Globe - Main Street, Overton, Lancs, UK.
N 54° 00.859 W 002° 51.959
30U E 508781 N 5985123
Portuguese wine anybody? Maybe.
Waymark Code: WMA4EG
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/15/2010
Views: 1
The globe is the symbol of Portugal and may have advertised the availability of Portuguese wine at a pub displaying the sign. However, in the same way that the Portuguese, a pioneering seafaring nation, it may be that pubs in the UK adopted the symbol at a time when British world power was increasing as a sort of boast.
Additionally, when a publican had a second trade he may have advertised this by hanging a globe outside of his establishment.
Here we see an unidentified seafarer sitting at his desk either reminiscing or planning his next adventure.
Name of Artist: Signed "JM".
Date of current sign: Not known.
Date of first pub on site: Not known.
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