Image
Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Shop sign advertising leeches

Shop sign, French, 1840-1910.

1840-1910

Apothecary's shop sign in form of sun

1701-1900

Apothecary's sign of wood in form of ornate panel with two cherubs

1908-1900

Signage from the Hampstead Gown Factory

2020

Optician's sign, "Sight Tested"

Sir Patrick Moore's “Commanding Officer" sign

Sign for chemist's shop

Painted wooden barber surgeon's sign

1720-1900

Granada TV Building sign

circa 1956

Wood and bone apothecary's sign in form of red deer's head, Dutch, 1700-1850

Wood and bone apothecary's sign in form of red deer's head

1700-1850

Metal advertising sign, background of white enamel onlaid with black and gold inscription "The Genuine Products of Burroughs Wellcome and Co. Supplied Here", English, 1900-1920

Metal advertising sign

1900-1920

Five A4 laminated paper signs used in the quarantine unit of the COVID-19 Human Challenge programme by Imperial College London, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), hVIVO, and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, 2020-2021

Five A4 laminated paper signs

2020-2021

Apothecary sign and angel's head, European, 1760-1860

Apothecary sign and angel's head

1760-1860

2 carved and painted wooden signs, intertwined laurel wreaths with tendrils and rosettes, possibly a shop sign, European, eighteenth or nineenth century.

2 carved and painted wooden signs

1701-1900

Rectangular label, probably exhibited with the Hospital Model for King Edward's Hospital Fund. Label printed in pink and blue ink, with handwritten comment in black ink on the bottom. The label reads as follows: "TO WORK THE LIFT Drop a Coin in the Box & Press Button" Handwritten note reads: "Please take life either up or down once only. Please do not use as toy."

Label for the Hospital Model for King Edward's Hospital Fund

1930-1932

Two cast iron signs, recovered from British Rail Engineering Ltd. Swindon.

Two cast iron signs, British Rail Engineering

Two Clock Room sign boards, Maker unknown.

Clock Room sign boards

Two cast iron road name signs and one building name sign from the Royal Aircraft Establishment "Factory" site.

Two cast iron road name signs

1952

Assortment of signs and notices:- 1 double sided way out sign, 1 double sided waiting room sign, 1 double sided booking office sign, 1 ladies sign, 1 double sided "Gentlemen" sign, GWR, 1900-1930

Assortment of signs and notices

Two signs from RAE roads and building: Balloon Road, Q3.

Two signs from RAE roads and building: Balloon Road

Collection of six park signs showing rules and restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, used in Royal Borough of Greenwich council parks, London, England, April 2020

Park signs showing COVID-19 rules and restrictions

2020