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Period: Early 20th Century
Early 20th Century Reverse-Painted IOOF Skull and Bones Glass Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Early 1900s; Independent Order of Odd Fellows This reverse-painted glass "Caution" sign comes with the scull and crossbone, a symbol of mortality to the fraternity, and a reminder o...
Category

American Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique Oil On Board Painting by Paul Henri Schouten - Belgium, c.1925
Located in London, GB
A large and detailed, early 20th century portrait painting of a cockerel. Belgium, c.1925 Painted and signed by Paul Henri Schouten, renowned for his finely observed oil studies of ...
Category

English Victorian Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Pine

Early 20th Century Framed Reverse-Painted Waltham Watches Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1900s/1910s; Waltham Watch Co. - Waltham, MA Vintage reverse painted glass advertising sign for Waltham pocket watches. This piece features reverse graphics on a glass panel, be...
Category

North American Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint

Early 20th Century Chicago Pharmacist Milk Glass Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
This sign was manufactured by Rawson & Evans sometime during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Rawson & Evans was best known for glue chipped glass signs and gold leaf signs. This sign...
Category

Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal

Early 20th C School Classroom Plaques Classics, English, History Economics
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of four oak classroom door plaques, hand painted with gilt lettering, chamfered decorative edges and counter sunk fixing holes. More than likely from a well to do teach...
Category

British Edwardian Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Oak

Three Dimensional Double-Sided Wooden Hovis Tea Shop Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Three dimensional double-sided wooden hovis tea shop sign  A great piece of social history, this sign is in wood it has been made with applied large letters...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Signs

Early 20th Century Double-Sided Iron Nautical Trade Sign "The Norfolk"
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early 20th century double-sided sheet iron, cast iron, hand-painted trade sign with hand-forged hooks. Great hand-painted "The Norfolk" featuring a painted...
Category

American Folk Art Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Iron

Early 20th Century Pharmacist Figural Trade Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique figural copper and tin trade sign. This piece takes the form of an antique mortar and pestle, one of the most important tools used by practitioners of medicine for centuries...
Category

Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Copper, Wrought Iron, Tin

Wills Gold Flake Cigarettes Advertising Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Wills Gold Flake cigarettes advertising mirror Very rare old mirror, a bold picture of the Gold Flake packet set in an golden oak frame The m...
Category

Industrial Early 20th Century Signs

Giant Wood Early 20th Century Hand Painted Americana Barber Shop Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large and chunky Americana! Fantastic and original Barber Shop trade sign in the shape of a barber pole. Great statement piece. Layers of super graphic red and white original paint. ...
Category

American Folk Art Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Wood

Large Antique Handcrafted Folk Art Sign ..MASONIC TEMPLE, Raised Letters
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large antique handcrafted Folk Art sign ..MASONIC TEMPLE,, Beautiful sign,, turn of the century,, Retains original finish,, patina,, modeled blue backgr...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Wood

Splendid Louis Midavaine Screen, 1888-1978
Located in Renens, CH
Splendid Louis Midavaine screen, circa 1925, with 3 articulated leaves in lacquered wood and lacquered wood decorated with a Bengal tiger leaping from an overturned coconut tree. The...
Category

French Art Deco Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Wood

1900s Butcher s Pig Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Vintage carved and painted pine butcher's trade sign. Molded frame, insized text reading "Porkies Pen" pig in relief. 33" x 40" Period: First quarter of the 20th century or earlier ...
Category

French Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Wood

Antique Gold Leaf Black Sign "Gebhardt Park "
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique gold leaf sign Gebhardt Park. Framed in original wood frame.
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North American Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Wood

L N E R Wooden Railway Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
L & N E R Wooden Railway Sign This great British Railway sign is a piece of History, dating from the 1930s the sign is painted on a framed wooden board...
Category

Industrial Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Wood

Double Sided Hanging No Smoking Please Gas Station Garage Enamel Sign
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Original 1930s double-sided enamel Stop Your Motor Please No Smoking Gas Station Garage Sign.
Category

American Industrial Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Enamel

Early 20th Century "J-E" Storage Battery Flange Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique flanged service station sign. This piece advertises Jelly-Electrolyte, or "J-E" storage batteries. The "jelly" eliminated the need for refilling water (a task required with ...
Category

Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal

Vintage Two-Sided Hood’s Ice Cream Advertising Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and authentic two-sided painted metal advertising sign for Hood’s Ice Cream, displayed in its original iron sidewalk frame. The sign features bold red and cream graphics with ...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal

Early 20th Century Wood and Canvas Painted Produce Sign
Located in Troy, MI
Wooden produce sign found in England, circa 1920s. Wood foundation is covered in strips of canvas which have been hand painted by unknown artist.
Category

English Rustic Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Vintage Steel Engineering Sign from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A graphic rectangular patinated steel wall sign from a venerable Detroit, Michigan engineering firm.
Category

American Industrial Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Iron

Hand Painted Dentist Trade Sign c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Single sided wooden dentist tooth trade sign with gold and black letters. Hand painted, hand carved. Shown with a life size hand model for scale. CREATOR Unknown. ...
Category

Industrial Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Wood

Rare Wiener Werkstätte of America Inc New York Enameled Advertising Sign
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare, domed, black and white enameled Art Nouveau advertising sign for Wiener Werkstatte. (founded by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and Fritz...
Category

Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Iron

Hand Painted Studebaker Wagons Sign c.1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT An original Studebaker hand-painted wooden sign, originally from a 1930s wagon shop. Emblazoned with "Studebaker Wagons" at the center and "New" and "Used" on either side, thi...
Category

Industrial Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Wood

1890 Wood Cigar Advertising Sign large American
Located in Surrey, BC
A truly one of a kind late 19th century/ hand painted solid wood large advertising cigar sign . This rescued piece was found in a horse stall in La grange Texas , and was believe to...
Category

American Folk Art Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Double Sided Toleware French Dentists Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Double Sided Toleware French Dentists Trade Sign An original untouched example of an early 20th Century toleware double sided Frenc...
Category

French Late Victorian Vintage Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Sheet Metal

Large Early 20th Century American Usg Sheetrock Advertising Porcelain Sign
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique, circa 1920s /1930s, USG (United States Gypsum) porcelain enameled advertising sign, early 20th century, industrial American Art Deco Modern taste. The large blu...
Category

American Industrial Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Antique 1900s Reis Men s Underwear Clothing Advertising Framed Paper Sign Poster
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Reis of New York men's underwear printed advertising sign/poster dating from the early 1900's. This is in an old frame and under glass. Would have hung in a men's clothing store...
Category

American Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Paper

Shop Sign
Located in London, England
Large oak " Pharmacie " shop sign. France circa 1900. H 56cm x W 394cm x D 15cm
Category

Antique Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Lead

Shop Sign
Shop Sign
$1,128
1920s Steaks Chops Hand Painted Wood Sign • Early American Folk Art Signage
Located in Lancaster, PA
A bold and striking survivor from the early days roadside eateries, this original 1920's “STEAKS AND CHOPS” sign is hand-painted on wood with thick, period-correct lettering in butte...
Category

American Vintage Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal

Antique Reverse Painted Glass Drink Coca Cola Sign Ice Cream Parlour circa 1920
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous 10 x 21 reverse painted glass Coca Cola sign from the twenties. In excellent vintage condition with a bit of fixing on the upper right corner. Made by the Price Bros. from C...
Category

American Industrial Vintage Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Brass

Large Late 19th or Early 20th Century Zinc Locksmith Trade Sign
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Impressive Late 19th or Early 20th Century Zinc Locksmith Trade Sign in the form of a Large full bodied key. Found in its original finish. Remarkable Condition. France Circa 1900
Category

French Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Zinc

Antique American Art Deco Early Frigidaire Metal Advertising Sign
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce, likely one-of-a-kind, antique American Frigidaire enameled metal advertising sign, early 20th century, period Art Deco styling, the sign reads: "See Arkadelphia Hardware Co...
Category

American Art Deco Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal, Enamel

"Brookfield Rye" Tin Advertising Sign, American, circa 1901
By The Meek Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Beautiful semi-nude woman with translucent negligee, holding a bottle of "Brookfield Rye" whiskey is the focal point of this chromolithographic tin advertising sign, used to promote ...
Category

American Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Tin

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Mustard
Located in Cheshire, GB
Enamel sign for Colman’s Mustard, of rectangular form decorated in blue and yellow enamel. Dimensions Height 16 inches Width 62.5 inches Depth 0.5 ...
Category

British Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Enamel

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Mustard
Enamel Sign for Colman’s Mustard
$1,312 Sale Price
41% Off
French Art Deco Vintage Glass Hairdressing Salon Advertising Sign c.1930s Barber
Located in Bristol, GB
VINTAGE HAIRDRESSER’S ADVERTISING SIGN ‘JAQUES COIFFEUR HOMMES FILLETTES’ Reflective ribbed silver mirror encapsulated by black-backed glass reveals a reflective, eye-catching font ...
Category

French Art Deco Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Steel

Early 20th Century English Shop Display Dummy Board
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Shop Display Dummy Board A unique early 20th Century English hand-crafted shop display dummy board. In the form of a 1st World War “Squaddie” in Uniform made by Stening Signs of Catford” South London established in 1879. This huge display...
Category

British Folk Art Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Pine

Early 20th Century American "Chiropractor" Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
Own a piece of Wisconsin's history with this early 20th century hand-painted sign from an early 20th-century chiropractor's office. The sign, found in a barn in the heart of Wisconsi...
Category

American Folk Art Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Wood

Giant Art Deco Brass Fountain Pen and Mechanical Pencil Display Models
By Wahl Eversharp Co
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE Oversized retail advertising presentation brass fountain pen and mechanical pencil display signs from the early 1920s when they would have been featured within a wood and glass display cabinet at the pen counter of a stationary store. Originally the fountain pen would have been marked on its side "Wahl Pen...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Brass

19th Century Boucherie Chevaline French Tradesign
Located in London, GB
Boucherie Chevaline We are proud to offer a late 19th century Boucherie Chevaline, zinc gold leaf hand beaten butchers advertising trade sign. These items have become rare over the years especially the original gold leaf finished examples. Untouched in form in very presentable condition, with age related wear you may come to expect from an item of its age. This highly decorative object comes with its own bespoke cast iron display...
Category

French Victorian Antique Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Zinc

Antique Folk Art Reverse Painted and Foil Exhibition Sign in Gilt Frame
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art exhibition sign, reverse painted glass with reserved text backed in gold and silver crinkled foil reading "Exhibition / of / Paintings / on / Glass / By Edgar F. Curtis" E...
Category

American Folk Art Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Foil

Advertising Sign for an Optician, from 1920s
Located in Vienna, Austria
Hand painted metal advertising sign for an optician. The shield was attached to the facade on an optician shop and is painted with the same motive on both sides. Signed from the si...
Category

Czech Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal

Early 20th Century City of Westminster London Antique Milk Glass Street Sign
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous early milk glass street sign from the City of Westminster London. Original wood frame in excellent vintage condition. A couple of cracks in the glass on right lower corner. ...
Category

English Industrial Vintage Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Milk Glass, Hardwood

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch
Located in Cheshire, GB
Enamel sign for Colman’s Starch, of rectangular form decorated in blue and white enamel. Dimensions Height 16 Inches Width 62.5 Inches Depth 0.5 Inches.
Category

British Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Enamel

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch
Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch
$1,312 Sale Price
38% Off
Rare Engraved Glass on Metal Sign from a London Cigarette s Seller, circa 1900
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare engraved sign is made of glass on metal. This is a a very unusual piece from a London cigarette's seller. English. Circa 1900.
Category

English Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal

Early 20th C Collection Italian Deli Butchers Meats Shop Trade Display Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fun collection of Italian butchers display meats that would off adored a traditional delicatessen. Within the collection there is a pair of late 19th/early 20th century plaster an...
Category

Italian Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Plastic, Rubber, Plaster

Monumental Cobblers Boot Trade Sign
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Monumental Cobblers Boot Trade Sign. Provenance: By Repute Crosby Cobblers - Liverpool Est 1841 Originally hung outside the cobblers in Crosby, Liverpool. Hand forged metal strap work and solid brass laces...
Category

British Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal, Brass

Antique NOS Reed Vise Tin on Cardboard Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s; mfd. by The H. D. Beach Co. (Coshocton, OH) for Reed Manufacturing Co. - Erie, PA Antique new-old-stock tin-over-cardboard (TOC) advertising sign. This piece advertises R...
Category

American Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Tin

Antique Architectural Bank Building Bronze "No" Letters
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic cast bronze vintage letters. Great way to get your point across! Salvaged from a bank building in the midwest. Great patinated bronze surface. ...
Category

American Folk Art Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Bronze

Blue and Red Enamel Barbers Pole Shop Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Rare porcelain enamel barbers pole shop sign. This is a very rare old sign, it is American in origin, we have the red and blue stripes wrapped around a White background, and at th...
Category

American Industrial Vintage Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Enamel

Johnson Motor Oil Double-Sided Porcelain Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
This sign advertises Johnson Gasoline (stylistically spelled erroneously) sold with Ethyl anti-knock compound. Johnson was known for not only this brand but others under their banner...
Category

Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal

Antique Early 20th C Hanging Trade Shop Sign "Antiques" Star of David Solomon
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Hanging double sided trade sign, sheet metal with a black ground and gilt lettering. Two pretty cast iron riveted hanging brackets. A small Star of Solomon is located in the corner ...
Category

English Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Metal

Iron Bull Butcher Trade Sign with Hanging Bracket from the Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An iron butcher trade sign in the shape of a bull or a cow from the early 1900s. This iron trade sign was born in the early 20th century and was probably adorning the storefront of a...
Category

Unknown Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Iron

Early 20th Century Mackintosh Solicitors Rounded Bronze Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s; W & J Mackintosh, Solicitors - London Antique rounded bronze column sign. This piece comes from the columns in the front of 1 Hill Street in London, the location for W & ...
Category

English Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Bronze

Musical Score for Norwegian Dances
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique musical score for norwegian dances. discovered in my sheet music folders. ref. SN
Category

Norwegian Other Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Paper

12ft Long Hovis Advertising Baker’s Shop Sign, Reverse Painted, Gold Leaf
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
12ft Long Hovis Advertising Baker’s Shop Sign, Reverse Painted, Gold Leaf This is a very long pictorial sign, it is reputed to be part of the decoration from the Head Office The si...
Category

Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Glass

Early 20th Century Butchers Products Co. Painted Tin Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
1910s-20s; Fulton Meat Market district - Chicago, IL The property at the northeast corner of Peoria and Fulton streets in Chicago was most recently a burger joint, but in the late 1...
Category

American Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Tin

James Purdy Sons Enamel Sign Wall Plaque
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
James Purdy & Sons enamel sign wall plaque Rare piece indeed this enamel sign was made for the Famous London Shop, it has the Royal appointment to HM t...
Category

Folk Art Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Enamel

Pre-Prohibition Fortune s Buffet ROG Mirror Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique reverse-painted storefront sign. This piece was for a shop that specialized in alcoholic and tobacco goods. Features a red field with gold-tone painted serif lettering. Whil...
Category

American Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Brass

Rare Pre-Prohibition Green Seal Beer Backlit Punched Lighted Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
This large, extremely rare backlit sign is a bona fide piece of American history. It was produced by The Buckeye Brewing Co. of Toledo, OH, which was founded in 1886, but which has o...
Category

American Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Tin

Antique Altered El Bart Gin Self-Framed Tin Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1910s/1920s; The Camberwell Distillery - London Antique repainted tin litho gin sign. This piece was originally a self-framed tin litho advertisement for El Bart Dry Gin. Howeve...
Category

English Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Signs

Materials

Tin

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