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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
French 18th Century Forged Iron Folk Art Baroque Tavern Sign
Located in Buisson, FR
Important and beautiful 18th century Tavern sign depicting a rearing white horse with a crowned coat of arms on its back. Most likely from the Alsace, France due to the German influe...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

Materials

Iron

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...
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French Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

Materials

Pine

18th Century Apothecary Sign
Located in Napa, CA
18th Century Apothecary sign was created with wrought iron, fer forge. Beautiful details of the medical symbol of a winged staff with two snakes intertwined.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

Materials

Wrought Iron

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 carved wood and polychromed sign depicts a winged-foot Mercury figure surrounded by ...
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Dutch Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

Materials

Wood

Folk Art Sign-Maker's Sample Board in Original Paint
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Folk Art two-sided sign maker's sample board in original paint, one side having square color samples with various border treatments, each panel numbered (one through 25), the other...
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English Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

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Wood

18th Century Zinc Chapeau Bicorne Sign
Located in Brecht, BE
An item for the zinc collectioneur or someone who loves items that are quirky and rare to find. This is a French enseigne/sign, from the very short period in French history "incroya...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Signs

Materials

Zinc

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Advertising Tin Sign "The Delaware Insurance Company of Philadelphia" Circa 1885
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19th Century Delft Faience Apothecary Jar
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French Naive 18th Century Pewter Tavern / Shop Sign
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Rococo 18th Century Danish Baker's Sign, Origin: Denmark, Circa 1760 - 1780
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Antique Japanese Tea Shop Sign, Edo Period
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