Revealed glass sign

[DAVE SMITH]

Hi
I Wanted to share this with you.
I was passing through the next town called Newton Abbot and saw a sign company scraping the paint off the front of a glass sign. I went back this morning to take some pics before they stick Vinyl over it and turn it into an Indian Restaurant which will happen on Monday, so the sign chap told me. As you can see there are letters behind the glass ,I took a close look and I think the letters are made of pressed copper ,it's all been painted but some areas were showing a copper finish which I think the Brilliant sign company in London were using to make these signs.
Dave

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Would of looked very nice in it's day. Probably had some gilded letters on the curved glass either side of the doors once also.

Dave

[Wayne Osborne]

Nice find Dave- At least its not all being pulled down and dumped!

I remember a very broad glass fascia here at a fishmongers-It was painted over years ago, several times, but had an unmistakable art nouveau shape to it.

One day I saw some shop fitters painting the whole thing white- next time I went by- all the fascia was gone!
I found out years later that they had attempted to drill the panel for stand off letters and smashed it all to pieces.

[DAVE SMITH]

Hi Wayne.
That nearly happened to this sign also . When I spoke with the signfitters they told me they had already tried to drill the sign but found it to hard ,so they decided to scrape away some paint which revealed the glass. The reason they are scraping it off now is so they can stick double sided tape to there foamex board and fit the sign that way I think, they said they needed it smooth.
Looks like it will be covered up for another few years.

Dave

[Patrick Mackle]

Dave,
Great detective work.
Pat