Late 19th Century Signs
Period: Late 19th Century
Color: Brown
19th c Giant Wooden Advertising Thermometer NY Life Insurance Co "NYLIC"
Located in Savannah, GA
Giant sized forty seven inches tall wooden thermometer made by the Hoehn Company Thermomter Makers, Chambers Street, NYC. constucted of hard wood with a rounded top and beveled edges, it adverrtises NYLIC-New York Life Insurance Co. wanting Bright Young Men- Permanent Pay. Measuring Blood Heat, Summer Heat,Tempe Rate, Freezing and Zero, the glass thermometer...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
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 and gilded, with strong ring turnings. The top is capped with zinc and still bears i...
Category
North American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Zinc
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 background. Excellent typography. Great wall art. Simple and bold.
Category
American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
Tradesign in the Form of a Brick Storehouse
Located in Greenwich, CT
An advertising device or tradesign in the form of a brick storehouse, with ten arched windows or pigeonholes to display merchandise, constructed as a roofed box mounted on wheels, fo...
Category
American Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
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 displays a fairly detailed replica of a navigator’s octant (or sextant) and the proprietor’s name and street number...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
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 other. In weathered early hand painted lettering on wood, with molded edging on all ...
Category
American Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
HOVIS, Etched Glass Bakery Advertising Window Sign
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
HOVIS, Etched Glass Bakery Advertising Window Sign
A great piece of social history, this is a window, the old sash type, the glass is etched and ...
Category
Edwardian Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Art Glass
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
American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
Arts and Crafts Copper Milliners Trade Sign, Copper Top Hat
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Copper Milliners Trade Sign. Copper Top Hat
This is an unusual piece, the Top Hat is made in beaten Copper it sits on an old wooden stand
The hat and stand are bo...
Category
Arts and Crafts Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Copper
19th Century Barber's Pole Hand Carved Hand Painted
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century barber's pole hand carved hand painted
Antique barber's pole
5.5" diameter x 42" high
The support measures 9" wide x 34" high
Good antique condition
The...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
Blickensderfer Typewriter Tin Sign "A Gift from the 19th to the 20th Century"
Located in Stamford, CT
A Wonderful Blickensderfer Typewriter Advertising Sign " A GIFT from the 19th to the 20th CENTURY " ( circa 1899 ) simply an amazing sign. The tin sign is in a wood frame with the ad...
Category
American Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Tin
Painted Wooden Stag/Reindeer
Located in Washington, DC
Painted wooden stag. English. Probably a Tavern or trade sign.
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
English Victorian Painted Shoemaker's Boot Sign
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian red & blue painted and decorated wood carved shoemaker's boot sign.
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
Cast Case Iron Eagle Trade Signs, 1880-1900
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of cast iron Case eagle signs. Depicts the company mascot "Abe" on a globe. Embossed "J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company, Racine, WI, USA." Original s...
Category
American Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Iron
Late 19th Century Gold Gilt Zinc Weathervane
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century gold gilt zinc weathervane
A true working example of a late 19th century zinc weathervane in the form a rooster. With its original gold gi...
Category
French Early Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Zinc
19th Century French Art Nouveau Verre Églomisé Gilt Trade Shop Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Of striking composition, a reverse painted and gilt trade sign, late 19th century (circa 1890) in age French in origin.
The sign has typical Art Nouveau organic flowing forms and...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
19th Century Folk Art Wartime Relationship Commemorative Plaque
Located in London, GB
19th century Folk Art Wartime relationship commemorative plaque
We are proud to offer a rare and unique commemorative wartime relationship plaque...
Category
Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
1880s Odd Fellows Lodge Banner from Dakota
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early 1880s Odd Fellows Lodge all-seeing eye banner from Centerville, Dakota. Excellent hand painting and lettering. Centerville was platted in 1883. Dakota became the states of North and South Dakota in 1889. The area is now part of the Sioux Falls...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Silk
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”.
Category
American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Lead
Folky Store Display Horse
Located in Nantucket, MA
Painted black with a red saddle, glass eyes and hairm. Missing one of its stirrups, the stirrup is carved from wood and is hanging from its original thick canvas. The ears which were...
Category
North American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Heraldic Crest Framed & Painted on Slate from Borough of Finchley, Coat of Arms
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Heraldic crest framed & painted on slate from Borough of Finchley, coat of arms.
The coat of arms is 3 dimensional, it has been carved, painted and gilded, and set in golden b...
Category
Arts and Crafts Antique Late 19th Century Signs
A Pair of English Advertising Signs Hand Done in Green, Red & Gold, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of long late 19th century English advertising signs, probably from a type of market. They have quite a bit of graphic pop having the dark green background with bold lettering in...
Category
English Country Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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Vintage Tobacco Advertising Sign, Belgium, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
1950s Advertising Sign for the Belgian Tobacco Brand VDC - Deinze.
This Litho Cardboard Sign has lots of colors due the different packages and types of tobacco flavors.
Made in Brussels - Belgium by J.De Grève and co.
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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...
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Dutch Art Deco Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
19th Century Tole Locksmith's Trade Sign
Located in Downham Market, GB
An early toleware Locksmith's trade sign.
A wonderful 19th century gilded metal trade sign, delightfully original & untouched with the perfect patina...
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Box Neon "ETCHISON HATS" Wonderful Red Neon, The Neon Shop, LIMA OHIO
By Neon Products
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco Box Neon sign advertizing Etchison Hats,c.1930's,, wonderful red neon, made by The Neon Shop.Lima Ohio.. Great graphics..retains original black metal housing.. curved deco...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
H 13 in W 22 in D 3.5 in
Think Big Giant Matches and Matchbox
By Think Big
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic set of oversized matches and matchbox, made by Think Big NYC in 1984. Set contains all 8 original matches. Box slides open as a normal matchbox...
Category
American Vintage Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Felt, Wood, Paint
Gilt Verre Églomisé, Cheap Funerals Trade Shop Sign Oliver Twist
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rather tongue-in-cheek reverse painting and gilt doubled sided trade sign, reading "CHEAP FUNERALS" flippant to say the least.
The sign shows signs...
Category
English Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wrought Iron
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.
In good conditions, it was a in doors sign. Perfect for any cigar smoker.
Cigars History:
A cigar is basically dried tobacco leaves that are rolled and wrapped by other tobacco leaves in order to give you a full tobacco smoking experience.
Cigars are becoming more popular all around the world recently because they are exposed to a pop culture where a lot of famous people like Michael Jordan and Arnold Schwarzenegger smoke them.
In order to understand why cigars have become very well-known, we need to take a good look at their history and where they came from. That way, we can truly understand this pop phenomenon. Here is a brief history of cigars.
Origin of Cigars
The exact origin of cigars is not entirely known but historians believe that cigars were first invented by the ancient Mayans.
The ancient Mayans would collect tobacco leaves and wrap them up in a plantain leave in order to smoke it. An ancient Mayan pot...
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American Folk Art Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
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19th Century Folk Art English 1875 Bridge Toll Board, Portland to Wyke Regis
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A hand painted toll board for what we believe to be for the bridge connecting Portland to Wyke Regis dated the 6th October 1875
The original bridge, constructed in 1837 had become u...
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Pine
H 64.97 in W 24.02 in D 1.97 in
Painted Cast Iron State Seal of Massachusetts
Located in Nantucket, MA
Architectural ornament, cast iron in the half round with a scrolled cartouche headed by a raised arm with sword enclosing a standing figure of a Algonquin Native American with bow an...
Category
Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Iron
Pair of 19th Century Landscape Oil Paintings in Original Gilt Frames. c.1890
Located in London, GB
A charming pair of late 19th century oil on board of landscape scenes. c.1890.
Very nicely painted, clearly by the same artist, oil on board presented in original gilt frames. Som...
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
H 14.97 in W 19.69 in D 1.58 in
Wilwaukee Painted Sign, 19th C American
Located in Hallowell, US
Made from a scrap of 1820 splash board and turned into a sign, red and black with gold highlights. 36" wide, 7 " high.
Category
American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Softwood
Circa 1900 Black Gray and White Burial Vault Cemetery Trade Sign Folk Art
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphic black, white and gray c. 1900 trade sign. Professional hand letters. Excellent typography. Quirky subject matter. American Gothic! There is reference to CM Sworm cemetery monument...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
Painted Tete Du Boeuf in Zinc
Located in Washington, DC
A rare antique bulls head (tete du boeuf) from France, circa 1860. This bulls head was originally used as a trade sign for a butcher shop. The patina is traces of the yellow paint on...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Zinc
19th Century Thomas Comley Watchmaker & Jeweller Trade Sign Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pretty much perfect late 19th century trade sign, a dark green ground with a pale pink and yellow elaborate front.
The trade sign we beli...
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Pine
H 19.69 in W 54.34 in D 2.17 in
Antique Mercantile "Dry Goods" Sign
Located in Wilton, CT
This antique "Dry Goods" circa the late 1880s was likely from a mercantile store in the mid-Atlantic or New England regions. The sign has a lovely patina and...
Category
American American Craftsman Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Pine
French 19th Century Carved Solid Wood Rooster Shop Display
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
French 19th century carved solid wood rooster shop display circa 1880.
Here we have a rare item which is likely to be a french shop sign, which would ...
Category
French Rustic Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Wood, Oak
Late 19th Century French Cafe de la Mairie Sign
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Original double sided heavy gauge sheet metal sign with original fixing points. Cafe de la Mairie. Similar condition and fading to both sides. France Circa 1880.
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Iron
Extraordinary Late 19th Century Coiffure Trade Sign
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Original untouched French Coiffure or hairdressers sign, gilded zinc ball with shadow script Coiffeur, horsehair pendant drop hanging beneath. France...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Signs
Materials
Zinc
Big Coffee Grinder for a Coffee Roasting Desk, Philadelphia, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Big coffee grinder for a coffee roasting desk. Made out of painted cast iron and wood, with two big wheels for left and right-handed. Philadelphia, United S...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Signs
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Brass, Iron
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