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Description: | This steel advertising sign was donated to the museum in 1987 and had been used by the donor as a makeshift wall for a chicken pen. The sign was produced by James Bruton Advertising Sign Manufacturers during the 1930s at their factory based at Hedge Lane in Palmers Green. A sign like this was made in stages, starting with a lettering stencil cut from lead foil which was whitened on the surface. The customer’s requirements were then drawn on to the white surface using tracing paper. Stencil cutting was carried out by men, however the application of colour and shading were carried out separately by a significant number of women employed in the brushing department. Camel hair brushes were used to apply colour as dried powder to the metal sheets and the sheets were then sent to furnaces for firing and colour fixing. This sign was made for Palethorpes who were a leading British food manufacturer specialising in sausages. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Enfield Museum Service | Rights holder: | Enfield Museum Service | Subjects: | Art and Design | Temporal: | Early C20th | Source: | Enfield Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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