Bidspirit auction | Allsopp Light Dinner Ale Advertising

Allsopp Light Dinner Ale Advertising Sign - An Allsopp advertising sign of oval form, featuring an enlarged copy of a bottle label for Light Dinner Ale. The central graphic depicts the brewery's Red Hand trade mark split diagonally in red and yellow against a matching red and yellow ground. Bold black typography reads ALLSOPP'S and LIGHT DINNER ALE, with further secondary text reading ENLARGED COPY OF LABEL, ISSUED BY ALLSOPP & SONS LTD., and signatures for Samuel Allsopp and Allsopp & Sons LIMITED. The lithograph is housed under glass within a relief-molded pressed brass frame. The top of the frame bears embossed lettering reading S.ALLSOPP & SONS LIMITED and the bottom is marked BURTON-ON-TRENT. The reverse is closed with brown paper and includes a metal hanging loop. 15 1/8 inches high by 17 3/8 inches wide.