85/1251 Advertising sign, 'Mobil Oil', metal/enamel, Australia, [1920-1940]

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85/1251 Advertising sign, 'Mobil Oil', metal/enamel, Australia, [1920-1940]

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Advertising sign, 'Mobil Oil', metal/enamel, Australia, [1920-1940]

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Description

Advertising sign, 'Mobil Oil', metal/enamel, Australia, [1920-1940].
Rectangular enamelled sign, white background with red and black writing. Holes at each corner for attachment. Logo: a red gargoyle outlined in black. Inscribed: 'Authorized Service/Genuine GARGOYLE/REGD/Mobiloil/Regd/PROPERTY OF THE VACUUM OIL CO PTY LTD'.

Made: Vacuum Oil Co Pty Ltd; Australia; 1920 - 1940

Registration number

85/1251

Production date

1920 - 1940

Height

268 mm

Width

465 mm

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Acquisition credit line

Purchased 1985

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.

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