CAFARWELL – COLEMAN’S CALIFORNIA LINE
The Cafarwell from Coleman’s California Line was one of the clippers built for use in the California Gold Rush of the mid 19th century, and built for speed.
Midi Metal Wall Sign – Vintage Sailings – 20cms x 30cms. A unique range of hand made metal signs by Design A Sign Limited – one of the UK’s leading specialist metal sign providers.
GOLF MONTE CARLO
High quality vintage style metal wall sign. A reproduction of a handsome travel advert promoting Monte Carlo as a golfing destination. Shows a lady golfer on a breezy fairway.
SHAWS HAM
Shaws of Limerick was set up in 1831 by William Shaw, and by the end of the century was one of the biggest ham and bacon producers in Europe. Amazingly, you can still buy their cooked meats today in Ireland.
Large Metal Wall Sign – 400mm x 300mm, hand made by The Original Metal Sign Company.
PEARSON’S MAGAZINE
The cover from the August, 1911 edition of Pearson’s Magazine, priced 6d, reproduced as a metal wall sign. Features a pretty woman by the seashore, holding a red umbrella.
Small, high quality vintage style metal wall sign.
NESTLE’S SWISS MILK
Reproduction of an advertising poster for what we now know as Nestle’s condensed milk. There are two pups on the picture, one looking guilty after eating some of the tinned Swiss milk. The tagline reads “The Richest In Cream”.
High quality vintage style metal wall sign, easy wall mounting.
SOUSCRIVEZ Pour Hâter la Paix par la Victoire
This is a metal reproduction of a 1917 French war poster by artist Paul Albert Besnard. It was designed to encourage the French people to invest in government bonds to help finance the war. The title translates as ” Subscribe to Hasten Peace through Victory”.
Large Metal Wall Sign – Vintage French Advertising – 40cms x 30cms. A unique range of hand made metal signs, made in England by Design A Sign Limited.
JOHN POUND AND CO
John Pound & Co were a firm producing high quality luggage and luxury dressing cases, as shown in this reproduction of one of their adverts.
Large metal wall sign.
MAZAWATTEE TEA
Mazawattee, which means “luscious garden”, were one of the biggest tea importers and distributors in Britain. This was the first of their many advertising signs, entitled “”The Old Folks At Home”.
Extra large wall sign.
A.E.C. BUSES COACHES
A.E.C. was the Associated Equipment Company, a British firm known for manufacturing buses and trucks.
Vintage style metal wall sign, metal coated holes for easy wall mounting; a great gift for someone interested in the history of British buses.
DADDY, WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE GREAT WAR?
The original picture this comes from was a recruiting poster, pre-conscription, for the First World War. The artist was Savile Lumley, and the original poster was commissioned in 1915 by the British Parliamentary Recruiting Committee.
Extra large vintage style metal wall sign, easy wall mounting, high quality.
VIM CLEANSER AND POLISHER
Vintage ad for Vim, turned into a metal wall sign. This shows a maid winding up a little clockwork man, while several more are polishing the tableware. The figures, oddly, look a bit like Diddy Men. In the bottom corner are the words “Brightens the Home & the Age”.
Quality vintage style metal wall sign, aluminium metal coated pre drilled holes for easy hanging, retail packaged. 400mm x 300mm.
20hp SILVER EAGLE
The Silver Eagle was a luxury car produced in the late 1920s and early 1930s by the Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd, Coventry.
Midi Metal Wall Sign – 30 x 20cms. Vintage Transport. By Design A Sign Limited – one of the UK’s leading specialist metal sign providers. Steel sign with high gloss finish.
H.P. SAUCE
That particularly British icon, HP Sauce, is featured in this vintage ad-inspired sign. It shows a boy with a bottle of sauce in his basket running away from an unhappy-looking pig. The tagline reads “Good with bacon”.
Extra large, high quality metal wall sign.
STARTLING STORIES
ISLE OF MAN STEAMER
Colourful retro poster advertising the Steam Packet Company’s new route to the Isle of Man via steamer boat. The ship in the picture is the Manxman.
Large Metal Wall Sign – 400mm x 300mm. Part of a unique range of reproduction metal signs manufactured by designAsign – one of the UK’s leading specialist metal sign providers.