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Material: Softwood
Impressive Huge 19th Century Pawnbroker Folk Art Sign with Three Spheres Symbol
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An impressive rare and monumental in scale folk art pawnbroker trade sign with its original trio of giltwood spheres which represent the universal symbol for the pawnbroker trade.
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Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Softwood Signs
Materials
Wrought Iron
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 oversized Boul club advertising sign dated 1922. Completely u...
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
Late 19th Century Cigar Store Carved Wooden Indian Tobacconist Trade Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A life size carved pitch pine cigar/tobacconist trade sign/point of sale in the form of an Indian. Often placed outside of a shop, the cigar store Indian became less common in the 20...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Softwood Signs
Materials
Steel
Large 19th Century Wooden Painted Lounge Sign This Is an Original Hotel Sign
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Large 19th century Wooden Painted LOUNGE Sign
This is an original Hotel sign it is made in wood, it is 73” long
This is a lovely old sign it has pa...
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Early 1900s Art Deco Antique Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
Recycled Pine Wine Bar Menu, Black Board a Good Handsome Piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Recycled pine wine bar menu, black board
A good handsome piece simply made with 4” old pine and waxed and polished
The attractively bordered board is r...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
Old Vintage Fun Wooden Hand Painted Sign 'No Parking' Decorative Wall Shelf Art
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A fun hand painted wooden sign reads ‘NO PARKING THIS MEANS YOU’ – Definitely some British humour!
A very old sign, probably dates back to Mid 20...
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20th Century British Folk Art Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
Huge Antique Garage Trade Sign, Chas Baldwin Automobile Engineer
Located in Downham Market, GB
A massive painted timber English garage sign.
A fantastic & delightfully original piece of signage impressive scale for 'Chas Baldwin, Automobile Enginee...
Category
1910s British Rustic Vintage Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
Large Old Hand Painted Wooden Sign for J.Drayton St Ives Cornwall England
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A lovely old hand painted sign J.Drayton Master Thatcher of St. Ives.
Known for its surf beaches and quaint costal villages with thatched cottages, this piece is a reminder of simpl...
Category
20th Century British Folk Art Softwood Signs
Materials
Softwood
Early 20th Century Pharmacy Sign 'DRUGS' Painted on a Single Board
Located in Nantucket, MA
American folk art trade sign from an apothecary or pharmacy with the word 'DRUGS' in black paint with white shadow lines on an orange ground. Painted on a single pine plank with notc...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine, 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 backboard are in original paint, egg-white and petroleum green. The sign has recently b...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th or 19th century French ship chandler's trade sign, circa 1800, an oval pine double sided sign built with large dove-tails, advertising Cooperage and...
Category
1790s French Folk Art Antique Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
Folk Art Hand Painted Wooden Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Folk Art hand painted double-sided wooden trade sign dating from the early 20th Century... 1920s? 1930s? A wonderful whimsical sign most likely...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
1890's Gilt Painted Timber Printer's Trade Sign
Located in Downham Market, GB
An early printer's trade sign.
A wonderful 19th century painted timber trade sign for 'Wheeler' printer's, delightfully original & untouched with the p...
Category
19th Century British Rustic Antique Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
Antique London Covent Garden & Borough Market Trade Shop Signs Thomas
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A decorative pair of trade signs for J B Thomas of either Borough Market or Covent Garden London, a red ground with gilt/yellow hand painted lettering.
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Early 20th Century British Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
Late 17th/Early 18th Century Polychrome Tobacconist Figure Sign Folk Art Carving
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large carved and polychrome painted tobacconist's figure almost certainly 17th or early 18th century
For a related example see Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Page 412, plate 436.
Originally this may well have been a tobacconist's shop window figure. For a similar, but slightly earlier unpainted example, see Sotheby's, The W. J. Shepherd collection of treen, 30th November 1983, Lot 393, illustrated in Pinto "Wooden Bygones of Smoking and Snuff Taking", plate 1.
Carved wooden figures, often painted, were placed outside tobacconist's shops as signs from the 17th century onwards. The earliest of these figures is the 'black boy' or 'blackamoor'. 'At the sign of the black boy' or 'at the sign of the blackamoor' was a popular address for tobacconists since the early 17th century. The 17th century figures...
Category
17th Century English Antique Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
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 with lead,
circa 1870
Very good condition, measures: 14" x 9 ½”.
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Softwood Signs
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Lead
Antique London Covent Garden & Borough Market Trade Shop Signs Kitchener & Phill
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A decorative pair of trade signs for Kitchener & Phillips of either Borough Market or Covent Garden London, a red ground with gilt/yellow hand painted l...
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Early 20th Century British Softwood Signs
Materials
Pine
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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 cigar shape. Lettered in Gold Paint.
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Circa 1890 Hardware Store Wood Trade Sign Carved Smaltz Black and Gold Paint
Located in Santa Monica, CA
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H 17.25 in W 64 in D 3.5 in
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Recycled Pine Wine Bar Menu, Black Board a Good Handsome Piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
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A good handsome piece simply made with 3.5” old pine and waxed and polished
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19th Century Oddfellows Freemasons Walshingham Norfolk Lodge Door Pelmet Curio
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H 13 in W 54.73 in D 3.55 in
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Located in Lowestoft, GB
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Located in Downham Market, GB
A wonderful original painted timber 'Antiques' sign.
A fantastic piece of signage & just a great thing, fresh to the market & removed from none other than London's iconic Portobello...
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Irish Folk Art Painted Trade Sign
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
A hand painted Irish trade sign from Sandymount, Dublin.
Whimsical typeface in untouched, original condition.
Pine backboards and frame with hanging hooks.
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19th C Large Victorian Green & Gilt Trade Shop Sign "Robert Brazier" Plumber
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large trade sign inscribed 'Robert Brazier registered by the Worshipful Company of Plumbers.
Green ground with gilt lettering, with an array of ...
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H 37.01 in W 56.3 in D 2.17 in
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Located in Lowestoft, GB
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H 6.89 in W 53.94 in D 1.19 in
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