Here is one of the series of Faust steins from Anheuser-Busch advertising their brand of beer called Faust. Faust comes from a German play called Dr. Faust, and the devil character is prominent in the play. The Faust family was intermarried into the Busch family, hence, the beer was named after that relationship with the…
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 old wood or wooden beer brewing company box from the Griesedieck family-owned Western Brewing Company which was in Belleville, Illinois prior to prohibition. This box would have carried 24 bottles of beer in it and is the forerunner to the more modern cardboard boxes which started in earnest after prohibition ended…
Here is a beautiful and very colorful general store era coffee bin from the long defunct Closset and Devers Mercantile Company out of Portland, Oregon. This particular bin was used in an old store most likely within 100 miles or so from Portland and allowed a long ago merchant to have his customers pull out…
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…
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…
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…
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 a very pretty bright orange tin store bin from the Banke Coffee Company which was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin years ago. This metal bin is from the 1900-1910 era.
This is a tough to find wood general store bin from the National Cereal Company which was based in Saint Louis, Missouri around 1900 when this bin was made. The National Cereal Company eventually merged and became part of the Post Cereal Company.
