Beer Wine Liquor Advertising Related Artifacts

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...

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...

SUBJECT: This is a wine glass from Naples Valley Wine Cellars in Naples, New York, from before Prohibition, which lasted from 1920 to 1933. VINTAGE: Circa early 1900s-1910s. SIZE: Approximately 2-7/8" in height and in 1-7/8" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare circa 1900 advertising corkscrew/bottle opener 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a pewter mug for P.B. Ale, which was brewed by Van Nostrand's Bunker Hill Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts. The mug is from the period prior to Prohibition, which began in 1920. The mug simply reads P.B. Ale (Purest and Best) in script...

ARTIFACT: Pre-Prohibition circa 1900 Frank Jones Brewery bronze keg tap from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The screw top handle of the tap reads: “FRANK JONES” and the tap is shaped like a faucet, the handle still turns freely. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 ...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1910 pre-prohibition, White Top Champagne advertising tip tray from Hammondsport, New York. The center of the tray shows a lovely detailed unopened bottle of champagne with red ribbon tied at the top. The bottle reads "WHITE TOP...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful late 19th century German medical student skull stein by Saxony maker Potschappel. The lidded stein is beautifully sculpted and intricately painted with contour and shadowing details showing high-gloss glaze accents on the teeth. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a Frank Jones Ale advertising beer mug from before Prohibition, which lasted from 1920 to 1933. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. The pewter...