Osborne bull Osborne bull The Osborne bull () is a high black silhouetted image of a bull in semi-profile. Nowadays the conservation of the bulls is handled by the family of Félix Tejada. The Osborne sherry company (founded by Thomas Osborne Mann in 1772) erected large images of bulls starting in 1956 to advertise their "Brandy de Jerez". The images were black (with the brand ""Veterano"" in red on it) advertising boards located near major roads throughout Spain. The original image was smaller and slightly different in design. The current larger image was created to comply with a law that prohibited advertising
National symbols of Catalonia flower", Catalonia does not have much in the way of tongue-in-cheek popular established symbols, even though the yellow weaver's broom ("Spartium junceum") has often been regarded as such in literature, specially in combination with red poppies. The ""ruc català"" or ""burro català"" (Catalan donkey) is a relatively recent creation when the need was felt to produce something Catalan to oppose to the Central Spanish Osborne bull, widely perceived by Catalans as a centralistic symbol, alien to their culture. Still, certain traditional and "typical" symbols deserve mention, like Patufet, the St George's Day red rose, the "Nit de Sant Joan" bonfires,