Here is a very tough to find early serving tray from the Illinois Brewery Company, which was based in Socorro, NM. This brewery was started by Mr. Hamel’s who was based originally in Lebanon, IL.
This pre-prohibition tin serving tray has always been one of my favorites. The use of a native American, or Indian if you prefer on a canoe advertising the Rock Island Brewing Companies beer is priceless. The imagery of this brewery tray is very colorful, and was certainly eye appealing to potential buyers. Native American images…
Pictured is a beautiful porcelain corner sign from the Buffalo, New York Iroquois Brewery, circa 1900. This sign features a prominent Indian head logo on it. Circa 1900.
This serving tray is from the Isengart Brewing Company in Troy, N.Y. A great pre-pro era metal advertising tray!
This is a beautiful painted enamel glass decanter from the J&G Stewart’s Scotch Whiskey.
Pictured is a colorful self-framed tin sign from the James A. Miller Whiskey Distillery, based in Paris, KY. This sign was from the pre-prohibition era, circa 1900. The Chicken Cock brand has been resurrected in the last few years, and continues to build upon the legacy of James Miller’s well selling brand from around 1900.
Here is a beautiful pre-prohibition serving tray from the JG Schemm Brewery which was based in Saginaw, Michigan. The colors on this tray are remarkable, and very representative of the Chas. Schonk tray manufacturing company out of Chicago, IL. The tray verbiage is rather simple, as it simply states “Pure Malt Beer”. I am sure…
Featured is a beautiful General Store coffee bin with a nice factory illustration of the J. H. Allen Coffee Company plant in Saint Paul, Minnesota. This is a tin can, circa 1900.
Featured is a beautiful sailboat scene on a metal serving tray for the J. H. Cutter Whisky brand, made by the C. P. Moorman & Company in Louisville, Kentucky. As was somewhat common around 1900, the spelling of whiskey is actually spelled as whisky on the tray, with a missing “e”. The tray is a…
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…
