An 'AA' cast-iron reflective pole head marker, patented 1927
An 'AA' cast-iron reflective pole head marker, patented 1927, by Franco Signs, in the form of the AA winged emblem, painted red on yellow, with red glass bead reflectors, 24cm high.
An 'AA' cast-iron reflective pole head marker, patented 1927, by Franco Signs, in the form of the AA winged emblem, painted red on yellow, with red glass bead reflectors, 24cm high.
A Sphinx Spark Plugs enamel sign, single-sided, enamelled in four colours, some chips and overpainting in places and slight loss to lower right corner, 41 x 23cm, together with a Mobiloil shield-shaped enamel sign, 31 x 31cm, a Gargoyle Mobiloil Lubricants red-painted cylindrical fire-extinguisher case with curved enamel plaque to door, 48cm high, and two tin signs for Gargoyle Mobiloil, 38 x 30cm, and Pratt's Motor Oil, 58 x 32cm.
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A 'Dragonfly Motor Oils and Greases' double-sided wall mounting enamel sign, with blue lettering on yellow enamel, with flange mounting, 36 x 45cm.
A 'Wakefield Motor Oil' double-sided wall mounting enamel sign, by Patent Enamel Co.Ltd. of Birmingham & London, featuring depiction of an oil can, in green, light grey and red enamel with flange mounting, some chips and rusting in places, 38 x 46cm.
A 'Wakefield Castrol Motor Oil' double-sided wall mounting enamel sign, by Patent Enamel Co.Ltd. of Birmingham in green, white and red enamel with flange mounting, some chips and loss in places, 38 x 46cm.
Two oil cabinet shaped enamel display signs for 'Redex' and 'Shell Oil', the first for 'Redex' is double sided in red, white and blue enamel, 21 x 61cm and the second for 'Guaranteed Shell Oil', single sided, 24 x 63cm, some minor chips in places to both.
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Two enamel signs for 'Shell Motor Spirit' and 'Power Petrol', both single sided, the 'Shell Motor Spirit' by Protector Enamel Signs, in red, black and yellow enamel, 137 x 46cm and 'Power Petrol' by Stocal Burton, in green, black and white enamel, 122 x 30cm, some wear and rusting in places to both.
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An 'Aeroshell Lubricating Oil' tin advertising sign, single sided with printed lithograph image after Edward Mcknight Kauffer 1932 of a racing car, subtitled The Aristocrat of Lubricants, some light scratches in places, slight warping, 48 x 73cm.
Two early cast iron road warning signs, both painted black raised lettering on white, the first large diamond-shaped, by Great Western Railway Co., a weight limit sign for one, two, and three ton vehicles, some surface corrosion, 126 x 78cm, with two wall-fixing bolts, the second by W & F. Wills Ld. Engineers of Bridgwater, rectangular, for traction engines and heavy motors, 52 x 79cm.
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A 'Trojan Cars and Vans Sales & Service Depot' double sided shaped enamel sign, in orange, blue, grey and white enamel featuring image of a Trojan warrior, with holes for wall mounting, some rusting and loss in places to one side, 67 x 52cm.