An original, vintage enamel street sign for Bayswater Road, W2 in the City of Westminster. This sign displays the iconic and black and red sans serif lettering first created by Sir Misha Black in 1967 which is unique to the Westminster signs and under copyright law, forbidden to be copied anywhere else in the world...

 

Found in London's world famous West End, Bayswater Road is the main road running along the northern edge of Hyde Park, with Marble Arch to the East and Nottinghill Gate to the West... 

 

This original enamel sign probably dates to the 1970s/'80s and remains in decent order despite some decades out in the elements - it retains a deep, glossy surface but does have a copule of patches of enamel loss around the outer edges, a small chip beneath the 'R' of 'road' and a few light surface scratches. Generally it displays very well - an iconic piece of the capital city...

 

The sign measures 107cm wide x 46cm high x 2cm deep.

 

S/N: #1467