Antique English pub sign

Good Evening,

I’m looking for assistance determine age and value of an old pub sign.

This “Isleworth Brewery” sign was inherited and I’m trying to find more information on it.

I’ve only been able to find the following online: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/original-isleworth-brewery-sign-485585979

Does anybody know anything?

TIA!

 

On glass, yes? The frame isn't old - can you show the back, or even take it out? My gut feel at the moment is that it's a good repro. An original pub mirror or window sign would have some decent foxing and discolouration after decades of fag smoke.

 

This is what it's purporting to be, by the way:

https://stmargarets.london/archives/2015/03/isleworth_brewery.html

http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Isleworth_Brewery_Ltd

 

It’s glass with a wood back.

 

Back is pretty recent. If that's an older sign, someone has had it framed. I'd be sorely tempted to dissasemble it.

 

It’s a thick frame.

 

It appears to have some depth in the lettering, almost 3D. Not just painted glass.

 

The older ones are typically engraved and gilded, so that's a good sign - and the frame looks better in close up. I do think, that if it's original, either the frame has been altered considerably, or it started life as a component.

 

Any thoughts on value?

 

We can only comment on the item, as valuation involves too many unknown factors...

 

Note that the one on Worthpoint has some sign Co. information on it at the bottom. A few more found in the link that Davey provided are more like the OP's. My gut feeling is that this is a reproduction or, perhaps, a nostalgic re-issue by the brewery. You may need to consult with someone in the UK more familiar with such signs. It is difficult for us to really evaluate this at arms-length.

 

I favour repro, but a good one. The cheapies tend to have just printed glass rather than engraved and filled. The brewery went in the early 50s.