Early 20th century giant shoe with metal double sided repair trade sign

  

Early 20th century giant shoe with metal double sided repair trade sign. For sale in this LOT is a highly unusual, rare and decorative English folk art shoe makers trade sign. The shoe is hand made from scratch and consists of leather and wooden sole with flat head nails. The trade sign is double sided, hand painted on a metal sheet and framed. This is a one off item as it was likely made specifically for a particular shoe repair shop in the United Kingdom.

The item is very well made and solid if form. Dating to the early part of the 20th century this item shows obvious age, wear and tear (detailed in the condition section below). One thing is for sure, you wont find another example like it. This is an item dated early 20. Century so expect wear and tear in the nature of loss of color, scuff, light repair and tears across the boot. The boot has light scuffs to the front section, weathered rear section to the flap (photographed) and a split under the rear section of the flap, which has been stitched (photographed), the wooden sole is aged and shows a great patina, The boot is structurally secure and firm in form.

The metal advertising sign is hand painted and become discolored over the years as you can imagine, it also has some scratches across it however this doesn't detract from the graphic of sign itself. Its strongly suggested to review all the photos provided as part of this advert. You wont find another one thats for sure in such good condition and decorative look. Size: Boot - H 20 x W 22 x D 8 Sign 28" x 21" x 2. This may cost a bit more, but at least you are covered from accidents that may take place whilst in transit.

We always aim to make sure our customers are not disappointed or misinformed about items that are for sale in our store. For this reason we strongly recommend that relevant questions relating to the item in question are proposed to us directly, additionally all photographs are used as reference and as part of the advertisement. Additional to this we used a few carefully selected couriers in the UK to deliver our most fragile or larger item.

The courier option is applied at the buyers cost, so please get in touch with us directly for further information. At The House of Antique we believe in what we do, deliver what we say we will deliver, and make sure that our unique items are presented and delivered as we would expect them to be presented and delivered to us. Customer service and satisfaction is as important as the item itself and we believe this is why our customers keep coming back for more beautiful and unique item to decorate their lives with. The item "Early 20th century giant shoe with metal double sided repair trade sign" is in sale since Thursday, May 24, 2018. This item is in the category "Antiques\Other Antiques".

The seller is "thehouseofantiqueslondon" and is located in Ilford. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Brazil, New Zealand, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei darussalam, Cayman islands, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, French guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Macao, Monaco, Maldives, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Reunion, Saudi arabia, South africa, United arab emirates, Bahrain, Bahamas, Colombia, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Qatar, Uruguay, Viet nam, China.

1. Country/Region of Origin: English
2. Age: 1900-1940
3. Type: Early 20th Century Cobblers Trade Sign
4. Material: Leather, Wood, Metal
5. Original/Repro: Original
6. Maker: Unbranded