Beer Wine Liquor Advertising Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: Great 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 and shows...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1910 bottle opener and tag from Andrew O. Caswell, Bottler of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The opener, which is in the shape of a nude woman or perhaps mermaid, is connected by a chain to an oval tag with the bottling...

ARTIFACT: Nice circa 1900's Frank Jones Portsmouth Ales bottle opener. Portsmouth Brewing Company moose head and figural bottle opener.  The opener reads: "CALL FOR FRANK JONES PORTSMOUTH ALES".  Beginning in the 1900's and continuing through...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous circa 1910 advertising moose head bottle opener from Portsmouth Brewing Company. The end that pries off the cap is a moose's head and the body of the opener is shaped like a bottle, complete with an engraved bottle cap detail...