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19th Century Cast Iron Hand Forged English Key Makers Trade sign
Located in London, GB
19th Century Cast Iron Hand Forged English Key Makers Trade sign
Hand forged solid cast iron 19th
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century English Royal Exchange Assurance Advertising Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century advertising trade sign
We are proud to offer a rare survivor in the form of a
Category
1920s British Victorian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood, Paper
10 Foot Antique Pocket Knife Trade Sign
Located in Peekskill, NY
This beautiful Folk Art sign dates to the 1800s and reads... Obrien Fine Cutlery. This is a amazing
Category
Late 19th Century American Industrial Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
19th Century Japanese Meiji Trade Sign for Sake Shop, Hand Carved and Painted
Located in Kingston, NY
Offered is a 19th century Japanese Meiji hand carved gilt and painted trade sign for sake shop. The
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Oil On Canvas Painted Trade Sign With American Eagle
Located in York County, PA
ca. 1830 easel-painted oil on canvas trade sign, featuring an American eagle, perched on a rock
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19th Century Antique Trade Signs
Wrought Iron and Tole Painted Antiques Trade Sign
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large tole painted black and gilt ANTIQUES sign (double-sided) hanging from a hand-wrought iron
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
$1,650 / item
19THC ORIGINAL PAINTED SHIPPING AND RECEIVING TRADE SIGN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC ORIGINAL SAND PAINT , IN BLACK AND WHITE PAINT AND GREAT CONDITION WITH PICTURE FRAME MOLDING, FOUND IN NEW ENGLAND
Category
19th Century American Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Pine Folk Art Spanish Pub Trade Sign Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century hand carved Pine Folk Art Spanish Pub Trade Sign Figure
We are proud to offer a
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1920s Spanish Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Pine
Hand Painted Industrial
Somerset Trading Co Ltd
Wall Sign Plaque, C.1920
Located in London, GB
A hand painted trade sign. c.1920
White hand painted type on black background for ‘The Somerset
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Antique London Covent Garden
Borough Market Trade Shop Signs Walterford
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A decorative pair of trade signs for Walterford Borough Market London, a red ground with gilt
Category
Early 20th Century British Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Pine
Hand Painted Antique Industrial Butchers Double Sided Trade Shop Sign, C.1920
Located in London, GB
An attractive hand painted and double sided butcher's trade sign. c.1920.
Hand painted by a
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Antique London Covent Garden
Borough Market Trade Shop Signs Thomas
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A decorative pair of trade signs for J B Thomas of either Borough Market or Covent Garden London, a
Category
Early 20th Century British Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Pine
Antique London Covent Garden
Borough Market Trade Shop Signs Beeson
Edmonds
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A decorative pair of trade signs for beeson & Edmond of either Borough Market or Covent Garden
Category
Early 20th Century British Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Pine
Antique London Covent Garden
Borough Market Trade Shop Signs Kitchener
Phill
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A decorative pair of trade signs for Kitchener & Phillips of either Borough Market or Covent Garden
Category
Early 20th Century British Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century Reverse Painted Verre églomisé Gilt Trade Shop Sign "My Shop"
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large reverse painted hanging trade sign, wrought iron frame with internal wooden supports.
The
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Early 20th Century English Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Glass
19th Century Apothecary Snake Sign
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Trade sign to hang on wall
Category
19th Century German Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century "Umbrellas Re-Covered and Repaired" Trade Shop Folk Art Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A atheistical pleasing trade sign from the early part of the 20th century.
On a dark blue
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Early 20th Century Tin Sign
Located in Surrey, BC
Great "Trade" sign from Montreal, Quebec, in gold painted guilded letters over crusty black paint
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Tin
19th C Large Victorian Green
Gilt Trade Shop Sign "Robert Brazier" Plumber
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large trade sign inscribed 'Robert Brazier registered by the Worshipful Company of Plumbers
Category
19th Century British Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Canvas, Pine
"Case" Folk Art Advertising sign
Located in Ferndale, MI
"Case" Folk Art Advertising sign - hand made wood Trade Sign. Opens to revel the blade, as shown
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Trade Signs
American Country Folk Art Giant Shrimp Sign
Located in Queens, NY
American Country Folk Art (19/20th Century) carved and painted white and red trade sign of a giant
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paint, Wood
Gilded Wood and Iron Strapped Advertising Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great looking late 19th century trade sign. Wood carved letters with wood "Bread" sign. Both
Category
19th Century Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Iron
c. 1920
s American Millinery And Hatter Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic American trade sign made by the hand of a skilled sign maker. Graphic three dimensional
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
19th Century Original Painted Double Sided Harness/Shoe Repair Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC ORIGINAL PAINTED BLACK & WHITE TRADE SIGN.THIS SIGN IS DOUBLE SIDED AND IS IN BLACK LETTERS
Category
19th Century American Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century Original Painted "Cafe Maurice" Sign
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Original, untouched double sided trade sign for Cafe Maurice.
Wonderful Blue original Paint, wall
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
19th century Metal Cow which was part of a trade sign
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A really wonderful piece of 19th century Americana that we believe was part of a trade side or
Category
19th Century American Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Metal
19th Century American Dr.
s Shingle "Sign"
Located in New York, NY
original ochre and black painted surface on pine and held together with square nails. Good trade signs of
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paint, Pine
Havana Cigar Sign in Original Paint
By Severin
Co. Distrs. 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
board. This was an outdoor or window trade sign.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Antique Folk Art Carved Native American Chief Head Advertising Sign
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
/ Trade Sign.
American, ca 1900´s, painted carved wood with metal hook. A folk art tobacco sign. Relief
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
19th Century Original Painted S.B.C. Sign, New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This plank wood and all original painted trade sign was found in New England and is double sided
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Lighted Figural Copper Apothecary Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique figural copper trade sign.
This piece takes the form of an antique mortar and pestle, one
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Copper
Late 19th Century French "Liebig
s Extract of Meat Company" Framed Trade Sign
By Liebig
s Extract of Meat Company 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 19th century Victorian collection of six advertising cards from the "Liebig's Extract of Meat Company" newly framed and matted. This set of six collectable cards depict the...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood, Paper
19thc Original Painted "dressmaking " Sign In Gilded Letters
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FANTASTIC ORIGINAL PAINTED TRADE SIGN.THE BLACK BODY OF THE SIGN IS IN SAND PAINT WITH ORIGINAL
Category
19th Century American Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Reverse Painted Glass Gilt Single Sided Sign Plaque Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
An incredible and highly original early 20th century hand painted trade sign.
Presumably painted
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Glass
"B. Briscoe, Tailor" Sign with a Backwards S, circa 1810-1850
Located in York County, PA
Early American trade sign: “B. BRISCOE, TAILOR,” circa 1810-1850, with a backwards “S” and
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Despatch Oven Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota Advertising Clock Face
By Despatch Oven Co. 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century cast iron advertising trade sign from the Despatch Oven Company in Minneapolis
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Iron
"Robart Farm Registered Herefords" a Monumental Cattle Farm Trad
Located in Stamford, CT
"Robart Farm Registered Herefords" a monumental cattle farm trade sign, oil on board painting of a
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Trade Signs
Painted Tete Du Boeuf in Zinc
Located in Washington, DC
used as a trade sign for a butcher shop. The patina is traces of the yellow paint on the many shades of
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Zinc
Rare English Wooden Barbers Pole Trade Shop Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Rare English wooden Barbers pole trade shop sign
This is a very rare old sign, it is English in
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Late 19th Century Clog Makers Trade or Advertising Sign
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Late 19th century oversized wood clog, Trade or Advertising sign, beautiful naïve carving, Dated
Category
1890s French Antique Trade Signs
Cigar Store Indian
Located in Asheville, NC
illiterate customers to the shop. It was common to use visual trade signs such as a carvings instead of
Category
19th Century American Antique Trade Signs
$1,800
Phrygian Hat Makers Sign, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Item: Rare Phrygian hat makers trade sign, circa 1880
Description: This is a unique late 19th
Category
1880s French Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
19th Century Oversized Huge Folk Art Full Leather Trade Show Balmoral Boot
Located in Lowestoft, GB
/trade show circa 1860, the boot is in fair condition for its age, with some elderly repairs to the
Category
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Leather
Late 19th Century Oversized Huge Folk Art Full Leather Trade Show Balmoral Boot
Located in Lowestoft, GB
/trade show circa 1890, the boot is in good condition for its age age related wear as one would expect
Category
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Leather
Black
White Barber Pole with Acorn Finials, ca 1840-1860
Located in York County, PA
painted black and white in the typical, swirling helix, with the remainder in gold.
Trade signs for
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Dairy Sign
Located in Greenwich, CT
Wonderful folk-art English dairy trade sign.
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Tete de Vache
Located in Washington, DC
Tete de Vache a butchery trade sign
Category
19th Century French Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Zinc
$4,500
Pair of Gilded Zinc Tete de Vache
Located in Washington, DC
Butcher Trade Signs - Pair of Gilded Tete de Vache
Category
19th Century French Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Zinc
Painted Wooden Stag/Reindeer
Located in Washington, DC
Painted wooden stag. English. Probably a Tavern or trade sign.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
$10,000
Continental Gilt Zink Horse Head.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Amaizing 19th century trade sign, formed zink horse head with gilt decoration.
Category
19th Century French Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Zinc
Pair of Tete de Taureaux
Located in Washington, DC
Pair of very rare large butcher trade signs. The heads remove easily from the back plaques.
Category
19th Century French Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Zinc
$19,500
Cast Metal Horse Head
Located in New York, NY
Black enameled horse head originally used as a butcher's trade sign. With mounting hooks on back.
Category
19th Century Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$3,000
19th C Tradesign in the form of an Overscale Tea Kettle
Located in Greenwich, CT
English 19th C polished tin over scale trade sign in the form of a tea kettle.
Category
19th Century English Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Iron
1890
s Painting of Abe Lincoln
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An usual painting of Abe Lincoln on a wooden oval board. Possibly a trade sign. This came out of
Category
19th Century American Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
19th Century Zinc Bull Head
Located in Houston, TX
This 19th century zinc bull head was originally used as a trade sign for a French butcher shop. The
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Zinc
Early 20th Century Folk Art Dog
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large hand-cut iron dog Folk Art lawn or store trade sign is in good condition with a worn and
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
Pair of 19th Century, French Tetes de Taureau Bull Heads
Located in Washington, DC
A fault pair of zinc bull heads (Tetes de Taureau). French, circa 1800. Originally used as Trade
Category
19th Century French Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Zinc
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Antique Trade Signs For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of antique trade signs for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique trade signs was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and iron. Antique trade signs have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique trade signs to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Folk Art, Industrial and Victorian antique trade signs are of considerable interest. Ross Johnson Drug Co, Bernard Gloekler Co. and Indian Motorcycles each produced beautiful antique trade signs that are worth considering.
How Much are Antique Trade Signs?
Prices for antique trade signs can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique trade signs begin at $275 and can go as high as $49,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,400.
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