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Cast Iron Sign, HORSES AT A WALK –
MOTOR VEHICLES 10 MILES PER HR
Lebanon Machine Co., Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Probably a bridge sign
Date/Period: Circa 1920 - SOLD

Cast Iron Sign, HORSES AT A WALK – MOTOR VEHICLES 10 MILES PER HR Lebanon Machine Co., Lebanon, Pennsylvania Probably a bridge sign, entire view

Measurement: 31.5" x 15.75" x .75

Material: Cast Iron

Condition: Light surface rust.

Additional Information: This sign, "Speed Limit / Horses At A Walk / Motor Vehicles 10
Miles Per Hour" was cast by the Lebanon Machine Co., Lebanon, Pennsylvania; the
company produced lamp posts, street and road signs. We found several listings for the
company, most notably within the May 1919 publication of Town & County Edition of
The American City.

SOLD

977-72

Cast Iron Sign, HORSES AT A WALK – MOTOR VEHICLES 10 MILES PER HR Lebanon Machine Co., Lebanon, Pennsylvania Probably a bridge sign, back view

Vintage Trade Sign, Advertising Telegraph, “Don’t Write Telegraph”
Date/Period: Circa 1890-1940 - SOLD

Vintage Trade Sign, Advertising Telegraph, “Don’t Write Telegraph”, entire view 1

Measurement: Length: 37.5"; width: 4"; depth: 4"

Material: Wood, sheet iron, polychrome

Condition: Excellent

Additional Information: A realistic pencil including eraser within ribbed sheet iron
ferrule. The slogan painted orange within fine black silhouette against green paint.
Hangs horizontally from screw eyes.

SOLD

1409-3

Vintage Trade Sign, Advertising Telegraph, “Don’t Write Telegraph”, detail view 1

Vintage Trade Sign, Advertising Telegraph, “Don’t Write Telegraph”, entire view 2

Vintage Trade Sign, Advertising Telegraph, “Don’t Write Telegraph”, detail view 2

Vintage Trade Sign, Advertising Telegraph, “Don’t Write Telegraph”, detail view 3

Nineteenth Century Trade Sign, Blacksmith, F.E. Barrows, Anvil & Loping Horse
Paris, Maine
Date/Period: Late 19^th Century - SOLD

Nineteenth Century Trade Sign, Blacksmith, F.E. Barrows, Anvil & Loping Horse Paris, Maine, entire view

Measurement: Length: 128”, height: 13.5”

Material: Northeastern white pine, single board, white, black green and gold paint

Condition: Excellent save the vestiges of time, weathering, original condition

Additional Information: A great example of a “Maine” sign painted on a single board
having applied moldings displaying - “F.E. Barrows” in uppercase green and gold
painted letters flanked by an image of an anvil on the left and the image of a rearing
horse on the right, each withing fancy painted frame.
F.E. Barrow’s Blacksmiths were listed in the 1900 and 1907 town records for Paris,
Maine and additionally in the Annual Register of Maine on page 632, for the town of
Paris in 1900.

SOLD

1310-136

Nineteenth Century Trade Sign, Blacksmith, F.E. Barrows, Anvil & Loping Horse Paris, Maine, detail view 1

Nineteenth Century Trade Sign, Blacksmith, F.E. Barrows, Anvil & Loping Horse Paris, Maine, detail view 2

Antique Trade Sign, FURNITURE – UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRING
Date/Period: 1880-1900

Antique Trade Sign, FURNITURE – UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRING, entire view 1

Measurement: 24.5" x 24.5" x 2.5"

Material: Painted on sheet iron, wood frame with molded liner

Condition: Good, typical oxidation and weathering

$950.00

1409-12

Antique Trade Sign, FURNITURE – UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRING, entire view 2

Antique Trade Sign, FURNITURE – UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRING, back view

Antique Trade Sign, FURNITURE – UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRING, detail view

Antique Trade Sign, Tailor Shop, M.M. Brown, Scissors & Iron, America
Date/Period: 19^th Century

Antique Trade Sign, Tailor Shop, M.M. Brown, Scissors & Iron, America, entire view

Measurement: Height: 85.5"; length:16.5"; width: 2.25"

Material: Pine

Condition: Two molding ends replaced, else fine.

Additional Information: Long rectangular panel with white lettering and images of a
scissors and iron on a black field, with applied gilt molding. As is often the case, the sign
was refreshed early in its original working life [19th century] for M.M. Brown. The patina
is flat and dry.

$4,650.00

532-171

Antique Trade Sign, Tailor Shop, M.M. Brown, Scissors & Iron, America, detail view 1

Antique Trade Sign, Tailor Shop, M.M. Brown, Scissors & Iron, America, detail view 2

Antique Trade Sign, Tailor Shop, M.M. Brown, Scissors & Iron, America, back view

Antique Trade Sign, Tailor Shop, M.M. Brown, Scissors & Iron, America, repair detail 1

Antique Trade Sign, Tailor Shop, M.M. Brown, Scissors & Iron, America, repair detail 2

Trade Sign, Apothecary, Mortar and Pestle
Date/Period: Circa 1900

Trade Sign, Apothecary, Mortar and Pestle, entire view 1

Measurement: Height: 20.5" at pestle; top diameter: 16"

Material: Zinc, inserted wood base, paint

Condition: Displays well, old paint, imperfections

Additional Information: Full relief, nice form and surface

$1,450.00

745-223

Trade Sign, Apothecary, Mortar and Pestle, entire view 2

Trade Sign, Apothecary, Mortar and Pestle, top view

Trade Sign, Apothecary, Mortar and Pestle, bottom view

Trade Sign, Apothecary, Mortar and Pestle, detail view

Trade Sign, Barber Shop, Very Graphic, Great Surface
Date/Period: Early 20^th Century

Trade Sign, Barber Shop, Very Graphic, Great Surface, entire view

Measurement: 24" x 9.5" x .75"

Material: Softwood, moldings applied with clinched nails

Condition: Excellent, dry patina

Additional Information: Small easy to display sign, looks great over a doorway.

$685.00

879-138

Trade Sign, Barber Shop, Very Graphic, Great Surface, back view

Fishmongers Codfish Trade Sign, Carved & Painted
Anonymous, circa 1900
Pine, tinned sheet iron and paint

The windward side shows thinning paint as it should,
nice overall condition & patina. (Length: 37"; height: 10.5"; width: 6")

Fishmongers Codfish Trade Sign, Carved & Painted
Anonymous, circa 1900
Pine, tinned sheet iron and paint, entire view 2

Fishmongers Codfish Trade Sign, Carved & Painted
Anonymous, circa 1900
Pine, tinned sheet iron and paint, entire view 3

Fishmongers Codfish Trade Sign, Carved & Painted
Anonymous, circa 1900
Pine, tinned sheet iron and paint, detail view

$1,165.00

314-53

Antique, Mercantile Trade Sign –
HIGH QUALITY and LOW PRICES
Belfast, Maine, circa 1920
Freehand lettering in black paint against
white background…old-time prices! - SOLD

(Fine original condition; 71.75" x 14.5" x .75")

SOLD

898-37

19^th Century Road Sign, Western Massachusetts,
Preferential Weathering
Pine, applied molding, original condition,
BEST patina (48.75" x 16.25" x 1.5")
Arrows point to Wendell, Locks Pond
[Village was part of Shutesbury],
Petersham, Athol & Orange (Massachusetts)

Preferential weathering is the primary factor in the in the subject raised lettering. There
are no signs of edge tool relief surrounding any lettering; the shallow relief letters are
the direct product of weathering…many years of climatic abuse formed the raised letters
that were protected by original paint layers. Other signboards displaying preferential
weathering are in the Connecticut Historical Society Collection and other private and
institutional collections. This signboard has lost all its background paint with the weather
producing a fantastic bare, weathered and worn background displaying a rich and
robust dark patina. ^1. Close examination of the weathered surface shows a preferential
reduction of the background without paint while the areas that were painted are
preserved. The mechanism that causes this remarkable and complex surface is an
environmentally precipitated erosion brought about by the combined effects of sunlight,
wind, wind-borne debris, moisture, fungus, freezing, and thawing. These environmental
attacks are far more devastating to a bare white pine surface than a painted one, which
is why we paint wooden houses. The preferential part of the mechanism takes
advantage of the relative toughness of the protective paint film. It makes perfect sense
that the details remain raised in a weathered signboard while the background recedes
step by step as the relative thickness of the paint films are worn away. In conclusion,
there are strong indications that weather is the mystery carver responsible for the finely
raised detail visible. ^1. Lions & Eagles & Bulls / Early American Tavern & Inn Signs From
The Connecticut Historical Society, Edited by Susan Schoelwer; chapter 7 by Alexander
M. Carlisle, pp.80, 81, 82, 83.

$2,750.00

1379-1

Trade Sign, Daily Bulletin – Northern Independent, Original Paint
Outstanding Graphics
19th Century, Both Sides Lettered, Reverse for Cantilevered Mounting
Daily Bulletin (Hazleton) (1879-1893) Possibly Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Ohio?

(Clean original condition, strong pigments, crisp; 74.25" x 25.25" x 2.5”)

$2,500.00

879-110

Antique Trade Signs, Original Dry Red, White and Blue Paint, New England
M.E.F. Landers - Sled-Building – Blacksmith & General Repair Work
Anonymous, circa 1890-1920

Vintage Canada Goose, Field Decoy, Hollow Carved, Original Paint
An elegantly carved two-piece sentry in good paint, anonymous, left facing

(108-5" x 13.25"; 85.5" x 12")

$1,075.00 the pair

789-4

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Cast Iron Sign, HORSES AT A WALK – MOTOR VEHICLES 10 MILES PER HR Lebanon Machine Co., Lebanon, Pennsylvania Probably a bridge sign Date/Period: Circa 1920 - SOLD

Vintage Trade Sign, Advertising Telegraph, “Don’t Write Telegraph” Date/Period: Circa 1890-1940 - SOLD

Nineteenth Century Trade Sign, Blacksmith, F.E. Barrows, Anvil & Loping Horse Paris, Maine Date/Period: Late 19th Century - SOLD

Antique Trade Sign, FURNITURE – UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRING Date/Period: 1880-1900

Antique Trade Sign, Tailor Shop, M.M. Brown, Scissors & Iron, America Date/Period: 19th Century

Trade Sign, Apothecary, Mortar and Pestle Date/Period: Circa 1900

Trade Sign, Barber Shop, Very Graphic, Great Surface Date/Period: Early 20th Century

Fishmongers Codfish Trade Sign, Carved & Painted Anonymous, circa 1900 Pine, tinned sheet iron and paint

Antique, Mercantile Trade Sign – HIGH QUALITY and LOW PRICES Belfast, Maine, circa 1920 Freehand lettering in black paint against white background…old-time prices! - SOLD

19th Century Road Sign, Western Massachusetts, Preferential Weathering Pine, applied molding, original condition, BEST patina (48.75" x 16.25" x 1.5") Arrows point to Wendell, Locks Pond [Village was part of Shutesbury], Petersham, Athol & Orange (Massachusetts)

Trade Sign, Daily Bulletin – Northern Independent, Original Paint Outstanding Graphics 19th Century, Both Sides Lettered, Reverse for Cantilevered Mounting Daily Bulletin (Hazleton) (1879-1893) Possibly Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Ohio?

Antique Trade Signs, Original Dry Red, White and Blue Paint, New England M.E.F. Landers - Sled-Building – Blacksmith & General Repair Work Anonymous, circa 1890-1920

Cast Iron Sign, HORSES AT A WALK –
MOTOR VEHICLES 10 MILES PER HR
Lebanon Machine Co., Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Probably a bridge sign
Date/Period: Circa 1920 - SOLD

Vintage Trade Sign, Advertising Telegraph, “Don’t Write Telegraph”
Date/Period: Circa 1890-1940 - SOLD

Nineteenth Century Trade Sign, Blacksmith, F.E. Barrows, Anvil & Loping Horse
Paris, Maine
Date/Period: Late 19^th Century - SOLD

Antique Trade Sign, FURNITURE – UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRING
Date/Period: 1880-1900

Antique Trade Sign, Tailor Shop, M.M. Brown, Scissors & Iron, America
Date/Period: 19^th Century

Trade Sign, Apothecary, Mortar and Pestle
Date/Period: Circa 1900

Trade Sign, Barber Shop, Very Graphic, Great Surface
Date/Period: Early 20^th Century

Fishmongers Codfish Trade Sign, Carved & Painted
Anonymous, circa 1900
Pine, tinned sheet iron and paint

Antique, Mercantile Trade Sign –
HIGH QUALITY and LOW PRICES
Belfast, Maine, circa 1920
Freehand lettering in black paint against
white background…old-time prices! - SOLD

19^th Century Road Sign, Western Massachusetts,
Preferential Weathering
Pine, applied molding, original condition,
BEST patina (48.75" x 16.25" x 1.5")
Arrows point to Wendell, Locks Pond
[Village was part of Shutesbury],
Petersham, Athol & Orange (Massachusetts)

Trade Sign, Daily Bulletin – Northern Independent, Original Paint
Outstanding Graphics
19th Century, Both Sides Lettered, Reverse for Cantilevered Mounting
Daily Bulletin (Hazleton) (1879-1893) Possibly Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Ohio?

Antique Trade Signs, Original Dry Red, White and Blue Paint, New England
M.E.F. Landers - Sled-Building – Blacksmith & General Repair Work
Anonymous, circa 1890-1920