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Enamel Advertising Signs (Shire Album): 3 (Shire Library)
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Enamel signs emerged as the jewel in the crown of British advertising in the late Victorian era, commanding public attention for over half a century before technological, economic and social change combined to render them redundant. From the 1950s onwards they disappeared from the original locations on shop walls, to be replaced by hoardings. Of the millions of enamel signs produced between 1880 and 1950 onlya few thousand survived, often commandeered for secondary uses as ‘free’materials to build huts and fencing on allotment gardens. By the early 1960s a few trend-setting collectors started to rescue them as ornamental items. With the birth of the restored steam railway, some signs found their way back to original locations, lending ‘authentic’ atomsphere to station platforms, and many of the industrial museums have followed suit to great effect.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Shire Publications (1 Sept. 2005) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 40 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0747805105 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0747805106 |
| Dimensions | 14.86 x 0.69 x 20.73 cm |
by “r0bwatson”
A great little book full of a wide variety of rare and interesting enamel signs. Reccomended for any collector and enthusiast alike, taking you through the history of enamel signs as well as the different designs and the reasons for their decline. What follows is a pictorial masterpiece of signs through food and drink, travel and holidays to motoring. All in all a fabulous book which is well worth a look
by Steve Davies
A useful introduction to the subject (as are most of the Shire series) written by an enthusiast and well illustrated throughout..
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by jonny coop
just needed reference book on signs.As a signwriter,found it so full of signs for inspiration .What a find everything i wanted and more.Well done amazon.Different categories of signs general,petrol,grocery etc.Got more than i bargained for!
by edzios
Excellent reading, great Amazon seller
by Terry Smith
Instresting book. if you like enamel signs.