Portsmouth New Hampshire Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Pre-Prohibition circa 1900 Frank Jones Brewery bronze keg tap from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The screw top handle of the tap reads: “FRANK JONES” and the tap is shaped like a faucet, the handle still turns freely. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 ...

ARTIFACT: This is a Frank Jones Ale advertising beer mug from before Prohibition, which lasted from 1920 to 1933. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. The pewter...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old advertising thermometer in celluloid for the Piscataqua Savings Bank of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Piscataqua is one of Portsmouth’s early banks and is still in operation, borrowing its name from the river flowing through...

ARTIFACT: This is a coin bank advertising the Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from the 1910's. This was one of Portsmouth's early banks. The bank is numbered 671 and has slots for all United States coins from pennies...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful 19th century nautical match strike from Portsmouth, NH. The frame may look distressed, but that is intentional, adding more to the look of this piece. The paper artifact is in excellent condition with little wear...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool circa 1912 Haverhill, Massachusetts advertising bottle opener from Wood-Dunnells Co. It is in the shape of a bottle, with the words "DRINK GLORIA" on the front. VINTAGE: Circa 1912. SIZE: Size: 3-1/8" in length x 1" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 key fob for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The fob is engraved with the name B.F. MUGRIDGE, and an address of 71 STATE ST., PORTSMOUTH, N.H. At the top of the fob is the society's logo...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1970s sign for the Market Square Pub in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The sign is painted masonite in a wooden frame, and shows a painted pineapple, the international symbol of welcome. The sign drew in patrons at about the...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool 1950s Newington Out Door Theatre key chain with some old Portsmouth parking tokens inside. The theatre was a drive-in on the road between the cities of Portsmouth and Dover New Hampshire, in the little town of Newington...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous 1920s matted and framed photograph of the Whipple Junior High School band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Whipple School building is still on State Street but has been since converted into condominium units...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s silver-plated sugar bowl for the Portsmouth Cottage Hospital in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The bowl is by Reed & Barton and has two handles with a Portsmouth Hospital logo on its front. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1930s celluloid button from Portsmouth, New Hampshire for the United States Navy frigate U.S.S. Constitution. Launched in 1797, the Constitution was nicknamed "Old Ironsides" for valor during the War of 181She made...