tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515467297591102258.post4589795663009906994..comments2024-03-25T07:17:25.688+00:00Comments on Painted signs and mosaics: Limited, ExeterSebastien Ardouinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07200799076446099559noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515467297591102258.post-31067932660177510112014-02-04T19:14:13.061+00:002014-02-04T19:14:13.061+00:00I thought I might have solved the mystery of '...I thought I might have solved the mystery of 'Limited, Exeter' today Sébastien, but sadly not.<br /><br />I was browsing the book 'Victorian & Edwardian Devon - Photographic Memories' (Francis Frith/Martin Dunning) when I came across the photo <a href="http://www.francisfrith.com/exeter/photos/in-the-port-1896_38035" rel="nofollow">'In The Port 1896, Exeter' (Ref: 38035)</a> (p.72). This photo shows the building in your photo which has the word 'Limited' painted on it. The photo as presented in the book clearly shows the painted text to have been at that time 'Wholesale Grocers & Importers of Sugar, Fruit & Newfoundland Fish'. So, as I say, the sign we (almost) see today was painted over the earlier sign shown in the photo of Francis Frith. And therefore we're none the wiser as to what was at one time 'Limited'. We can at least perhaps say what we believe to have been their trade.<br /><br />Regards, RobertRobert Slackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150704777267563113noreply@blogger.com