Metal Serving Tray from the Edwin Schiele Distilling company in Saint Louis MO. This tray features their flagship brand, Autocrat Whiskey with a picture of two old men toasting each other. A great visual tray from pre-prohibition times. Ca 1905.
The John Eichler Brewing Company which was based in the Pre-Prohibition days in New York City was proud of their Pilsner German style beers. In fact, they were so proud that much of the Eichler Brewery advertising uses the reference to their German style beer products. This particular tray features an older gentleman almost toasting…
A beautiful El-Bart Dry Gin Lithographic Framed Print with the original framing and company designation. Circa 1905.
Here is a nice version of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Brewing Company for their Emmerling brand of beer.
Nick Ems Brewing Company Cardboard Sign with his EMS Beer Brand. Mr. Ems named the brewery after himself and the beer too. Their Logo of “EMS is the Word” must have been pretty poorly received as he was out of business two years later. Hence the 1945-1947 time period for this piece. Wood beer crates for EMS beer are still found quite regularly in the surrounding St. Louis Marketplace.
Here is a great lighted sign from the Engelking brand which was made in Springfield, Illinois, both pre prohibition and post prohibition. This lighted sign is from the mid 1930’s I believe. This sign denotes the brand as “Famous for it’s Quality”. This brand was made by the Springfield Brewing Company, of which Conrad Reisch…
Here is a beautiful metal or tin serving tray from an era just before Prohibition from the Erie, Pennsylvania Brewing Company advertising their Beer, Ale, Porter beers with the National, Wiener, and other beer styles of that era they were producing. This tray is very colorful and represents a smaller brewery in an era when…
This is an unusual copper metal tip tray from the Excelsior Brewing company in Saint Louis, MO. Circa 1905.
Excelsior Brewing Company Embossed Pewter Tip Tray, Excelsior Brewing Co. St. Louis, MO. Circa 1910
This is a rare Export Beer cardboard sign from the Fischbach Brewing Company in Saint Charles, MO, 1950. This sign features a Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
