1920s London Street Sign - Shelton St, WC2 - Covent Garden
Borough of Holborn - SHELTON ST. WC2
Original street sign produced by the Borough of Holborn. Solid vitrolite glass tablet and inset etched and painted lettering within a superbly constructed wooden frame. Measures 84cm x 40cm x 3cm. Condition: Superb example. Some light marks and a little fading as expected.
This beautiful sign for Shelton Street in Covent Garden, London, pre-dates the introduction of enamel signs in the 1930s. The sign is a solid tablet of ‘vitrolite’ glass with the lettering etched into it and then painted. Whilst these vitrolite signs were produced as far back as the 1890s, the introduction of numbers in the London postcodes were introduced in 1917 so this sign, showing WC2, is likely to be circa 1920s. These signs were mounted in oak frames.
Shelton Street was named after after William Shelton, who provided money for a local charitable school for the poor on nearby Parker Street in the 17th century. The street, runs NE to SW, from Drury Lane to St Martin’s Lane, in the heart of London’s ‘Theatreland’ and shopping district.
The Borough of Holborn existed between 1900-1965 when it was eventually amalgamated into the Borough of Camden.
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Borough of Holborn - SHELTON ST. WC2
Original street sign produced by the Borough of Holborn. Solid vitrolite glass tablet and inset etched and painted lettering within a superbly constructed wooden frame. Measures 84cm x 40cm x 3cm. Condition: Superb example. Some light marks and a little fading as expected.
This beautiful sign for Shelton Street in Covent Garden, London, pre-dates the introduction of enamel signs in the 1930s. The sign is a solid tablet of ‘vitrolite’ glass with the lettering etched into it and then painted. Whilst these vitrolite signs were produced as far back as the 1890s, the introduction of numbers in the London postcodes were introduced in 1917 so this sign, showing WC2, is likely to be circa 1920s. These signs were mounted in oak frames.
Shelton Street was named after after William Shelton, who provided money for a local charitable school for the poor on nearby Parker Street in the 17th century. The street, runs NE to SW, from Drury Lane to St Martin’s Lane, in the heart of London’s ‘Theatreland’ and shopping district.
The Borough of Holborn existed between 1900-1965 when it was eventually amalgamated into the Borough of Camden.
FREE UK DELIVERY. Non-UK Delivery available, please request a quotation.
Borough of Holborn - SHELTON ST. WC2
Original street sign produced by the Borough of Holborn. Solid vitrolite glass tablet and inset etched and painted lettering within a superbly constructed wooden frame. Measures 84cm x 40cm x 3cm. Condition: Superb example. Some light marks and a little fading as expected.
This beautiful sign for Shelton Street in Covent Garden, London, pre-dates the introduction of enamel signs in the 1930s. The sign is a solid tablet of ‘vitrolite’ glass with the lettering etched into it and then painted. Whilst these vitrolite signs were produced as far back as the 1890s, the introduction of numbers in the London postcodes were introduced in 1917 so this sign, showing WC2, is likely to be circa 1920s. These signs were mounted in oak frames.
Shelton Street was named after after William Shelton, who provided money for a local charitable school for the poor on nearby Parker Street in the 17th century. The street, runs NE to SW, from Drury Lane to St Martin’s Lane, in the heart of London’s ‘Theatreland’ and shopping district.
The Borough of Holborn existed between 1900-1965 when it was eventually amalgamated into the Borough of Camden.
FREE UK DELIVERY. Non-UK Delivery available, please request a quotation.