Beer Wine Liquor Advertising Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a great old circa 1950s advertising thermometer for Ox Head Stock Ale. Ox Head was made by the Standard-Rochester Brewing Company of Rochester, New York. The thermometer has a dial-style thermometer at its center and bears the beer's...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1906 rum bottle from Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Wine Company. The label shows a wonderful cameo design featuring a gladiatrix and reads RUM BLEND ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PURE FOOD & DRUGS ACT, JUNE 30, 190The...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1930s Jose Cuervo tequila bottle complete with its original paper label and top. The clear glass bottle has a Texas liquor stamp as well. The great old Cuervo black bird logo is on the top as well as on the reverse side of...

ARTIFACT: This is a pre-1900 corkscrew from Percy Rowe Wine Room of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The wine room's address is listed on the reverse: No. 21 Vaughan St. VINTAGE: Circa pre-1900. SIZE: Approximately 3-1/2" length and 1" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s advertising 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 in 1860 and was a...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty 1930s instructional beer can from Harvard Ale, brewed in Lowell, Massachusetts. The can itself was manufactured Am. Can Co. and has instructions on how to open the beverage listed. VINTAGE: Circa late 1930s. SIZE: 4-3/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is a lovely 1903 Villeroy & Boch export ¼ litre stoneware beer tumbler or beaker. The tumbler was made in Mettlach, Germany and has a vibrant scene showing a couple dancing beneath the word "TANZ" (Dance). The reverse of the tumbler...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool old whiskey bottle from Cochituate, Massachusetts, a part of the town of Wayland. The bottle is a half pint size and has a mostly preserved cork stopper. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 7-1/2" in height and 3-1/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 round serving tray from the James Hanley Brewing Company of Providence, Rhode Island. The tray is attractively enameled in white and blue and features a likeness of "The Connoisseur" enjoying a glass of Hanley's "peerless"...

ARTIFACT: This is a Musty Ale of Philadelphia handled mug from the period prior to Prohibition, which began in 1920. The mug is in a two-tone brown and credits Robert Smith as the ale's maker. VINTAGE: Circa early 1900s-1910s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a pre-Prohibition era beer mug from the Bunker Hill Brewery of Charleston, Massachusetts, which was owned by Van Nostrand's. The mug shows an insignia for Bunker Hill's P.B. (Purest and Best) Ale and has a 0.3L marking ear the handle...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and near mint advertising match safe for Hanley's Peerless Ale of the James Hanley Brewery Company of Providence, Rhode Island. This safe dates form the pre-Prohibition era (circa 1904) and is maker marked. It is in...