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…
Here is beautiful metal or tin serving tray from the Bethlehem, PA based Uhl Brewery. The Uhl Company sold Lager Beer as indicated on this tray. The tray is a stock tray, meaning this image was used by many different companies in the 1900-1915 era prior to prohibition.
Here is a beautiful metal or tin serving tray from the American Wine Company for their famous Cooks Imperial Champagne. This particular tray was made by the Shonk Sign Company in Chicago, IL. The Top Hat man is eating oysters and is dressed as a very sophisticated guy as shown. Cooks wine is still made…
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.
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.
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…
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 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 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…
