Here is a great and very early metal serving tray from the Henry Zeltner Brewing Company which was in New York City. This particular tray advertises their Old-Fashioned beer style and also their Dark and Light along with their Extra Pale brands of beer. This particular brewery was in a very competitive New York City…
Here is one my favorite stock trays, the dogs playing poker and drinking beer while smoking cigars! This particular version of this stock tray comes from the Buffalo Brewing Company out of New York. Being a stock tray, this simply means that many different advertisers chose this image and then asked the printing companies to…
I love this metal serving tray, and of course, I like pre-prohibition era trays with the factory scene of the brewery building on them. This particular brewery tray from the Brooklyn New York based Excelsior Brewing Company touted their pilsener and German style lager beers which were the company’s trademark or flagship styles of beer.…
Here is a fantastic stoneware or pottery coffee pot with a beautifully colored emblem of a monk drinking Cardinal Coffee from the J. William Pope Coffee Company. The Cardinal brand of coffee was the companies trademark brand of coffee. Not much is known about the company or it’s origins, other than the company is listed…
I always liked this pre prohibition era brewery tray simply because of the name of the beer…Nulife. This bottled beer tray was used as a change maker for the bar or saloon patron and helped advertise the Sioux City Iowa brewery named the Interstate-Brewing Co. The bottle is a capped bottle, meaning it was produced…
I love old pottery or stoneware advertising pieces, and this Trask Fish Company fish depicted barrel is one of my favorites. The illustration did not leave much to the imagination as to what the company was selling out of the barrels…Fish!! In particular, herring, pickled and not. This barrel features words in german still at…
Here is a beautiful old antique tin from the Chase and Sanborn Company for their Imitation Tea brand. This large coffee and tea company has remained in business for well over 100 years and continues to be a larger seller in the spice and drink marketplace. This tin encompasses an eye catching red and gold…
This particular curved glass corner sign was designed to hang outside of saloons or taverns in the 1900 era whereby beer from the Charles Schibi Brewery was being sold to thirsty patrons inside! Oftentimes because of the curved design and the wooden backed frame, these signs were put up outside the establishments in a pair,…
This particular tin tobacco container featuring a great image of a warrior Mohawk tribe Indian Chief on it has always been a favorite for me. The vivid and striking color combination and the large image of the Native American Indian Chief in his full headdress makes it a collector’s favorite for many tobacco tin collectors.…
The name of the whiskey on this sign is certainly an interesting one, especially since the company which made this brand was based in Cleveland, Ohio! I don’t recall seeing much advertising from one company lauding the benefits of a product named after another state. Why did the Weideman-Fries company do this? I am fairly…
