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Originally, this iconic picture was of the dog Nipper listening intently to a wind-up Eddison Bell cylinder phonograph.
Eventually, the phonograph was replaced with a disc gramophone and famously became the trademark for the 'His Masters Voice' record label. Today we often see adverts on the television for the same company, now simply shortened to 'HMV'
This new advertising sign comes quality wrapped, making it an ideal gift for any occasion, or a nostalgic purchase for yourself. Our vintage tin signs are ideal for that special room in your home.
These retro signs have pre drilled holes to all 4 corners for easy fixing.
40cm X 30cm
Hand made in the UK, from quality enamelled metal.
Further Information
Nipper was born in 1884 in Bristol, England, and died in September 1895. It has been claimed in various sources that he was a Jack Russell Terrier, a Fox Terrier, a Dalmatian, a Rat Terrier or an American Pit Bull Terrier. He was named Nipper because he tried to bite visitors in the leg.
Nipper’s original owner, Mark Henry Barraud, died in 1887, leaving his brothers Philip and Francis to care for the dog. Nipper himself died in 1895 and was buried in Kingston upon Thames in a small park surrounded by magnolia trees. As time progressed the area was built upon, a branch of Lloyds TSB now occupies the site. On the wall of the bank, just inside the entrance, a brass plaque is displayed commemorating the famous terrier that lies beneath the building.
On 10 March 2010 a small road near to the dog's resting place in Kingston-upon-Thames was named Nipper Alley in commemoration of this famous resident.
Nipper used to live with his owner in the Prince's Theatre in Bristol. There is a small model of Nipper above a doorway of a building at the junction of Park Row and Woodland Road in Bristol, opposite where the theatre stood
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