Documentary Double-Sided Folk Art Fishing Tackle Trade Sign
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Fashioned in the Silhouette Form of a Salmon
Weathered and Painted Sheet Metal
Welsh, Inscribed "M. SWEET FISHING TACKLE". Mid C20th.
Sweets of Usk was established in the 1930s. Lionel Sweet, the second proprietor died in 1978, when the renowned and popular business was taken over by Jean Williams. The Porthycarne Street premises finally closed in 2022.
10 ¼" high x 38 ½" long
Ref. 10819
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