Shop Sign
1873 (made)
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Until it was hit by a bomb during the Second World War, Pollock's shop was the sole remaining outlet for the sale of traditional toy theatre sheets or 'penny plain and tuppence coloured'. Robert Louis Stevenson, Ellen Terry, G.K. Chesterton and Charles Dickens were amongst the many famous people who visited the shop in North London.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted wood |
| Brief description | Fascia board from Benjamin Pollock's Toy Theatre Shop, 73 Hoxton Street, London |
| Physical description | Fire damaged wooden shop sign with painted lettering and varnished surface. One lower corner section missing, various cracks and small holes due to bomb damage during September 1944. |
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| Summary | Until it was hit by a bomb during the Second World War, Pollock's shop was the sole remaining outlet for the sale of traditional toy theatre sheets or 'penny plain and tuppence coloured'. Robert Louis Stevenson, Ellen Terry, G.K. Chesterton and Charles Dickens were amongst the many famous people who visited the shop in North London. |
| Other number | V.9/V.10 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
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| Accession number | S.970-1990 |
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| Record created | April 2, 2012 |
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