20th Century Original Milk Glass London Street Sign: BOND COURT E.C.4

Genuine 20th Century English, City of London "Bond Court E.C.4." Milk glass street sign in metal frame, circa 1910-20.

An original nameplate removed from the street during the corporation of Londons replacement programme. Milk-glass, also known as opal glass, rolled opaque glass or augmented structural glass, was created by adding fluorides to the glass during manufacturing, rendering it opaque. The inscriptions were milled during manufacture process, they are not painted on flat surface. Most likely named after Alderman William Bond of Walbrook Ward who developed the property in the first half of the 17th Century. Bond, who was master of the Haberdashers’ Company, became an Alderman in 1649. It was first mentioned as Bond’s Court in 1672. The family had been connected with the area and trade for nearly two centuries. Between 1548 and 1692, Sir George Bonde, an ancestor of Sir Winston Churchill, had been an Alderman for the same ward and had also served as master of the Haberdashers’. 

In wonderful original condition with an honest weathered patina.