Vintage Brass Pub Sign FULLER TURNER & SMITH Fullers Lamb & Flag Covent Garden.
Offered here is a Vintage Brass Pub Sign .
This was salvaged or reclaimed from a Fullers pub in Covent Garden in London . The Pub was the Lamb & Flag at 33 Rose Street WC2 .
It reads FULLER TURNER & SMITH .
The entire sign measures 73 inches long x 4.5 inches deep . There is a 1.25 inch lip on the back with screw holes where it was fastened in place . ( This is a Huge Sign , it measures over 6 feet in length ) .
It is in excellent condition with some wear to the lettering.It is certainly vintage , but I am not sure of the date .
This is a “ must have “ piece for any collector of Breweriana , especially anyone interested in Fullers Brewery Memorabilia or Beer Advertising , or collectables from old Public Houses in London .
This would look great in a Mancave or Bar .
A Bit about the Brewery….
Its origins lie in John Fuller's Griffin Brewery, which dates from 1816. In 1845, John Fuller's son, John Bird Fuller, was joined by Henry Smith and John Turner to form the current company.
Beer has been brewed on Fuller's historic Griffin Brewery site in Chiswick since the seventeenth century.From the original brewery in the gardens of Bedford House on Chiswick Mall ,the business expanded and thrived until the early part of the nineteenth century. Money problems forced the owners, Douglas and Henry Thompson and Philip Wood, to seek a partner. John Fuller, of Neston Park , Wiltshire was approached to see if he would inject the required amount of money. In 1829 he joined the enterprise, but the partnership proved a difficult one and in 1841 Douglas Thompson fled to France and the partnership was dissolved. It became apparent that it was difficult for one man with no brewing experience to run a brewery of that size alone. In 1845 John Fuller's son, John Bird Fuller, was joined by Henry Smith from the Romford Brewery of Ind & Smith and his brother-in-law, head brewer John Turner, thereby forming Fuller, Smith & Turner.
The Lamb and Flag is a “ proper “ old fashioned , original London Pub.
Good Luck.
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