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Snob screen
Device found in some British public housees of the Victorian era
A snob screen is a device found in some British public houses of the Victorian era. Usually installed in sets, they comprise an etched glass pane in a movable wooden frame and were intended to allow middle class drinkers to see working class drinkers in an adjacent bar, but not to be seen by them,[1] and to be undisturbed by the bar staff.[2]
Pubs with surviving snob screens include:
- The Bartons Arms, Birmingham[1]
- Bunch of Grapes, London SW3[3]
- The Champion, Wells Street, London W1[4]
- The Crown and Greyhound, Dulwich Village London (the screens have been re-sited)[5]
- The Gate, London N22[6]
- John Leslie's, Ratcliffe Terrace, Edinburgh
- The Lamb, Bloomsbury, London[2]
- Posada, Wolverhampton[7]
- Prince Alfred, Maida Vale, London[1]
- Princess Louise, Holborn, London[1]
- Crown, London N1[8]
- Nova Scotia, Bristol[9][10]