Beer Wine Liquor Advertising Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a pre-Prohibition celluloid pin advertising the Frank Jones Brewery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Prohibition lasted from 1920 until 1933). Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and...

ARTIFACT: This is a unique 1890s golf club-shaped drink stirrer from the Rockingham Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Rockingham Hotel was a luxurious establishment started by larger-than-life local hero Frank Jones and which operated until 1973...

ARTIFACT: This is a Korean War coffee mug from the United States Air Force 36th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Wing. The mug belonged to a Charles and shows a deranged, fanged pilot with blood dripping from its mouth on one side and an...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1950's show glass advertising for Huey’s Drive-In Liquors. There are three marked-off levels in red paint: LADIES, MEN (a little higher up) and HOG, the closest line to the top. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old Wade China advertising pourer for Beefeater Gin. The term “beefeater” applies to the guards of the Tower of London and may have been derived from the payment given the guards: different forms of meat. The pourer is shaped...

SUBJECT: This is a pin for Fox Head “400” beer, a beverage brewed by Fox Head Brewery since the late 19th century. The pin is orange and reads I DRINK THAT FOX HEAD “400” BEER BECAUSE IT’S BREWED WITH “WAUKESHA” WATER. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. ...

SUBJECT: This is a great celluloid pin for Budweiser, a beer made by Anheuser-Busch, a Missouri brewery since 1862. The pin reads HELP YOURSELF WITH BUDWEISER TRADE MARK REG U.S. PAT OFF. and shows the Anheuser-Busch logo as well as some union marks...

SUBJECT: This is a post-Prohibition pressed board sign from the Frank Jones Brewery in 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a great set of miniature Blatz beer bottle salt and pepper shakers. Blatz was a Milwaukee brewing pioneer, being the first producer from the city to market their product nationally as well to have a bottling plant on the premises. Each...

ARTIFACT: This is an advertising pocket ruler from Torrey, Langlands & Jacques, dealers in ales, wines and liquors from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The reverse of the folding, foot-long ruler lists the company’s address and phone number, as well as its...

ARTIFACT: This is a pre-Prohibition (before 1920) advertising bottle opener from the Frank Jones Brewing Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910 Stag Horn cork screw with a sterling silver cap. VINTAGE: Circa 1910. SIZE: Approximately 5-5/16” in length and 5-7/16” in width. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Sterling silver, stag horn, nickel-plated brass...