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Style: Victorian
Boucherie Chevaline Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Boucherie Chevaline Trade Sign
A hand crafted Boucherie Chevaline, zinc gold leaf hand beaten butchers trade sign. A highly decorative wall hanging in untouched condition with or...
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Signs
Materials
Zinc
Large 19th Century 51-Inch Wooden Locksmith Key Trade Sign
Located in New York, NY
This 51-inch long locksmith key trade sign from the 19th century is a remarkable piece of craftsmanship, embodying the era's artisanal pride. Made from Painted wood, it showcases a w...
Category
19th Century Antique Victorian Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
J. Alden Weir Hand Made Studio Sign Branchville Connecticut
Located in Garnerville, NY
Recently purchased from a multi-generational Ridgefield, CT estate of the former President of Ridgefield Savings Bank. Our esteemed and avid collector found time in his off hours in Post World War II Connecticut to scour the countryside for just about anything that struck his fancy. He had an enormous passion for model trains, porcelain figurines and pattern Depression Era glass...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Victorian Signs
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Pawn Brokers Trade Sign from Edinburgh UK
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Pawn Brokers Trade Sign from Edinburgh UK
An oversized and authentic aged example of an early 20th Century pawn brokers wooden and cast metal trade sign. The se...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Victorian Signs
Materials
Metal
19th Century Cast Iron Shoemaker’s Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
19th century cast iron shoemaker’s trade sign
A highly decorative example of a late 19th century cast iron French shoemakers shop trade sign. Hand crafted from a hand cut iron metal...
Category
1880s French Antique Victorian Signs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Pharmacy Metal Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Pharmacy Metal Sign
A rare double sided pharmacy trade sign, origins of France, dated to the early part of the 20th century, made from metal ...
Category
1920s Vintage Victorian Signs
Materials
Metal
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
Early 1900s French Antique Victorian Signs
Materials
Zinc
A rare papier Mache adverting point of sale for Clarks Shoes
Located in London, GB
A rare papier Mache adverting point of sale for Clarks Shoes.
Modelled on Glastonbury tor this early 20th century hand crafted papier Mache point of sal...
Category
1930s British Vintage Victorian Signs
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Zinc Clock Smiths Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century double sided French zinc clock Smiths Trade sign
We are proud to offer a rare example of an early 20th century French double sided clock smiths trade sign. With i...
Category
1910s French Vintage Victorian Signs
Materials
Zinc
Zinc French Butchers “Boucherie” Trade Sign, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
19th century Zinc French butchers “Boucherie” trade sign.
Referred to as a Boucherie, this handcrafted zinc horses head sign would have hung above a...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Victorian Signs
Materials
Zinc
Antique 19th Century English Lanscape Oil Painting - Signed Thomas Creswick RA
Located in London, GB
A large 19th century oil on canvas landscape oil painting. c.1852
Singed by the artist to the bottom left - T Creswick RA (1811-1869), inducted into the Royal Academy as a full me...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Victorian Signs
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Cock Robin Flour AW Hammond Co Round Wood Advertisement Plaque
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Cock Robin Flour AW Hammond Co round wood advertisement plaque. Circa Early to Mid 1900s. Measurements: 17" H x 17" W x 0.5" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Signs
Materials
Wood
Impressive Huge 19th Century Pawnbroker Folk Art Sign with Three Spheres Symbol
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An impressive rare and monumental in scale folk art pawnbroker trade sign with its original trio of giltwood spheres which represent the universal symbol for the pawnbroker trade.
...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Victorian Signs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Early 20th century English Hand Painted “HELL” Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English Hand Painted “HELL” Sign
Originally this sign was reclaimed from a shoe shop named “Shellington Shoes” in Essex. Most of the sign was damaged but we luck...
Category
1920s British Vintage Victorian Signs
Materials
Pine
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
1910s French Vintage Victorian Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
Antique Dutchess of Poughkeepsie NY Fire Insurance Reverse Painted Glass Sign
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Dutchess of Poughkeepsie NY Fire insurance reverse painted glass advertisement sign. Item features "Dutchess of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Fire Ins...
Category
19th Century Antique Victorian Signs
Materials
Glass, Oak
Late 19th Century Gold Gilt Zinc Weathervane
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century gold gilt zinc weathervane
A true working example of a late 19th century zinc weathervane in the form a rooster. With its original gold gi...
Category
1890s French Antique Victorian Signs
Materials
Zinc
Scandinavian blue glass and gold boutique shoe shop sign
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Scandinavian blue glass and gold boutique shoe shop sign circa 1900
Stunning piece of shop front signage from Sweden, gold bevelled effect let...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Victorian Signs
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
English Victorian Painted Shoemaker's Boot Sign
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian red & blue painted and decorated wood carved shoemaker's boot sign.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Signs
Materials
Metal
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French, 19th Century Iron Shoemakers Shop Sign
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Vintage Hand Painted French Patisserie Sign c.1930-1940
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Hand Painted Keep Off Sign
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Vintage wooden Keep Off sign. Hand painted with red background and white lettering on thin wood board. Great colors and graphics. Great vintage condition. Coo...
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Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
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Framed Vintage Gilded "Gudgeon & Sons" Sign from 19th Century, England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This distinguished sign reading "Gudgeon & Sons," rendered in gilded and ebonized wood, hails from the era of English auctioneers based in Winchester. The piece showcases a striking ...
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19th Century English Antique Victorian Signs
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Antique Double Sided Metal French Librairie Papeterie Sign c.1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Vintage Hand-Painted No Smoking Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage hand-painted sign. No smoking and a crossed out cigarette hand-painted on white steel. Good vintage condition.
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1960s American Vintage Victorian Signs
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Folk Art Hand Painted Wooden Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Folk Art hand painted double-sided wooden trade sign dating from the early 20th Century... 1920s? 1930s? A wonderful whimsical sign most likely...
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Early 20th Century American Victorian Signs
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Early 20th c. Toleware Glove Maker's Store Sign c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
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An original French glove maker's store sign. Enameled painted metal with gold, stitched seams and a blue frilled cuff and large blue glass stone at the wrist.
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19th Century English Pharmacists Reverse Painted Gold Gilt Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
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19th Century English Copper Illuminated Glass Cremations Sign
Located in London, GB
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A highly decorative and unique example of an English copper illuminated ruby red glass funeral cremations sign. Or...
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Charming Hand-Painted Advertising Sign – "The Two Friends, Lodgings for Seamen"
Located in New York, NY
Charming Hand-Painted Advertising Sign – "The Two Friends, Lodgings for Seamen"
This whimsical advertising sign, depicting two female figures, is inscribed with "The Two Friends, Lo...
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Antique Industrial Garden Decorative Copper Repousse Cockerel Weathervane c.1880
Located in London, GB
An incredible and highly original copper repoussé weathervane. c.1880
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H 58.67 in W 25.2 in D 25.2 in
Vintage Virginia Metal Crafters "Firemen's Insurance Co" Cast Iron Sign Plaque
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Early 20th Century Double Sided Clock Makers Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Double Sided Clock Makers Trade Sign
A working example of an early 20th Century double sided clock makers trade sign clock. This item would have originally hung ...
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1920s French Vintage Victorian Signs
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19th Century Hat Makers Metal Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
19th Century Hat Makers Metal Trade Sign
A rare example of a late 19th Century toleware hand painted hat makers trade sign. In the form of a Bicorn h...
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Early 1900s French Antique Victorian Signs
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Early 20th Century Opticians Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Opticians Trade Sign
A delightful and very well-proportioned example of an early 20th Century French opticians trade sign. In the form of a pair of spectacles, ha...
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1920s French Vintage Victorian Signs
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19th century hand crafted family shield
Located in London, GB
19th century hand crafted family shield
A delightful and highly decorative example of a family shield. Gesso on wood and with hand painted detail, showi...
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19th Century British Antique Victorian Signs
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Rare Early 20th Century English British Rail Sign
Located in London, GB
Rare early 20th century English British Rail Sign
A rare hand painted on pine British Rail sign, Likely to have been placed in a station waiting room of...
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1920s British Vintage Victorian Signs
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century English Fairground Animated Mechanical Shooting Target
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English fairground animated mechanical shooting target
We share what we love, and we love this authentic early 20th century mechanical English fairground shootin...
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1920s British Vintage Victorian Signs
Materials
Metal
Victorian signs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Victorian signs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Early 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage signs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, zinc and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Victorian signs made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for signs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $325 and tops out at $7,800 while the average work can sell for $2,315.