A Large Mid 20thC Vintage Pressed Metal Rectangular Sign; 'Britannia' sub-Curios Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Width: 11 inches at head or 19 inches with horns

These very rarely appear for sale

at the latter end of the Art Deco period

Horace was the top British athlete of his day and won gold at the Commonwealth games for Animals (1955) and the Animal Olympics (1959)

A Large Mid 20thC Vintage Pressed Metal Rectangular Sign; 'Britannia' sub-Curios Benjamin FranklinOrigin: British Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Width: 52 inches Height: 12 inches On a forest green ground with white border, the impressed bold white lettering reading Britannia hails from an unknown industrial Britannia works. Ready to display, the sign is in good overall condition though with some areas of rust to the edges and discolouration around the letter B; giving the piece some feeling of age and