Tools, Knives, Clothing etc. Advertising Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an old shoe horn from Fulis Bros., a Portsmouth, New Hampshire shoe store. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/16" in length and 1-9/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Steel. ATTACHMENT: Hole. ITEM NOTES: This is...

ARTIFACT: This is a great early tin lithograph advertising sign for Lee Union-Alls circa 191The Union-Alls design combined a jacket and dungarees in one piece of clothing to provide full coverage for workers of all trades. The sign shows two men modeling...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1920s advertising paperweight for Byers Machinery of Ravenna, Ohio. The paperweight advertises the company's patented "Bear Cat" crane (excavator). The company founder, John F. Byers, also invented an oatmeal grinder, the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940 brass advertising key chain for Goodrich Tires. It is in the shape of a 1940 Massachusetts license plate. VINTAGE: Circa 1940. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in height and 1-15/15" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Painted brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a Derby Underwear twenty 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 impression of a mushroom. There are three ruby chips in the...

ARTIFACT: This is an old Leominster, Massachusetts "Hudson Parer Company" cast iron apple peeler patented in 188The peeler has a crank handle that manipulates two gears attached to a three-pronged spindle onto which the apple goes. Another gear turns a...

ARTIFACT: This is a five years of service pin for McCulloch Motors, makers of chainsaws and aircraft engines. The pin is in 10 karat gold enameled in red and blue with a ruby chip and shows two ducks in flight. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE: 5/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s advertising novelty puzzle for Valentine & Company, a vendor of Valspar products. Valspar is a paint company that has been around since 190The puzzle is in aluminum and consists of two capital Vs and a third piece shaped...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1910s or 1920s employee badge for Rexall, a Boston, Massachusetts-based chain of independently owned drugstores that began in 190The company's motto reflects just how prolific the chain eventually became: THE BEST DRUG...

ARTIFACT: This is a set of circa 1920s or 1930s Remington Peters shotgun shell buttons for a blazer: two large and four small. The large buttons are made from 12 gauge shotgun shells and the small ones are made from .410 shells. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1900 apothecary bottle for Gould's White Clover Cream with the original contents still inside! The bottle has a double label, each one in very good condition. Gould's was a company in Portland, Maine that made this...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s clothing store advertising sign for the "high class" W. O. Horn & Brother brand of neckwear. W. O. Horn & Brother was a New York clothier. This handsome sign is in brass, and has two original paper labels upon the reverse,...