Beer Wine Liquor Advertising Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an important circa 1935 advertising sign for Krueger’s Beer & Ale: the first canned beer! The sign is by American Can Company in eye-catching colors and features a guest appearance by the Newark-based brewery’s “K Man”. The sign touts...

ARTIFACT: This is a Seagram’s bottle pourer made in England from the 1930s. Seagram’s was a Canadian company, and well-poised to sell whiskies to the over-dry neighboring US market at the close of Prohibition. The pourer consists of a hollow metal tube...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1890’s STOLL Brewing Co. Troy, New York porcelain enamel beer tray. The tray is red, white, and blue featuring a flying eagle carrying a beer barrel in its talons, the center of the tray reads: “Stoll Brewing Co. TROY, N.Y. BREWERS OF...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1900 Guinness’s Extra Stout (E & J Burke Bottler) advertising bottle opener in silver plated cast iron and white metal. The base of the early, figural, beer bottle opener is in the shape of a Guinness beer bottle and reads:...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1900 miniature stein transfer-decorated with the Nationaldenkmal in Berlin and the Statue of Wilhelm the Great. The stein is made of stoneware and the original pewter lid remains intact, the surface glaze has cracked with age...

ARTIFACT: Nice circa 1900 Abner & Drury porcelain top beer bottle from Maryland agent with ‘Hutter Type’ ‘Lightening’ closure. The brown glass bottle reads: “ABNER & DRURY BREWERS WASHINGTON, D. C. MOHL. LINK & CO. AGENTS BALTO, MD. THIS BOTTLE...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare 1909, pre-Prohibition Roseneck Brewing Co. Edelbrau advertising Mettlach mug. The front shows the brewery’s stamp, a star in the center of a circle that reads: “ROSENECK BREWING CO. RICHMOND, VA.” and in large...

ARTIFACT: This is a pre-Prohibition beer mug for Robert Smith’s Brown Stout. The stout was brewed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1896 until the infamous year of enforced national temperance (1920). The pale green mug was made by Chester Hotel...

ARTIFACT: Great 1880’s – 1890’s Cordova Rye Whiskey bar back bottle. The acid etched label reads: “CORDOVA VO RYE WHISKEY BOTTLED BY WOOD, POLLARD & CO. BOSTON”. VINTAGE: Circa 1880’s – 1890’s ...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s (pre-Prohibition) barback bottle for Higgins Old Velvet rye whiskey. The bottle has a nice shape and a stately neck. It is in silver overlay on cut glass. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 4-3/4”...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1910's pre-Prohibition Dow Old Stock Ale advertising corkscrew, knife, and opener. VINTAGE: Circa 1910. SIZE: Approximately Closed: 3-5/8”; Blade: 2-3/4” CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Steel...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous 1930’s Catalin plastic-handled Dow Old Stock Ale advertising pocket knife and opener for Dow Bière Ale and Old Stock Ale 'Moon Brand' knife by Feist & Co., Solingen, Germany. VINTAGE: Circa 1930’s SIZE: Approximately...