Tools, Knives, Clothing etc. Advertising Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1970s Levi Strauss & Company tray with an inlay of wood and brass. The tray was given as an award for reaching $2 billion in sales for the San Francisco company that invented the...

ARTIFACT: This is a Derby Underwear fifteen years of service pin in 10 karat gold by Balfour. The pin has a great design: a pair of boxer shorts sticking out of a derby hat gives the overall...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 ice pick from the Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Ice & Coal Company. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 9-3/8" length and 7/8" diameter (handle). CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool old advertising shopping handle from Pryor-Davis Co. Hardware & Paints of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The store's address of 36 Market Street is printed on the wooden dowel...

ARTIFACT: This is an old shoe horn from Oren Bragdon & Son, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire shoe store. The store's address is stamped on the horn: 46 Market St. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s...

ARTIFACT: This is an old shoe horn from C. F. Duncan & Co., a Portsmouth, New Hampshire shoe store. The company's address is stamped on the horn: 9 Market St. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1890s advertising shoe buttoner from C. F. Duncan & Co., a shoe store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The company's address is listed on the reverse: 9 Market St. VINTAGE: Circa...