Box of Brass Signage

Box of Brass Signage

Maker Unknown

Registration number

1866544

Artist/maker

Maker Unknown

Title

Box of Brass Signage

Medium

brass

Dimensions (H x W x D)

Dimensions variable - large letters approximately 10 x 11.2 x 3 cm, small letters approximately 5 x 4 x 1.2 cm

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

City of Melbourne, signage, lettering, brass, Helvetica

Summary

This brass lettering was discovered in a plastic box at the collection’s former storage depot on Little Bourke Street. Some rendered in Helvetica font, the letters once spelt ‘CITY OF MELBOURNE’ on a building, although exactly where or when no-one seems to know.