On my way to a teaching conference near St James’s Park today I happened to spot this beautiful mosaic advertisement down a side-street, Carteret Street to be exact.
After a bit of rooting around on the web it seemed the most likely explanation is that it was an advertisement for the Victor Talking Machine Company, a business in the 1920s that produced phonographs. If so, somehow this striking example of mosaic tiling has been preserved for 90 years or so.
Ariel Writers Ghost Sign Vauxhall
It had been a bit of a long day at work so I decided to to take a short after hours train ride to Vauxhall. I find the collage of architecture there really soothing and it’s very close to the river which I love to stroll along. Whilst I was there I found two pieces of ghost signage. One for Ariel Writers – leaders in design, apparently. And one for a bakery that sells wedding cakes and Daren bread (used to be a competitor to Hovis).
Close up of Ariel Writers Ghost Sign Vauxhall
Bays Bakery Daren Bread Ghost Sign
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