The history of signboards : from the earliest times to the present day (1870)
Larwood, Jacob, 1827-1918, Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873, author · London : J. C. Hotten · leaf 291
e Dial was, in all likeli-hood, a sun-dial on the front wall of his house. Of the Apocryphal Books there is only one example among thesignboards, viz., Bel and the Dragon, which was at one timenot uncommon, more particularly with apothecaries. It was re-presented by a Bell and a Dragon, as appears… … HOLE IN THE WALL. ( Guide for Malt-Worms. Circa 1720.)
Signs and signboards
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