On my travels, it's become apparent that a clearly visible, hard wearing and aesthetically pleasing door number is a difficult thing to find... Subsequently I've been putting my efforts into collecting as wide a range of vintage, enamel door numbers as possible. Enamel signage has been favoured for decades for it's hard wearing and virtually weather proof nature; it also provides bright and vibrant colours; in this instance the iconic blue and white combination. 

 

This particular door number plaque is mid-century (c.1950) and comes from the Eastern Bloc (probably Bulgaria). It's my understanding that the door number is set below the street name. Over the decades the sign has weathered nicely, this particular example remaining clean and bright with the most minor of nibbling around the outer edges and one chip below the left hand mounting hole. These signs were obviously hand made and in this instance, the cutting out of the base metal evidences this - I bought a small batch of these signs all from the same area and all very similar, though this example is more of a rhombus shape than a rectangle but I find it all the more charming for that!

 

The plaque can be displayed using it's original mounting holes and measures 11.3cm wide x 10.3cm high and the price includes UK mainland delivery. 

 

S/N: #1204