A vintage cardboard shop advertising sign for Red Arrow brand kippers, produced for Frank A. Peterson Ltd of Grimsby. The rectangular display is constructed from thick card with a printed yellow ground and hand-painted style graphics. The left section features a red circular seal with a scalloped gold-tone border containing the text PACKED BY FRANK A. PETERSON LTD., SELECTED KIPPERS, RED ARROW BRAND with a central red arrow device, TO BE SOLD BY WEIGHT, and GRIMSBY. Adjacent to the seal is the script inscription Always on the Mark beside two red and white archery targets with arrows. The right side is printed with FINEST SELECTED OAK CURED KIPPERS in bold black sans-serif type, while the far right carries the vertical company details PREPARED AND PACKED BY FRANK A. PETERSON, LTD. FISH DOCKS, GRIMSBY. The reverse features an integrated brown cardboard fold-out strut attached towards the top left, with a short loop of brown twine passed through the support.
Height: 35 cm
Width: 23 cm.
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