The Trade Signs of Essex
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The book concerns the origins and meanings of trade signs now or formerly found in Essex, and provides illustrations alongside its account. The discussion attributes the decline of signs in trade and the art of sign-painting to the spread of education among all classes. The account describes old pictorial sign-boards as landmarks of the past, linking their devices with domestic history and, to some extent, political history.
The discussion says that sign-boards record the habit of grouping people of the same occupation or profession together within a street or district. The account considers it very probable that a white swan used as a badge by the De Mandevilles contributed to that sign's abundance in the county.
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- Miller Christy
- Pages
- 213
- Language
- English
- Genre
- History
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