Decorative Antiques & Art & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1906 advertising mug made in Mettlach, Germany for Hires Root Beer. The mug is by Villeroy & Boch and has their famous abbey mark on its bottom, along with a date mark. A rosy-cheeked child is on the front beneath the slogan...

ARTIFACT: Rare circa 1900 Baker’s Chocolate Co. single bookend (left facing) in brass plated cast iron. The Walter Baker Chocolate Company is located in Dorchester, Massachusetts and was founded in 1862, today it remains the oldest producer of chocolate...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1950’s – 60’s drink glass from Holiday Bowl in Syracuse, New York. The glass is painted with green details depicting a bowling ball and pin against a round starburst, above reads: “HOLIDAY BOWL” and...

ARTIFACT: Lovely circa 1907 Hotel Thorndike in Boston Massachusetts bead plate by Wedgwood. The nicely detailed plate has a center that depicts two griffin-like creatures holding a shield topped with a crown and beneath a banner reads: “HOTEL...

ARTIFACT: Lovely circa 1890’s New Victoria Hotel creamer mug by Dunn Bennett & Co. Burslem, England. Dunn & Bennet & Co. was established in 1876 and was known for selling hotel china, earthenware, and Ironstone in both England and America. The creamer...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1920’s H. P. Hood & Sons glass covered butter dish for the refrigerator. The lid features the company logo which depicts a dairy cow in the center with the words: “H. P. HOOD & SONS DAIRY PRODUCTS” in embossed letters and the company...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful circa 1906 advertising tip tray for De Laval Cream Separators. The center shows a remarkably detailed image of a mother using the separator as her young son walks towards the door and cows out in the pasture with a glass of...

ARTIFACT: This is a vintage 1950s I.W. Harper bourbon figural decanter in white porcelain by Hall China Company. The I.W. Harper brand was started in New Haven, Kentucky by a German émigré named Isaac Wolfe Bernheim in the late 1890s. The figure is a...

ARTIFACT: Cool 1940’s – 50’s vintage Veuve Clicquot Champagne advertising pin/tip/ash tray by Limoges, France. The center of the tray reads: “V. CLICQUOT. P. WERLE” and shows a shooting star. The surrounding edge reads: “CHAMPAGNE VEUVE CLICQUOT...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1935 Arrow Beer Gambrinus Cartoon Lithograph Serving Tray issued by the Globe Brewery in Baltimore. Loaded with political jibes of the day, this just post-prohibition beer tray from Maryland reads: “STRENGTHENED BY REPEAL”. The...

ARTIFACT: Rare mid-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, in the...

ARTIFACT: Rare mid-1930's Frank Jones Ales serving tray from Portsmouth, NH Brewery, pre-prohibition style.  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...