Gravy & Soap ?
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29 Apr 2017 10:10 PM  

Haven't got any new signs much lately, then wham!.....2 in one day.

 

 

 

 

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30 Apr 2017 12:31 AM  
I love the Venus Soap one.
Chromo Wolverhampton signs have really good lettering.
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30 Apr 2017 07:32 AM  
Likewise, I love the Venus. Great finds.
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30 Apr 2017 08:22 AM  

Nice Mick ..Good finds .

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30 Apr 2017 09:05 AM  
2 nice signs you got there Mick...love the Venus soap,quite an early sign i reckon
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30 Apr 2017 01:14 PM  
Hi Mick

Good finds ! well done !

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30 Apr 2017 02:11 PM  

Thanks guys. I drove 2.5 hours each way to get the Venus one. I stopped at a Antique store while out there and stumbled upon the Bisto tucked away sort of hard to see. The guy I bought the Venus Soap from had two, but I missed the other one by a few days. Turns out he unscrewed the two examples in the 1960s in Britain from a shop during demolition, then he immigrated to Canada and they've been in garage all these years, he showed me pic of the other one which was absolutely mint condition . There were two Venus Soaps plus one Players and Brooke Bond as well which his mate took back in the 60s. The surface of the Venus isnt perectly smooth, little defects, bubbles and bumps, probably fairly early. What age do you fellas reckon? Must be 1900 or earlier? Research has shown Bisto started in 1908 and went to a different advertising campaign in 1919, so I reckon the Bisto is probably 1910
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30 Apr 2017 11:14 PM  
Little bubbles in the enamel seems to be a characteristic of a lot of early Chromo signs.
I've got several like this. Haven't noticed bubbles in signs by other manufacturers.
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01 May 2017 12:20 PM  
Good onya Mick !!

It's all about the search.
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03 May 2017 12:26 PM  
Great stuff Mick, well done!
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20 Dec 2018 07:29 PM  
Here ya go Hinks.......
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20 Dec 2018 11:39 PM  
Thanks Mick
That Venus Soap is a real beauty.
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21 Dec 2018 09:27 AM  

Venus is a ball tearer Mick .. Well done  .

 

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22 Dec 2018 05:59 PM  
I S'pose Mick if you Canadians bathe in Gravy ....then you need the Venus Soap !!

Nice signs by the way
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22 Dec 2018 08:29 PM  
Hey easy on the Canadian jokes!!...where ya been the last while anyways?
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