Dutch Painted Wrought Iron Het Wapen Royal Coat of Arms Building Sign antique oil lamp These boxes and other items

These boxes and other items were offered as prizes in an advertising give-away from Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company in exchange for certain number of redeemed Fatima cigarette coupons

1756–1826)

ovoid transferware tray in the Chinese Export taste in the Blue Willow pattern

The mark refers to a patent lock lid that would not fall out when the contents were poured

The arched doors open to reveal a curved

Dutch Painted Wrought Iron Het Wapen Royal Coat of Arms Building Sign antique oil lamp These boxes and other itemsDETAILS An antique, double sided hanging metal architectural trade sign, hand painted with heraldic lions, the Netherlands royal crest and motto. It would have hung on a bracket on the outside of a building. Perhaps for a pub, bar, hotel or restaurant. PLACE OF ORIGIN The Netherlands Europe MARKS Marked: Het Wapen Je Maintiendrai Nederland (Translation: Coat of Arms I Shall Maintain Netherlands). Je Maintiendrai is the royal motto. DATE 19th century