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Advertising enamel Sign, "London Transport Emergency Box". Fitted to London Transport Trolleybus wooden tool boxes. White on light green. Measures 23¼" x 5". Edge restoration.
French Railways enamel Sign `NE TRAVERSEZ PAS`, from near Le Havre. Measures 15" x 10½". In original condition.
Advertising enamel Sign `Coal, Coke, Logs &c - Orders Received Here For Troods Limited Launceston`. White lettering on blue ground, 15" x 12" approximately, double sided with wall fixing flange. Deep colour and shine, just a few knocks here and there, one side is particularly good.
Advertising enamel Sign `Spillers Osoko - The Paramount Dog Food`, yellow lettering on brown ground, 12" x 12". Good colour and shine, some edge chips and minor surface scratches.
LMS Carriage Print showing map of Tilbury & Southend Lines. In original glazed frame, excellent condition.
BR(NE) enamel Platform Sign STATION MASTER, F/F black edge lettering. Measures 24" x 18", excellent colour and shine with a few expert repairs.
South Eastern and Chatham Railway Special part ticket No 5927 dated 8-4-09 `Special Part Ticket London to Italy &c , London to Mondane, Second class`. Together with a South Eastern and Chatham Railway Ticket booklet in Italian Together with its o riginal hard backed green cloth cover titled The Polytechnic Regent St London Holiday Tours which carries an advert for the G.N.R. on the back, unusual.
Carriage Print `London, Lambeth Bridge` by Kenneth Steel RBA, SGA from the LNER Post War series issued around 1948. . In 1834 most of the old Houses of Parliament burnt down and Charles Barry designed the present gothic structure. It has 1,100 apartm ents and two miles of corridors. VGC. In original style frame & glazed.
BR(S) enamel Platform Sign WAY OUT, F/F light green, 24" x 18". In good overall condition.
GWR white-painted, tail lamp, embossed with company initials, complete with inner vessel, but with back reflector detached, though present - easily re-soldered. Outside repainted white. Together with a GW & L&NWR Pilotman`s armband, in remark ably good condition for its age, with all leather straps intact. In as-received condition from one of the Leominster signal boxes.
London Chatham & Dover Railway silver plated sugar tongs. Measuring 4¼" long they are stamped on the inside LCDR Mappin & Webb and on the outside both sides bear the full title company crest which are In excellent crisp condition. A fant astic survivor in this condition.
Aluminium Road sign SCHOOL 21" x 14" pressed aluminium type in original condition complete with brackets.
Enamel double sided RAC sign 22 ¾" x 22 RAC APPROVED , in good condition with a few small chips and clearly marked on the edge Royal Automobile club pall mall London SW1 and the makers name Bruton Palmers green N13.
Single Line alloy Key Token TOWYN - BARMOUTH SOUTH. Ex Cambrian Railway section taking the Barmouth Bridge route south along the coast to Towyn.
Totem BR(W) SEVERN TUNNEL JUNCTION, F/F with the word `Junction` in the lower panel. Ex GWR station on the Welsh side of the tunnel, once site of the large Motive Power Depot. Extremely good colour and shine just a few scratches which doesn`t detract . A fine totem that is uncommon.
A pair of C/I Signs comprising:- Southern Railway 40/- Trespass in original white lettering on red ground; Wagon Plate `Chapman Chemical Company - The Goods Yard Horsham Station (SR), Sussex No 29.
Departure Board Trains for ---- Departs---- Calling at South Hampstead etc. Together with BR(S) wooden items, 3 signs one states Ticket office for Trains to Ashford and London, together with 3 Southern region wooden leaflet racks. 7 items in total (T o be removed on the auction day )
Midland Railway/LMS Signal box board DUNHAMPSTEAD wood with cast iron letters, 67" x 10". Ex Midland Railway location between Stoke Works and Abbotswood Junction.
Single Line alloy Key Token LLANUWCHLLYN - BALA JCT. Ex GWR section between Ruabon and Barmouth along the picturesque shores of Bala Lake. Closed on 18th January 1965.
Irish Railways Horsebrasses x 4 nicely mounted on a board C.I.E. x 1, GNR x 2 & GSR x 1.
Shedplate 84F, Stourbridge Junction until September 1963.
Totem BR(S) LONDON BRIDGE. Ex London & Greenwich Railway station opened in 1836 and being the oldest of the London Termini stations. In excellent condition this is one of the wooden totems erected at this station and is the only known example in existence.
Carriage Print `South Portals of Primrose Hill Tunnels, London` by Claude Buckle R.I. from the LMR Railway Architecture series of 1951. Captioned as “South Portals” by British Railways in 1952 when the term “Eastern Portals” i s somewhat more correct. The structures painted date back to 1837 and 1879, although the newer one is a good match for the original. VGC. In original style frame & glazed.
Webb & Thompson Electric Train Staff with Annetts Key end and brass location plates GLANAMMAN - AMMANFORD COLLIERY SIDINGS. This Carmarthenshire section, north of Pantyfynnon was a prominent anthracite and tin mining area. Excellent, ex box use.
Loose carriage print 20" x 10" from the LNER post war series THE RIVER NIDD, KNARESBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE by Jack Merriott in good with vivid colours and some small water staining to the edge which would be lost when framed.
Single Line alloy Key Token DOVEY Jc - ABERDOVEY. Ex Cambrian section on the north side of the Dyfi Estuary.
BR(W) enamel Platform Sign, TICKET OFFICE, F/F measuring 48" x 12". Good colour and shine, a few blemishes.
Taff Vale Railway, C/I Gate Notice (RAG ref. GTTV 101), in totally unrestored condition. These are rare! Together with a Taff Vale Railway, wooden doorplate, LADIES WAITING ROOM, ex Cross Inn Station, in as-received condition, 18¼" x 5".
Carriage Print `Flatford Mill` by Kenneth Steel from the LNER series. In an original type, glazed frame.
Shedplate 26A Newton Heath until September 1963.
Totem, BR(W) HANDSWORTH & SMETHWICK, F/F. Ex GWR station between Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton. The station opened in 1854 and closed in 1972. Although nothing remains of the station, the trackbed through the location is now part of the Midland Metro. Extremely good condition with good colour and shine.
SR enamel Target EDENBRIDGE TOWN , a rare target that has only appeared once before at auction 10 years ago and this is that particular one)
BR(W) unflanged enamel Sign PLEASE SHOW TICKETS, 16" x 10". Some chipping not affecting lettering. Reasonable colour and shine.
Shedplate 84K, Chester (WR) until February 1958 then Wrexham until January 1961.
Loose carriage print 20" x 10" from the LNER post war series LOCH LOMOND by Frank Mason in good unused condition with vivid colours.
BR(Sc) enamel platform sign GENTLEMEN, F/F, 36" x 18". In very good condition, just requires a clean.
A pair of C/I Signs comprising:- LNER fully titled 40/- Trespass, white lettering on blue ground; Great Northern Railway 40/- Trespass.
Single Line alloy Key Token HARLECH - BARMOUTH. Ex Cambrian Railway section between Dovey Jct and Pwllheli.
L&NWR wood cased First Aid Box together with an LMS tin First Aid Box, and a large Switching Out Box, housed within an even larger wooden box
LNER leather Horse Bridle complete with 4 Horsebrasses, two different each side. Lovely condition throughout.
GWR BRASS DRUM CLOCK No 4015, with enamelled dial G.W.R. Kay & Co Paris and matching numbers to case and movement, the back has the location OVER SIGNALBOX scratched into it. A nice example from Gloucester in restored and working condition.
Platform Ticket Machine with a 2d marked slot, manufactured by Associated Automation Ltd., 36" x 13" This is the familiar, red painted machine from the 1960`s/70`s. Complete with key and a box of Platform Tickets for Bexhill, Eastbourne and Seaford.
Single Line alloy Key Token, THINGLEY JCN - BRADFORD JCN . Ex GWR route outside Chippenham, introduced in 1967 when the line was singled.
BR(W) Nickel cased pocket watch by Limit of Switzerland, the 15 jewel top wound and set Swiss movement is in working condition, the dial free from chips and the back of the case is nicely engraved B.R.(W) 04201.
Shedplate 88G, Llantrisant until October 1964, C/I construction.
Advertising enamel Sign `Spratt`s Mixed Ovals - See the name Spratt`s on the packet and on each Oval !` A lovely sign with image of Spaniel on the right side. Black and red lettering on a buff ground, 18" x 12". Excellent colour and shine w ith no repairs.
GN & LNWR Joint Bridgeplate No 24A. A very rare Bridgeplate, the line being extremely short from Market Harborough to Bottesford and Saxondale via Melton Mowbray.
Two Brass Engine Plates from Belgium; Brossel Freres, Brossel Diesel. Both ex Charleroi Jumet Tram Depot. Measures appropriately 17" x 2".
Brass Gangers Occupation Key "Possession Of This Key Authorises Ganger To Occupy The Line Between PENRHYNDEUDRAETH - HARLECH". Wonderful, ex Cambrian Railway location in North West Wales.
BR(W) enamel Station Direction Sign MALVERN ROAD STATION with British Railways Totem above and right facing arrow beneath, F/F. Ex GWR station in the heart of the Cotswold town of Cheltenham Spa. The station opened in 1908 and closed on 3 January 196 6. Excellent condition with deep colour and shine.
LMS mahogany cased Signal Box Switching Out Box housed in a further, mahogany box. Excellent condition.
Glass Advertising Sign, "Caillers Genuine Swiss Milk Chocolate - Insist on having Caillers". Double sided (one side faded away), white on red glass illumination box. Measures 16" x 12".
Advertising enamel Sign `The War Office - Kings Premium London 1926`. Shield shape with red lettering on a white ground, ornate red border and Lion & Unicorn at the top. 15" x 10", good overall condition.
Advertising enamel Sign `Watsons Matchless Cleanser - Is The Best Soap For All Purposes`. Blue and white lettering interspersed with blue and white ground. Extremely good condition. These were fitted to chair backs.
Advertising enamel Sign `Agent For P&R Hay, Dyers & French Cleaners, Edinburgh. Semi pictorial with two ladies in crinoline dresses and bonnets in centre. Black on white ground, measures 22" x12". Good condition.
Advertising enamel Sign `Agent Achille Serre, High Class Dyer & Cleaner, London. White on green ground, semi shield shape. Measures 20" x 16½", good overall condition.
Advertising enamel Sign `Sunlight £1000 Soap - Guarantee Of Purity`, 33" x 25". Classic sign with the packet of soap displayed centrally. White on dark blue with red and yellow also within the packet. Good colour and shine with a few small chips.
Advertising enamel Sign `Harvest Burgundy Burgoynes in Flagons - Wine Growers To The King`, 36" x 24". Dark blue lettering with light blue shadow on white ground, pictorial with large bunch of grapes on left. Extremely good condition overal l.
Advertising enamel Sign `Repairs Redferns Rubbers`, 12" x 8". Pictorial with picture of shoe, black on orange ground, excellent condition.
Advertising enamel Sign `Sold Here - The Patent Straining Saucepans & Covers - No Extra Price - Sole Manufacturers Joseph & Jesse Siddons Limited West Bromwich`. Semi pictorial with a side strainer showing centre left and a front strainer sho wing centre right. Blue lettering on white ground, 15" x 20". Some edge loss but overall very good and certainly an extremely rare sign.
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