Beer Wine Liquor Advertising Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous 1930s Catalin plastic advertising bar topper with beer foam scraper for Beverwyck Beer-Ale from Albany, New York. The white frosted glass scraper reads BBBB BEVERWYCK BEER-ALE IRISH BRAND CREAM ALE and has warning on the...

SUBJECT: This is a great Anheuser-Busch driver’s hat badge from the 1930s. Anheuser-Busch has been a Missouri brewery since 1862. The company’s insignia is at center with the A in brilliant red enamel and is flanked by a pair of wings. VINTAGE:...

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...