 ... old books mention the Crown upon the Hoop; the Bunch of Grapes upon the Hoop, the Mitre upon the Hoop, and the Angel upon the Hoop. A sign of this nature is still preserved in Newport Street, and is a carved representation of a bunch of grapes hanging...  The Looker-on: A Periodical Paper - Stran 1861795Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1795 - 540 strani
...the Hoop. A fign of this nature is ftill preferved in Newport- ftreet, and is a carved reprefentation of a bunch of grapes hanging within a hoop. The Cock on the hoop may be feen alfo in Hoiborn, painted on a board, to which perhaps it was transferred on die removal of fign-poils. It is... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 272 strani
...the Hoop. A sign of this nature is still preserved in Newport Street, and is a carved representation of a bunch of grapes hanging within a hoop. The Cock on the Hoop may be seen also in Holborn, painted on a board, to which perhaps it was transferred on the removal of sign-posts.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 strani
...carved representation of a bunch of grapes hanging within a hoop. The Cock on the Hoop may be seen also in Holborn, painted on a board, to which perhaps it was transferred on the removal of sign-posts. It is probable also that this sign may have given rise to the phrase of ' Cock a Hoop.'... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 750 strani
...the Hoop. A sign of this nature is still preserved in Newport Street, and is a carved representation of a bunch of grapes hanging within a hoop. The Cock on the Hoop may be seen also in Holborn, painted on a board, to which perhaps it was transferred on the removal of sign-posts.... | |
 | Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten - 1866 - 616 strani
...a carved representation of a Bunch of Grapes witliin a Hoop. The COCK ON THE HOOP may be seen also in Holborn, painted on a board, to which, perhaps, it was transferred on the removal of the sign-posts."* These hoops seem to have originated in the highly ornamented bush or crown, which... | |
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