Treasures Past: SOLD!!! Items

ARTIFACT: This is a coin bank advertising Piscataqua Savings Bank of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from the 1910s. Piscataqua is one of Portsmouth's early banks and is still in operation, borrowing its name from the river flowing through town. The bank is...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 barrel bank decorated in rich red and gold from the Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee Company, a bank started by local brewer, politician and all-around icon Frank Jones. The bank (shaped, of course, like a barrel) has a coin...

ARTIFACT: This is a mid-1950s figural metal coin bank by Banthrico Inc. of the Dover Co-Op Bank in Dover, New Hampshire. The bank, which began in 1890 and hanged names a few times, was located in the Walker Building for years, at the corner of Locust and...

ARTIFACT: This is a ruler advertising John Sise Insurance of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from the 1920s. The ruler reads PRESENTED BY THE FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY JOHN SISE & COMPANY 3 MARKET SQUARE, PORTSMOUTH N.H. on its front and FIRE,...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1890s wooden bottle crate from Thomas Loughlin, Bottler of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The crate was meant to hold a dozen bottles, although one half of a long partition wall has been lost. There are very nice clear...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 medicine bottle from Warner's of Rochester, New York. The bottle reads WARNER'S SAFE KIDNEY & LIVER CURE and shows an intricately embossed design. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 9-3/8" in height and 3-1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1951 advertising paperweight for the 75th anniversary of Eli Lilly and Company, the first pharmaceutical company to produce penicillin in mass quantities. The paperweight depicts what is probably a likeness of Hippocrates, the "Father...

ARTIFACT: The lovely and talented Miss Valerie is modeling a 1930s-World War II-era Bendix Aviation baseball shirt. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-World War II. SIZE: About size 42. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Wool with cotton trim and wool appliques...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War II Consolidated Aircraft patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 3-1/8 in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton embroidery thread on cotton. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto garment. MARKINGS: None. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Martin Aircraft Factory patch. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: About 2-3/4 in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with cotton embroidery thread. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto garment...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United Aircraft Corp workers patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 4-1/4 in width by 1-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton embroidery thread on cotton. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto garment...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Wright Engines Factory patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 3-7/8 in width by 2-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton embroidery thread on cotton. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto garment. MARKINGS: None...