Of the millions of enamel advertising signs produced between 1850 and 1950, only a few thousand survived and the authors describe and illustrate over 100 samples from their own collection.

Table of contents:

• The origins of enamel advertising signs;
• Manufacture, distribution and display;
• Design; 
• Decline; 
• At Home;
• Away from the home;
• Collecting enamel signs;
• Further reading; places to visit.