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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.
PEARS SOAP
A Pears Soap retro metal sign, unusually not displaying a child or baby. Rather, it’s a man covered in soap and holding a wash bowl, and a towel with Pears written on it.
POLICE TELEPHONE PUBLIC BOX
Extra large police telephone box retro metal sign. Although we think of police telephone boxes as particularly British, they were in fact introduced from the USA. This sign would have been attached to the front of the police boxes. And yes, Doctor Who has this sign on the TARDIS!
LA LOIE FULLER – FOLIES BERGERES
La Loie Fuller was an American dancer who became a popular performer in France towards the end of the 19th century. This retro metal sign is reproduced from the original poster by Jules Chéret of Fuller performing at the famous Folies-Bergères in Paris.
Large Metal Wall Sign – Vintage French Advertising – 40cms x 30cms. Made in England! A unique range of hand made metal signs by Design A Sign Limited – one of the UK’s leading specialist metal sign providers.
MARMITE GIRL WITH TRAY
This replica of an original ad for Marmite shows a girl, wearing an apron and cooks hat, carrying a tray with a jar of Marmite and assorted dishes on it. The tag line reads “For Health and Good Cooking”.
High quality printed steel sign. Pre-drilled holes for fixing, 300mm x 410mm (12″ x 16″). Licensed and copyrighted.
THE FIVE O’CLOCK GIRL LONDON HIPPODROME
The Five O’Clock Girl was a Broadway musical that opened in the West End a couple of years later. This reproduction sign is from the advert that appeared in 1929 to publicise the show, which was being staged at the London Hippodrome.
GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR
Extra large retro metal advertising sign for Gillette Safety Razors. They use the image of a baby to illustrate how safe the razor is, and it comes with the tag line “Begin Early”. At the bottom of the ad we’re told that there is no stropping and no honing to be done with the razor.
EDWARDS’ HARLENE FOR THE HAIR
This retro metal sign comes from an advert portraying a young woman brushing her luxuriant hair in front of her dressing table mirror. The original advertising sign would have been circa 1900. Vintage style metal wall sign, coated pr drilled holes for easy wall mounting.
CALABAR DOG BISCUITS & POULTRY FOODS
This metal reproduction of a vintage advert for Old Calabar dog biscuits and poultry foods tells a tale of a monkey and a dog. The dog, after teasing the monkey, has the tables (or should that be the barrel?) turned on him. High quality vintage style metal wall sign, with drilled holes for easy mounting.
BIRDS CUSTARD POWDER
High quality vintage style metal wall sign, taken from an old Birds Custard Powder advertising sign. It shows a young chef taking part in an egg fight. You have to look closely for the product itself; it’s under his elbow to the right of the picture.
PAUL ALBERT LAURENS BRESSES ESPAGNOL
Gorgeous French vintage advertising sign in Art Nouveau style by Paul Albert Laurens. Large Metal Wall Sign 40cms x 30cms. Hand made by Design A Sign Limited in England.
MAKE DO AND MEND
This comes from a vintage wartime poster designed to encourage people to be less wasteful, as supplies became scarcer. Small vintage style metal wall sign, aluminium metal coated pr drilled holes for easy wall mounting, retail packaged, great for collectors of wartime campaigns.
AJS MODEL 31 MOTORBIKE
Associated Motorbikes ad for the AJS model 31. Extra large, high quality vintage style metal wall sign, aluminium metal coated pr drilled holes for easy wall mounting, retail packaged, this product is great for collectors and makes a perfect unusual gift for collectors of vintage motorbike memorabilia.
OLD BLEACH LINENS
Advert for the Old Bleach Linen Company, Randalstown, Northern Ireland. High quality vintage style metal wall sign, aluminium metal coated pr drilled holes for easy wall mounting, retail packaged. Great for collectors interested in the history of the Co. Antrim town.