Advertising Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910 Dr. Swett's Root Beer bottle. Dr. Swett' owned pharmacies in both Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York, and sold his root beer there as a fountain drink and in other formats to other vendors. The bottle is in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1896 celluloid advertising pin for the American Pepsin Gum Company. The pin pre-dates the Spanish-American War, and features the USS Concord, part of the nation's up-and-coming "White Squadron". Commissioned February 14, 1891,...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old circa 1900 seltzer bottle from A. (Andrew) O. Caswell, Bottler, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The bottle is glass with a frosted Caswell insignia covering one side, and is topped by a metal pump-style siphon with clear straw...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1947 Coca-Cola bottle from Portland, Maine in a wonderful shade of pale green glass. The front of the bottle reads COCA-COLA TRADE-MARK REGISTERED MIN. CONTENTS 6 FL. OZS. and the back shows its patent number and the production date...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful early straw holder made of heavy, beveled glass. The lid is removable and is attached to a round tray via a long thin rod which hovers just over the bottom of the holder. VINTAGE: Circa early 1920s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1930s advertising sign for Clicquot Club brand ginger ale. The sign is in brightly painted, flexible tin and features the company's mascot, "Klee-Ko" the Eskimo, at its center. Founded in 1885 in Millis, Massachusetts,...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1890s A. O. Caswell soda bottle from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The bottle has a great red and white ceramic stopper cap and reads THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 9-7/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s WAN-ETA cocoa jar from Boston, Massachusetts. The jar is in a scarce aqua blue color, with a glass-lined zinc screw-top lid. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 7-1/8" in height and 3-3/4" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s or 1970s tea cup advertising the Hawaiian Garden motor inn/restaurant in Seabrook, New Hampshire. The cup has a vibrant colored scene on one side and a maker mark on the bottom. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s-1970s...

ARTIFACT: This is a delicate and beautiful Welch's Grape Juice souvenir glass form the company's pavilion at the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition. The Expo was held in Portland, Oregon to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the duo's historic westward...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s pin for the Yellowstone Park Hotels. Many hotels were set up within Yellowstone, the world's first national park, which was christened in 187The design of the pin, which features a black bear within a blue circle, looks to...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s promotional pin for Golden Shred, a preserve made in the United Kingdom by James Robertson & Sons. The Golden Shred mascot debuted around the turn of the twentieth century, and was named the "Gollywog" (later just...