Beer Wine Liquor Advertising Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Great pair of 1930’s Esslinger’s Little Man Ale salt and pepper shakers with decal labeling. The brown glass set is in wonderful condition, each displaying two paper labels, one wrapped across the neck of the bottle and reads: “ESSLINGER’S...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1927 pint bottle for Old Hermitage Bourbon sour mash whisky, distilled in Frankfort, Kentucky. The bottle has a glass top and has retained most of its two paper labels. VINTAGE: Circa 1927. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: Scarce 1930’s Frank Jones Ale Bakelite and enameled brass tap knob from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. VINTAGE: Circa 1930’s SIZE: Approximately 2 1/2” x 1 ¾” CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Bakelite, enameled brass. ATTACHMENT: ...

ARTIFACT: Rare mid-1930’s Frank Jones Ales serving tray from the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Brewery. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. The tray is round, in the...

SUBJECT: This is a wonderful, unopened Ballantine’s Scotch whisky ceramic jug-shaped nip with a 1937 Maryland tax stamp. There is also a maker’s mark on the bottom, and a distributor label on the side. Although unopened, the jug’s...

ARTIFACT: Rare mid-1930's Frank Jones Ales serving tray from Portsmouth, NH Brewery, pre-prohibition style.  Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. The tray is...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool 1930s ashtray made from Opalex advertising Bass Pale Ale and Bass Stout. VINTAGE: Circa1930's SIZE: Approximately 1-7/8" in height and 5-5/16" square. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Opalex. ATTACHMENT: None. MARKINGS: "OPALEX...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare circa 1920 William Jameson & Company Irish whiskey “spinner” pourer. At one time Dublin’s 2nd largest whiskey distillery, Jameson’s “Marrowbone Lane” location was started in 1752 and ceased operations in 1923. William...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare and great pre-Prohibition (circa 1905) advertising corkscrew or bottle opener for W. Ashton Horn, a Somersworth, New Hampshire bottler and agent for the Portsmouth Brewing Company (aka the Harris and Mathes Co.). Open your ale,...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1930’s Frank Jones Ale bottle opener from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. The opener reads: “FRANK JONES ALE”...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty circa 1935 tip tray 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 in 1860 and was a competitor...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s advertising sign for Feigenspan’s P.O.N. (Pride of Newark) beer. Bought out by P. Ballantine & Sons around the Second World War, Christian Feigenspan Inc of Newark, New Jersey was a huge brewery in its day. The sign is in...