“News of the World” Enameled Porcelain Sign C.1940

ABOUT

Single sided porcelain sign advertising the English newspaper, News of the World.

CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Enameled Porcelain.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
DIMENSIONS H 5 in. W 63 in.

HISTORY

The News of the World was a weekly national “red top” tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the world’s highest-selling English-language newspaper, and at closure still had one of the highest English-language circulations.