sign. It has new transformer and wiring. Please note that there will be additional fee for making shipping crate.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Signs
Materials
Enamel
Beer Sign, Germany, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Tin advertising sign for German Beer .
This Thuringia beer sign for Vitaminator Nährbier
was made by Union - Werke A-G Radebeul Dresden Germany in the 1940s.
It is an orange with blue sign with nice lettering.
In beautiful condition with some traces by age and use like on the borders and some light scratches on the blue.
Vintage wall decoration theme beer, Brewery.
Vintage Signs - Vintage Beer Signs - Beer Gift - German Beer - Orange Signs - Orange and Blue - Orange Wall Decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Signs
Materials
Tin
Mid 20th Century Vintage Porcelain Enameled Metal Sprinkler Fire Alarm Sign
Located in Stamford, CT
Great Vintage porcelain sign-enameled metal sign, Sprinkler Fire Alarm when bell rings call Police or Fire Dept. This sign came off an industrial building ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Metal
Antique Industrial Art Deco Brass Internalite 'Ladies' Illuminated Sign, C.1920
Located in London, GB
A stunning illuminated 'Internalite' directional sign made in England by K.F.M Engineering. c.1920.
Brass frame, darkened by age, housing the internal illuminations above polished plate...
Category
Early 20th Century English Signs
Materials
Brass
Large Enameled Sign "Sels de Potasse d´Alsace", France, 50 x 70 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful vintage enameled sign, France, circa 1930.
With the inscription "Sels de Potasse d´Alsace" such as "en vente ici" .
Wonderful royal blu...
Category
1930s French Vintage Signs
Materials
Tin
Early 20th century double sided metal fairground sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century double sided metal fairground sign
A charming authentic double sided metal fairground sign, date to the first quarter of the 20th Century with original hanging hooks and paint still present. Remnants of old faded signage lettering is still visible. This sign would have hung over an amusement fairground arcade to detail the cost of a game.
Size of inches: H 17” x W 24” x D 0.5”
Completely solid in structure and form, with natural wear and patination across all surfaces due to age and use. Flaking paint...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Kodak Advertising Enamel Sign, English, For Train Rides
Located in Crespières, FR
This antique Kodak advertising sign is made of thick enamel in black, yellow and red colours.
The colours are bright and shiny, with an good relief.
The condition is fairly good co...
Category
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
Stella Artois Belgian Beer Sign by Rob Otten, 1960s
By Rob Otten
Located in Antwerp, BE
1960s Beer sign for the Belgian Beer Brand Stella Artois.
This Beer Sign was made by the Company Rob Otten which was located in Brussels. It's a glacoid sign mounted on cardboard. With original tax stamp at the back.
This vintage beer sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Modern Signs
Materials
Other
Set of Temperance Day Sheet Metal Road Signs, circa 1951
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Created by the Seventh-Day Adventists church in 1951 for their October 27th, 1951 Temperance Day "Weapons and Warfare" Campaign against alcohol consumption in the United States. The ...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
mid 20th century xxl leather glove, publicity sign from Italian shop ...
Located in Brecht, BE
a unique, quirky object, made in the 1950's for an Italian shop ...
great decorative item for glove lovers ... in good vintage condition ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Signs
Materials
Leather
Vintage Pink Illuminated Letter A , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial plastic illuminated facade letter A was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It is equipped with a LED strip. The letter c...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Plastic
Handmade California State Park System Wooden Sign, circa 1970's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage California State Park System sign, circa 1970’s. Incredibly unique - unable to find anything similar available online. Reads 'The Resources Agency' - 'Department of Beaches a...
Category
1970s American Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage Red Iron Facade Letter Z, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “Z” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 1 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Hand Carved Engraved Industrial Alabaster Trade Sign Plaque, C.1920
Located in London, GB
A superb hand engraved boot makers trade sign. c.1920
Hand carved lettering on alabaster for 'G. WINCH, BOOTMAKER AND REPAIRER'. Fantastic font, form and patina. A small historic ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Signs
Materials
Alabaster
Large Hand Painted Double Sided Arrow "Radio Trade In" Folk Art Trade/Store Sign
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Hand Painted, Double Sided Arrow "Special" Radio Trade In sale,,,,Folk Art Trade/Store Sign,,Wonderful size,,amazing crackle paint, patina..Great subject.
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Signs
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Vintage Pink Illuminated Letter T , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial plastic illuminated facade letter T was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It is equipped with a LED strip. The letter c...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Plastic
Bell System Telephone Double Sided Flange Porcelain Sign
Located in San Mateo, CA
Flange mount double sided Bell public telephone porcelain sign. The porcelain has good color. There are some losses around the edges and in the sign.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Signs
Materials
Steel
1960s Myers's Rum Sign
Located in Antwerp, BE
1960s vintage advertising sign for Myers Rum Jamaica.
Smiling very handsome man with blue eyes, hat, beard and moustache holding a bottle of Planters' Punch rum. This sign for Jamaican rum...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Signs
Materials
Other
Vintage Grants Scotch Whisky Enamel Advertising Sign, Early 20th Century Whiskey
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique Scottish Sign
Advertising ‘Grants Whisky, Agents Drossos & Co. Ltd. Proprietors William Grant & Son Ltd. Distilleries Dufftown, Glasgow and London.’
Alongside a pictorial image of a bottle of their blended Scotch whisky...
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Signs
Materials
Enamel, Metal
1960s Tin Sign for Lemonade, Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
1960s tin sign for lemonade.
A romantic and cute metal advertising sign for Lemonade.
This old wall sign is dated 1961 and was made for the Belgian Company Leberg. Leberg started in 1933 with botteling water and lemonades.
A man and a woman are having a date and are drinking a lemon and orange soft drink from a bottle with a straw. It does also make you think at lady and the tramp.
This Vintage Tin Sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Signs
Materials
Tin, Metal
Large Vintage Grey Iron Facade Letter C , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “C” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 1,5 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Illuminated Letter P , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated facade letter P was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black bakelite body and a white plexigl...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Bakelite, Plexiglass
Antique Vintage French Double Sided Glass Pharmacy Chemist Apothecary Sign
Located in Sale, GB
- A beautiful and rare double sided glass 'Pharmacie' sign mounted in its original frame, France circa 1930.
- The sign is of exceptional quality and has glass to both sides, light w...
Category
Early 20th Century British Signs
Materials
Glass
English Pub Sign "The Magdalen"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a monastery abbey ruin, entitled: The Magdalen.
A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork and ready for d...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Paint, Wood
Vintage Circa 1950s American Round Standard Air Lines Tin Metal Advertising Sign
Located in London, GB
A vintage circa 1950s circular enamelled tin metal advertising sign for Standard Air Lines. In worn vintage condition as illustrated in the images. In 1929 it merged with Western Ai...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Signs
Materials
Tin
Large Vintage Grey Iron Facade Letter A , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “A” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 1,7 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
"News of the World" Enameled Porcelain Sign c.1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Single sided porcelain sign advertising the English newspaper, News of the World.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Enameled P...
Category
Early 20th Century British Industrial Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Vintage Blue Iron Facade Letter N, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “N” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 1 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Early Timber & Iron 'General Waiting Room' Railway Sign
Located in Downham Market, GB
A large Great Western Railway 'General Waiting Room' sign.
A wonderful antique sign, in thick timber & in its original iron frame with cast iron lettering & all original paint. With ...
Category
20th Century British Sporting Art Signs
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Pharmacy Metal Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Pharmacy Metal Sign
A rare double sided pharmacy trade sign, origins of France, dated to the early part of the 20th century, made from metal ...
Category
1920s Early Victorian Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
Large Vintage Illuminated Letter N , 1980s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated letter N was made in United Kingdom during the 1980s and comes from an old advertising banner BENTLEY It features a black metal body and a white ...
Category
1980s British Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Large Vintage Grey Iron Facade Letter T, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “T” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 1,5 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intriguing advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Signs
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Tin Cranes and Flowers, 1930s, The Netherlands
Located in Antwerp, BE
Black Art Deco tin with crane birds and flowers in Asian style.
This Art Deco storage tin with cranes dates from the early 1930s and was made by the Dutch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Art Deco Signs
Materials
Metal
Government Telephones Canada Double Sided Porcelain Sign
Located in San Mateo, CA
Double sided Government Telephones porcelain sign. This sign has losses in the corners and edges. There is a large loss in the image on one side.
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Industrial Signs
Materials
Steel
Original Cafe Bistro Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
Original Cafe Bistro sign. Fantastic looking with incredible paint and patina. Great condition.
Category
1920s French Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Dark Red Illuminated Letter E , 1980s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial plastic dark red facade illuminated letter E was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It is equipped with a LED strip. .T...
Category
1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Plastic
Antique, New and Vintage Signs
Vintage and antique signs are popular collector’s items loved not only for the charm and pops of color they add to a space but also for the unique story each one has to tell. An interesting sign can help set the mood for a room and spark dozens of lively conversations.
Before and during the 18th century, many European peasants and colonists in the Americas couldn’t read, so shopkeepers, in an effort to promote their goods and services, hung trade signs with limited amounts of text.
Indeed, symbols and representational physical objects comprised early-day advertising efforts. In lieu of painted words on a wooden board, trade signs made use of handmade three-dimensional symbols to indicate the function of the shop. The iconic red, white and blue pole could be found outside barbershops, while a figural trade sign mounted to an apothecary’s storefront might be a mortar and pestle sculpted from bronze in order to indicate to passers-by that inside there were apothecary cabinets full of remedies for common ailments and a druggist to carefully dispense them.
As literacy rates improved, signs evolved into rectangular, round or square shapes that featured text. Short and sweet, early iterations were characterized by a mere few words, such as “tavern,” “boarding room” or “apothecary.”
During the 19th century, proprietors endeavored to render their signs more appealing. This meant the introduction of more color, font types and other pictorial representations. After the Civil War ended, logos, branding and advertising became increasingly more important, and the design of signage evolved. Trade signs were still in use during the 20th century, and you will likely find hand-painted tin eyeglasses for an optometrist’s office or an oversize bowling pin that likely had a home in the front window of a bowling alley.
Today, collectors and art aficionados alike collect and display antique and vintage signs. Old signs hearken back to a long-gone era, infusing any interior with warmth and nostalgia.
A vintage sign can help anchor a room — think of decorating with signs as you would arranging any kind of wall art. A large-scale sign in particular can prove a distinguishing feature in a living room or dining room, a focal point so prominent that it might lessen the burden of introducing any additional decorative elements to this particular space. Smaller signs work wonders too — pepper sparsely decorated corners with small colorful signs or add a humorous or graphic element to your gallery-style hang with a small text-based sign or two.
On 1stDibs, find metal, wood and glass antique and vintage signs that span a number of styles, including mid-century modern, industrial and folk art.
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