Decorative Antiques & Art & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a nice old female mallard decoy found on a Maine estate. She is hand-carved in wood with an applied head and steel upholstery tacks for eyes. There is an age crack at her neck, but the original metal rod retains head in place. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1939-1940 United States Air Corps Curtis P-40 Tomahawk silk screen print in a period frame. The print has a very pleasing, mellow coloring and is a rendering of the aircraft debuted by Curtiss in 1938. VINTAGE: Circa 1939-1940...

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 beautiful early straw holder made of heavy, beveled glass. The lid is removable and is attached to a round tray via a long thin rod which hovers just over the bottom of the holder. VINTAGE: Circa early 1920s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a small drinking glass from Yoken's, a locally famous Portsmouth, New Hampshire restaurant and gift shop started in 194Yoken's had an animated sign showing a whale who spouted water and slapped his tail to draw people inside. The glass...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous 1950s dinner plate from the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel in New Castle, New Hampshire. The Wentworth is a resort hotel made famous for being the spot where the Russian and Japanese signers of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty lodged...

ARTIFACT: This is a Yoken's Restaurant side plate from just after their opening in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 194Yoken's was a locally famous restaurant and gift shop with an animated sign showing a whale who spouted water and slapped his tail to draw...

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 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 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"...