Advertising Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare circa 1900 advertising corkscrew/bottle opener for Portsmouth Ale, made by the Eldredge Brewing Company (EBC) of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Eldredge Brewing Company (first known as M. Fisher Brewing Co.) was established...

ARTIFACT: This is a pewter mug for P.B. Ale, which was brewed by Van Nostrand's Bunker Hill Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts. The mug is from the period prior to Prohibition, which began in 1920. The mug simply reads P.B. Ale (Purest and Best) in script...

ARTIFACT: Pre-Prohibition circa 1900 Frank Jones Brewery bronze keg tap from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The screw top handle of the tap reads: “FRANK JONES” and the tap is shaped like a faucet, the handle still turns freely. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 ...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1910 pre-prohibition, White Top Champagne advertising tip tray from Hammondsport, New York. The center of the tray shows a lovely detailed unopened bottle of champagne with red ribbon tied at the top. The bottle reads "WHITE TOP...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful late 19th century German medical student skull stein by Saxony maker Potschappel. The lidded stein is beautifully sculpted and intricately painted with contour and shadowing details showing high-gloss glaze accents on the teeth. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a Frank Jones Ale advertising beer mug from before Prohibition, which lasted from 1920 to 1933. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. The pewter...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous circa 1900 Iroquois Brewery tip tray from Buffalo, New York. The center of the tray features a beautifully detailed, Indian head wearing a ceremonial headdress that reads: "IROQUOIS", also inside the center circle it reads: "TRADE...

ARTIFACT: Great 1860's - 1870's German 1 liter, lidded stein from the Lowenbrau “Keller” in Munich. The lid features a griffin-like creature in nicely raised detail and surrounding it reads: “AKTIEN BRAUEREI ZUM LOWENBRAU MUNCHEN”. The stein reads:...

ARTIFACT: Great 1890’s – 1900’s German 1 liter, lidded stein from the Brauerei zum Munchner Kindl. The lid features a block letter: “M” and elven-like creature in nicely raised detail and surrounding it reads: “BRAUEREI ZUM MUENCHNER KINDL”. The center...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous old Cuban Bebida rum noisemaker from the Monomack Inn in Merrimac, Massachusetts. Shaped like a bottle of rum, the noisemaker is used by shaking it to allow small wooden spheres on either side to slap against it. VINTAGE:...

ARTIFACT: This is a vintage 1960s deposit bag from Concord National Bank of Concord, New Hampshire. The bag is in blue nylon with a canvas lining and has a great vintage graphic of the bank building on the front. It was made by A. Rifkin & Company of...

ARTIFACT: 1940's - 1950's Loomis Armored Car Service driver's hat badge. Lee Loomis founded the company under the name Cleary Creek Commerical Company in 1905 in Portland, Oregon and soon began supplying Alaskan gold miners with daily commodities by way...