English Pub Sign, "Nag's Head"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a painting of a horse's head in a bridle, titled: Nag's Head.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
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Large Carved Pub Sign
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pub sign depicting a whimsical fox emerging from a gilt jug, of very large scale.
Category
Vintage 1930s English Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
English Pub Sign, "The Falcon"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a beautiful painting of a falcon perched on a tree stump, titled The Falcon.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "The Courthouse"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a courthouse room - with balance scale, law books, and gavel, titled "The Courthouse" A very fine example of vintag...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "The Ship"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a British brigantine or two-mast sailing ship featuring flags with St.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "The Admiral"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a portrait painting of a decorated Royal Navy admiral with the sea and warships in the background, titled: The Admiral.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "Black Bull"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a large English black bull standing on a grassy hill, titled "Black Bull" - from an original Thwaites' pub.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "The Manor House"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a handsome English manor house standing on a grassy estate, titled "The Manor House" A very fine example of vintag...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "Fountain Head"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a Classical urn or fountainhead spouting cascades of water in a park setting, titled: Worth Brewery - The Cricketer'...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "Worth Brewery - The Cricketer's Arms"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a cricket player with bat and ball, titled: Worth Brewery - The Cricketer's Arms.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
Large Vintage Double Side Tetley Pub Sign
Located in Batley, GB
A large 20th century double sided hanging pub sign for a pub called THE CROWN which has made for a rather well executed sign writing.
Category
Vintage 1930s English Signs
Materials
Metal
Wooden Iron Framed Hanging Pub Sign. The Kings Head
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Wooden Iron Framed Hanging Pub Sign. The Kings Head This is a Traditional Swinging Pub Sign it related to Henry VII Englands 1st Tudor King, it is an original large and heavy piece ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Hand Painted Double Sided Pub Sign C1950
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Double sided pub sign from the United Kingdom. Hand Painted and in excellent condition.
Category
Vintage 1950s British Folk Art Signs
Materials
Iron
English Pub Sign, "Benskins (Puss in Boots)"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a cat playing a violin fiddle - from the beloved fairy tale Puss In Boots - in the light of a streetlamp at night, t...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "Charrington - The Eagle Tavern"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of an eagle in flight with mountains in the background, titled: Charrington - The Eagle Tavern.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
Traditional Large Hanging Pub Sign, Wethered’s Winterbourne Arms
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Traditional large hanging pub sign. Wethered’s winterbourne arms This is a large and heavy piece dating from the first half of the 20th Century, it is double sided though the pain...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "Free House, The Cask and Taverners"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a painting of two revelers or publicans in Carolingian costume enjoying the libations and victuals of a fine inn, titled: Free Hou...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
8ft Long 3D Pub Sign , Large Gold Lettering “THE FOX”
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
8ft Long 3D Pub Sign , Large Gold Lettering “THE FOX” This large bright hand painted sign is painted in gold and made to be wall hung at the outside of a Pub Entrance The letters a...
Category
Vintage 1960s Industrial Signs
Materials
Wood
Large Opaline Glass Pub Signs “Draught Beers” Saved During Refurbishment
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Opaline Glass Pub Signs “Draught Beers” Saved During Refurbishment, these very good quality signs are framed in solid Walnut, the signs “DRAUGHT” & “BEERS” are on very attra...
Category
Vintage 1960s Folk Art Signs
Materials
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3 Dimensional Metal Framed Hanging Pub Sign. The Hen House
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
3 Dimensional Metal Framed Hanging Pub Sign. The Hen House This is an attractive large and heavy piece dating from the Mid 20th Century, it is double sided 3 dimensional design, it ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Country Signs
Materials
Metal
Double-Sided "Ring O' Bells" Hand Painted Metal English Pub Sign
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A 1920's vintage Double-Sided "Ring O' Bells" Hand Painted Metal English Pub Sign. The sign is in a wood pine frame with iron mounts for easy hanging.
Category
Vintage 1920s British Signs
Materials
Metal
Traditional Double-Sided Iron Pub Sign, The Boot, Folk Art, 1920
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Traditional Large Iron Hanging Pub Sign. The Boot This is a large and heavy piece dating from the beginning of the 20th Century, it is double sided though the paint on one side is v...
Category
Vintage 1920s Folk Art Signs
Materials
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Double Sided Hanging Irish Pub Sign “O’Neils” “O’Neils Pub & Grill” in Navy Blue
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Double Sided Hanging Irish Pub Sign “O’Neils” “O’Neils Pub & Grill” in Navy Blue This is an original large twin sign dating from the mid 20th Century, it is double sided and the pa...
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Vintage 1970s Folk Art Signs
Materials
Plywood
Early 20th Century Double-Sided "Kings Head" Hand Painted Metal English Pub Sign
Located in Brooklyn, NY
English two-sided handmade and painted metal pub sign depicting a king of clubs with the text "Flowers" above and "Kings Head" below (ca. early 1900s, England).
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal
British Crown & Anchor Iron Hanging Tavern or Pub Sign
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A rare hanging British "Crown and Anchor" pub or tavern sign constructed out of iron and wood.
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Signs
Materials
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Vintage Industrial Mid-Century Holts Advertising Brewery Pub Bar Sign. c.1950
Located in London, GB
A vintage Holts ‘Traditional Ales’ pub sign. c.1950 A well‑presented Holts Traditional Ales sign housed in its original black‑painted cast‑aluminium frame, showing attractive age an...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Fabulous Antique British London Pub Two Sided Sign
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Fabulous one of a kind original pub sign from The Cornet Pub on Lavender Gardens just off Lavender Hill, Battersea London, having a gentleman on white horseback and the words “The ...
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Materials
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Original Ansells Advertising Pub Entrance Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
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Pub Restaurant Traditional Greeting Sign, Welcome Board
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
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1930s Original Gilbeys Invalid Port Enamel Advertising Pub Garden Bar Sign
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Such a striking piece, which would look fantastic in a pub or cocktail bar, garden or garage. There are holes around the edges for hanging the sign from screws and washers, or a top ...
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Vintage 1930s British Industrial Signs
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Two Sided Hand Painted Pub Sign
Located in Charleston, SC
Double Sided Hand Painted Pub Sign.
Category
Vintage 1940s British Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage Rising Sun Pub Sign Insert Panel
Located in Charleston, SC
Rising Sun Pub Sign Panel Insert
Category
Vintage 1960s British Signs
Materials
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Scotch Stores Antique Pub Sign with Gold Leaf Lettering
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a stunning antique Pub sign for Scotch stores. The English pub was started in the late 1850s and was open until, circa 1900.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Signs
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Advertising Sign "Motor Boat for Hire" Wood
Located in Berkeley, CA
This is a very early hand-painted pub sign. It has a wonderful aged patina. The quality of the calligraphy is excellent finished in gold on a stove green.
Category
Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
1936 Port Sign, Les Portos Gibson, an Appetizer Drink
Located in Retie, BE
Port Drinker, Port Gift - Old Tin Signs - Beverage Signs - Apéritif Signs - Appetizer Signs - Collectable Tin Signs - Antique Signs - Pub Signs - Wall Decoration - Bar decoration - h...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Signs
Materials
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English or American Exterior Advertising Sign
Located in New Orleans, LA
A bright sign painted on board featuring a soldier on horseback with the words "Soldier Fortune" Could be a Pub sign.
Category
Early 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Wood
English Pub Sign - Hounds
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic large English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a scenic painting of hounds, untitled.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - Foxes
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic large English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a scenic painting of foxes among foliage, untitled.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - Greyhound
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a greyhound dog, entitled: Greyhound A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready for display.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign, Swan
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a swan with three cygnets, untitled.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, Squirrel
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a squirrel with a nut, untitled.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
English Pub Sign Sandpiper
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a sandpiper bird upon a beach, entitled: Sandpiper A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready for ...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
English Pub Sign, "Sportsman"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a painting of a Regency era gentleman with representations of British sport traditions such as cricket and tennis, entitled: Sport...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign of Bull
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Pub Sign, painted on steel.Came from a Courage Public House,from their archives,has a stamped label.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Signs
Materials
Steel
English Pub Sign - The Fox
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a loping fox among trees, entitled: The Fox A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready for display.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - The Windmill
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a windmill cottage, entitled: The Windmill A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready for display.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - The Bull
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a black bull, entitled: The Bull A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready for display.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign, "Rose House"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a house with roses, entitled: Rose House.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign - Swan Inn
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a swan upon water, entitled: Swan Inn A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready for display.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign, the Magdalen
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a classical ruin, entitled: The Magdalen.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Wood
English Pub Sign - Cricketts Inn
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a scenic painting of trees by water, entitled: Cricketts Inn A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready for disp...
Category
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English Pub Sign, 'Cock Tavern'
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a cock or rooster, entitled: Cock Tavern A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork and ready for display.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "The Cock"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a cock or rooster, entitled: The Cock A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork and ready for display.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign "The Magdalen"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a monastery abbey ruin, entitled: The Magdalen.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Paint, Wood
English Pub Sign "Cricketers Arms"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of cricket players on a pitch, entitled: Cricketers Arms.
Category
20th Century British Signs
Materials
Paint, Wood
English Pub Sign - Kings Arms
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a painting of the British Royal Arms framed in black.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign, "Nag's Head"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a horse's head in a bridle entitled: Nag's Head.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign - Swan Inn
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a swan upon the water among reeds.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - Hollington Oak
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of an oak tree against an horizon, entitled: Hollington Oak A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, read...
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - Three Fishes
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of three fish (salmon) in a stream, entitled: Three Fishes A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready...
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - The Ship
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a sailing ship bearing the high seas, entitled: The Ship A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, read...
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - New Roebuck
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a scenic painting of a recumbent roebuck deer among foliage, entitled: New Roebuck A very fine example of vintage advertising a...
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign, "Old Plough"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a man and horse plowing a field, entitled: Old Plough A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork and read...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign - The Swan
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painted cutaway or silhouette of a Royal swan on a castle or tower bridge.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Wood
English Pub Sign - The Imperial
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of five British soldiers defending a Union Jack flag, entitled: Ye George Inn A very fine example of vintage adverti...
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - Three Horseshoes
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a horse's head peering out from a design of three horseshoes, entitled: Three Horseshoes A very fine example of v...
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign, Bulls Head
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a bull's head, against a fence line and pasture in the background, entitled: Bulls Head.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Paint, Wood
English Pub Sign - Sailing Ship
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a painting of a sailing ship on the sea with cloudy skies, on copper in a brass frame.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - Robin Hood
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of the legendary folk hero, Robin Hood, standing in a field with longbow in left hand, entitled: Robin Hood.
Category
20th Century British Signs
Materials
Paint, Wood
English Pub Sign - Pied Bull
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a painting of a black and white bull (pied bull) on a green hill with cloudy skies, on metal.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign, "Black Swan"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a gorgeous painting of a black swan on water, with two swans in the background, along with reeds and a small home, framed in black...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "Old General"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a man in full English hunt regalia astride a horse, with beagle hunting dogs, and a cluster of trees in the backgrou...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
English Pub Sign, Swan Inn
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of an adult swan with a child swan or cygnet, on the water with bulrushes or cat-tails in the background, entitled: Swa...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
English Pub Sign, "The Grasshopper"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a grasshopper on a blade of grass, entitled: The Grasshopper Marked: Hall & Woodhouse Hall and Woodhouse is a ...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
English Pub Sign - The Bull
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a standing prize bull in the foregound, with a phrase below reading: The bull is tame so fear him not, as long as yo...
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign, "The Nightingale"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a singing nightingale bird perched on a leafy branch, against a dark blue background with a crescent moon, entitled:...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
English Pub Sign - The "Cleveland"
Located in Austin, TX
An English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of an early motor car driven by a man in full riding gear with cap and scarf, above a blue field with white lettering, entitled...
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign, Fox Inn, Pubmaster
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of fox among shrubbery, entitled: Fox Inn - Pubmaster A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready for ...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign - The Old Fox
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a scenic painting of a fox, entitled: The Old Fox A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready for display.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Wood
English Pub Sign - The Phoenix
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a scenic painting of a phoenix (mythical bird) in flames, entitled: The Phoenix In Greek mythology, a phoenix or phenix is a lo...
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign, 'The Bulls Head'
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a bull's head, entitled: The Bulls Head A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork and ready for display.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign - The Charles Dickens
Located in Austin, TX
An English pub sign featuring a portrait painting (two-sided) of the famed 19th c. writer, Charles Dickens, seated in a button-tufted chair.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Iron
English Pub Sign, "The Black Swan"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a black swan upon the water, entitled: The Black Swan.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
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English Pub Sign - The Black Bull
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a painting of a black bull in a landscape, entitled: The Black Bull A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready for...
Category
20th Century British Signs
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English Pub Sign - The Royal Swan
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a swan at the water's edge, entitled: The Royal Swan A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready fo...
Category
20th Century British Signs
Original English Pub Sign, circa 1930s
Located in Highwood, IL
Pub sign painted on tin and framed. The name of the pub was obviously changed because there is a different sign and name on the back!
Category
Vintage 1930s British Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign - Ye George Inn
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of St.
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - The Salmon Tail
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a painting of a salmon in the foregound, its head submerged in water and it's tail above, with a fisherman casting in the backgrou...
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign - The Drax Arms
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (two-sided) featuring a painting of a coat-of-arms for the Drax or Drake family, entitled: The Drax Arms With motto: Mort En Droit (French for Death ...
Category
20th Century English Signs
English Pub Sign the Ship Thwaites
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a British three-masted sailing ship, entitled: The ship, from an original Thwaites pub.
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Paint, Wood
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"Jorge" Bar Cart Modernist Style in Color Painted Steel and wood natural
$2,397 / item
H 31.5 in W 39.38 in D 18.51 in
"Jorge" Bar Cart Modernist Style in Color Painted Steel and wood natural
By Alessandra Delgado
Located in Alto da Lapa, SP
True to her enthusiasm for the Modernist Movement Alessandra Delgado was inspired by Jorge Zalszupin timeless architectonic view to create the bar cart "Jorge". Elegant and versatil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Steel
Handblown Murano Glass Candelabra Multicolored, circa 1940
By Murano 5
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Handblown Murano glass candelabra, multicolored, circa 1940, Baroque style, five-arm candelabra with multicolored applied decoration, materials: glass and wood, wired for electricity...
Category
Mid-20th Century Baroque Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair Hotel Silver Rams' Head Salts
Located in New York, NY
Pair hotel silver rams' head salts. Pair neoclassical style tripod form silver plate salts with rams' heads terminating in hoof feet with stretcher to central ball finial all beneat...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
1975 Hard Edge Square Oil Painting on Canvas, in the Manner of Josef Albers
$3,200
H 30.25 in W 30.25 in D 2 in
1975 Hard Edge Square Oil Painting on Canvas, in the Manner of Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Oil on canvas painting signed on verso "B. Raab 5/75" After the famed "Homage to the Square" by Josef Albers Measures 30-1/4" X 30-1/4" square. Original aluminum frame. Colors are b...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Antique 19th Century Gold Leaf Gilt French Louis Philippe Mirror
$3,236Sale Price|20% Off
H 59.85 in W 33.86 in D 1.97 in
Antique 19th Century Gold Leaf Gilt French Louis Philippe Mirror
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful and tall antique French mirror is completely gold leaf gilt and is made in Louis Philippe style with it's typical rounded upper corners. The mirror frame has a classic...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Style 1950s Plant Stand
Located in Sharon, CT
A plant stand that holds four small plants in style. Light blue over white paint. The holes are 4" in diameter.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Steel
"Medusa" Chandelier, Made in Italy
Located in Culver City, CA
Medusa Chandelier Italy, 21st Century Metamorphic chandelier with 25 articulating brass arms and painted black metal shades. 64"dia x 64"h (as shown) Ref. L3619 *4-6 Week Lead Time*...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage French Turned Column Side Table, Reminiscent of Charles Dudouyt
$1,424
H 18.12 in W 14.57 in D 14.97 in
Vintage French Turned Column Side Table, Reminiscent of Charles Dudouyt
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Hitchin, England
A French pedestal table with a turned column screw stem & square top & base, reminiscent of Charles Dudouyt designs. The table form most probably dates from the early 20th C...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Exciting Gino Hollander Style Abstract Oil Painting Mid-Century Modern
$750
H 20.5 in W 36.75 in D 1.5 in
Exciting Gino Hollander Style Abstract Oil Painting Mid-Century Modern
By Gino Hollander
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Exciting Gino Hollander style abstract oil painting. This painting is not signed but we believe it to be by the artist.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
British 19th Century Drum Table
Located in New York, NY
This charming 19th-century English regimental drum was fitted with a glass top to serve as a table. It bears the painted arms of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers that was formed in 1881, g...
Category
Antique 1890s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Extremely Rare Georgian Peacock Green Drinking Vessel
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An extremely rare Georgian peacock green drinking vessel with six finger hole and lid. The vessel is very similar in design to earlier German vessels one of which can be seen at the...
Category
Antique 1790s English Georgian Glass
Materials
Glass
East Indonesian Rare Exotic Butterflies Taxidermy Display Celebes Islands
$1,729
H 15.36 in W 13.39 in D 2.37 in
East Indonesian Rare Exotic Butterflies Taxidermy Display Celebes Islands
Located in Nottingham, GB
East Indonesian Exotic Butterflies Taxidermy Display Celebes Islands Good condition Free international shipping.
Category
20th Century Taxidermy
Materials
Glass, Wood
Swedish Antique Secretary Chest, Solid Pine, Gustavian Style, c. 1850
$5,105
H 49.41 in W 50.01 in D 17.92 in
Swedish Antique Secretary Chest, Solid Pine, Gustavian Style, c. 1850
Located in Kramfors, SE
Genuine Swedish secretary chest from the mid 1800s. Made by hand in solid pine in northern Sweden around 1850. Dating at the back reading 1854. Straight classic gustavian style with ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Dodie Thayer Lettuce Ware Tureen, Cover and Stand, Jupiter, Florida, 1987
By Dodie Thayer
Located in Downingtown, PA
Dodie Thayer Lettuce Ware Tureen, Cover and Stand, Jupiter, Florida, 1987 The tureen, cover and conforming stand are naturalistically modeled as a head of lettuce, hand-built in gla...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Soup Tureens
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Boo Bed • Hand-Carved Dog Bed in Teak with Sheepskin Upholstery, by Odditi
$944Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 14.97 in Dm 35.44 in
Boo Bed • Hand-Carved Dog Bed in Teak with Sheepskin Upholstery, by Odditi
By Odditi
Located in CAROOL, NSW, AU
The Boo Bed is a contemporary architectural throne for your doggo. Upholstered in luxurious long haired sheepskin for your fur baby’s comfort. Featuring hand-carved details and made ...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Sheepskin, Teak
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Pub Signs For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of pub signs available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and paint, all pub signs available were constructed with great care. Pub signs have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Pub signs made by folk art designers — as well as those associated with mid-century modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made pub signs over the years, but those made by David Fisher are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Pub Signs?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,902, while they’re typically $950 on the low end and $4,960 highest priced.
Finding the Right Signs for You
Vintage and antique signs are popular collector’s items loved not only for the charm and pops of color they add to a space but also for the unique story each one has to tell. An interesting sign can help set the mood for a room and spark dozens of lively conversations.
Before and during the 18th century, many European peasants and colonists in the Americas couldn’t read, so shopkeepers, in an effort to promote their goods and services, hung trade signs with limited amounts of text.
Indeed, symbols and representational physical objects comprised early-day advertising efforts. In lieu of painted words on a wooden board, trade signs made use of handmade three-dimensional symbols to indicate the function of the shop. The iconic red, white and blue pole could be found outside barbershops, while a figural trade sign mounted to an apothecary’s storefront might be a mortar and pestle sculpted from bronze in order to indicate to passers-by that inside there were apothecary cabinets full of remedies for common ailments and a druggist to carefully dispense them.
As literacy rates improved, signs evolved into rectangular, round or square shapes that featured text. Short and sweet, early iterations were characterized by a mere few words, such as “tavern,” “boarding room” or “apothecary.”
During the 19th century, proprietors endeavored to render their signs more appealing. This meant the introduction of more color, font types and other pictorial representations. After the Civil War ended, logos, branding and advertising became increasingly more important, and the design of signage evolved. Trade signs were still in use during the 20th century, and you will likely find hand-painted tin eyeglasses for an optometrist’s office or an oversize bowling pin that likely had a home in the front window of a bowling alley.
Today, collectors and art aficionados alike collect and display antique and vintage signs. Old signs hearken back to a long-gone era, infusing any interior with warmth and nostalgia.
A vintage sign can help anchor a room — think of decorating with signs as you would arranging any kind of wall art. A large-scale sign in particular can prove a distinguishing feature in a living room or dining room, a focal point so prominent that it might lessen the burden of introducing any additional decorative elements to this particular space. Smaller signs work wonders too — pepper sparsely decorated corners with small colorful signs or add a humorous or graphic element to your gallery-style hang with a small text-based sign or two.
On 1stDibs, find metal, wood and glass antique and vintage signs that span a number of styles, including mid-century modern, industrial and folk art.
Questions About Pub Signs
What size are pub signs?
1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023There is no specific size for pub signs. Pubs and taverns can have signs created in a variety of dimensions. Shapes also differ, though square and rectangular are the most common. On 1stDibs, shop a range of pub signs.
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