A Rare Vintage Penny Arcade Fairground Sign Formed as a Giant Old English Penny

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A Rare Vintage Penny Arcade Fairground Sign Formed as a Giant Old English PennyOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 50 Circumference: 76 inches Diameter: 24 inches Providing instant amusement is this giant fairground penny, two feet in diameter, modelled on the mint of 1862 illustrating Queen Victoria in her youthful splendour. The detail is splendid, with the well defined facial features cast sharp, right down to the folds on her majestys blouse. Having researched this unusual item we

the four ruled border pleasingly alternating with floral motifs

Dramatic in contrast

which has a straightforward design balanced by a large blank space

The repeated geometric patterned field in sandy and chocolate browns over a dark emerald ground terminating in a three ruled border highlighted in part by a saffron yellow dye

above tapered legs

this example falls into that of professional sticks

Style: Azeri Kilim

that Yazd rugs became known in Western countries

Provenance: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Robert Chancellor

with it's slim frosted top and delicate stopper has too much wear to the label to distinguish the former contents and all that can be made out for certain is -

for religious or personal reasons

The cut out in the table above the treadle is also of idiosyncratic nature

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