Beer Wine Liquor Advertising Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous circa 1900 firemen's muster celluloid badge advertising Portsburger Lager Beer by the Portsmouth Brewing Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Portsmouth Brewing Company, now an inn, went out of business with the start of...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool circa 1950s bar condiment set in a carrying caddy by Wales of Japan. Each ceramic jar has a different decoration for quick content identification: limes, garlic, cherries and olives. There is a neat red-painted wood-topped...

ARTIFACT: This is a Korean War coffee mug from the United States Air Force 25th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing. The mug shows a winged sword and reads "JOAN MARIE" on one side and reads SUWON KOREA 1953-'54 on reverse...

ARTIFACT: This is a Korean War beer mug for the United States Air Force 7th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group. The mug has a crackled appearance and a curved handle. One side reads SCREAMIN' DEMONS H. D. HALL and shows the fearsome head of a "bunyip",...

ARTIFACT: This is a Korean War coffee mug from the United States Air Force 37th Bomb Squadron, aka the "Royal Bengals". The mug is pink and is slightly textured to suggest a barrel. One side shows the team's insignia with DARRELL in gilt and the other...

ARTIFACT: Rare circa 1900 Portsmouth, New Hampshire "Blob Top" bottle of bottler J. Sacco, Market Street. The center of the bottle reads: "J. SACCO 110 MARKET ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H." above it reads: "REGISTERED" and the base of the bottle reads: "THIS...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 German-made Boehms' Cafe' advertising stein from Lawrence, Massachusetts. The stein's ceramic body was done in earth tones featuring both wonderful foliage and a king seized by the inspiration of Bacchus. The main medallion...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1890's pre-prohibition Schlitz Brewing Co. advertising beer mug manufactured by White's of Utica, New York in a lovely cobalt blue on grey salt glaze stoneware pottery. The mug reads: "SCHLITZ MILWAUKEE BREWING CO." and features an...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful circa 1900 pre-Prohibition Van Nostrand's P. B. (Purest & Best) Ale barrel/keg advertising beer glass from Bunker Hill Breweries in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The heavy glass designed to resemble a barrel or beer keg and features an...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful circa 1907 pre-Prohibition ACME Beer mini-mug from the Heidelberg Inn in San Francisco, California. The front of the mug shows a person serving up a platter and below them reads: "EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY" and surrounding reads: "THE...

ARTIFACT: This is a Frank Jones Ale advertising pipe holder from the 1890s. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. The holder reads COMPLIMENTS OF FRANK JONES...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1880s or 1890s "Old Gorham" Whiskey bar back bottle in cut glass with gold leaf. The bottle has its original brass cap, which doubles as a shot measurement. VINTAGE: Circa 1880s - 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 11-1/2" in height...