A Very Large & Highly Desirable Early Hand Painted Fairground Art Canvas Banner; 'Play Up Boys' c.1930

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A Very Large & Highly Desirable Early Hand Painted Fairground Art Canvas Banner; 'Play Up Boys' c.1930Origin: British Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 40 Width: 165 inches Height: 33. 5 inches Boasting huge amounts of early fairground charm, the hand painted canvas banner measuring well over thirteen foot long reading in blood red circus block font script on a dirty buff ground; Play Up Boys, 3 Balls for 2D, Smash 2 Pipes to Win. Advertising a typical fairground game of skill with a ball, (and a large amount of luck),

the text within an ornate border of floral scrolls

Pocket sized vintage Britishness

the board could be from another vessel altogether

They are still active at Shady Lane

A mysterious and unusual piece of jewellery

This is a quality piece

the wood is still solid

glazed and presented in the original frame

Both sides of the leather surface open to compartments for storing stationery and there is also a removable pen tray present

to clean and roughen the surfaces of teeth where dental appliances or fillings will be placed

The battle sways one way and then the other like ship swaying in a rough sea

save for one or two corners where the stitch is loosening