Although people have been hand-painting signs for thousands of years, it was the emergence of Enamel signs from the 1880s onwards which has really come to dominate the genre. Suddenly bold colourful and hard-wearing art works could be displayed at a fraction of the cost of a good sign-writer. The 20th Century landscape was plastered with such signs until the emergence of comparable plastics in the 1960s.
Today our love for old advertising signs has not diminished as they do add real charm to any wall. However, at the same time we have also gained an equally important love and respect for far more humble pieces as well. Simple location signs cast out of metal or painted onto wood that originally marked someone’s office (or even public toilet) now sit just as proudly on our walls. These weathered signs add warmth and personality to our homes and intrigue us with their old lettering.
At Love Antiques we have a great selection of genuine antique and vintage advertising signs.
Antiques & Chic
Advertising Enamel Sign
£ 185
Treehouse Antiques
Antique Floor Standing Terrestrial Globe
£ 1,295
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Religious Enamel Sign Pope Vatican City State
£ 2,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Edwardian Enamel Copper London Road Sign Borough of St Marylebone Chiltern Street W1
£ 1,500
Edwardian Enamel Copper London Road Sign Borough of St Marylebone Chiltern Street W1
£ 1,500
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Iconic 1971 Large Original Framed Poster 'Bullfighting Alacete, Spain'
£ 1,450
Iconic 1971 Large Original Framed Poster 'Bullfighting Alacete, Spain'
£ 1,450
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Livery J Miles & Son Dorchester Hand Painted Shop Sign Master Saddlers
£ 2,000
Livery J Miles & Son Dorchester Hand Painted Shop Sign Master Saddlers
£ 2,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Antiques & Chic
Lyons Tea Advertising Enamel Sign
£ 135
Antiques & Chic
Campari Advertising Enamel Sign
£ 135
Antiques & Chic
Advertising Enamel Sign
£ 135
Antiques & Chic
Cinema Enamel Sign
£ 135
£ 1,250
Elmgarden
Oxo Cube Tin Shop Display Dispenser
£ 475
£ 1,250
The Old Yard
Large Early 20th C. Wood Shop Advertising Sign
£ 950
£ 2,250
£ 250
Elmgarden
Large Opaline Glass Coffee Bar Sign
£ 1,250
£ 375
Whites Antiques
Grand Scale Bespoke Sign with Brass Letters Costume
£ 2,425
NP & A SALT ANTIQUES
A Royal Insurance Motor Enamel Sign
£ 295
Antiques & Chic
James Purdey & Sons Enamel Sign
£ 675
£ 775
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
Shell Motor Spirit Enamel Automobilia Sign
£ 300
£ 250
£ 250
£ 150
D and A Binder LTD
1960s Mahogany Shop Sign
£ 216
£ 850
Vavasseur Antiques
Very Large Antique "Zambrene" Wall Barometer c.1910
£ 925
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Enamel London Road Sign City of Westminster Ebury Street Belgravia SW1
£ 850
Enamel London Road Sign City of Westminster Ebury Street Belgravia SW1
£ 850
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
£ 225
Whites Antiques
Early 20th Enamel Sign from an Estate
£ 135
Whites Antiques
Original Painted Cart Side Sign
£ 435
Whites Antiques
French Hand Painted Apothecary Sign 1900-1920
£ 550
£ 645
Elmgarden
Large Iron “Watneys” Pub Lantern
£ 1,250
£ 2,250
£ 800
D and A Binder LTD
Vintage Floro Shop Display
£ 168
Antiques & Chic
Old Enamel Goerz Cameras & Binoculars Advertising Sign
£ 825