Tip Trays
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Tip Trays were often displayed on a bar top or on the tables of taverns and hotels to catch and hold tips for bar staff and servers. It’s these trays that were also adorn with advertising of different products like breweries, beverages, cigars, tobacco, or even the hotel establishment too.
Kuebler Beer Tip Tray
Condition: Good
Era: 1940’s
Brewery: Kuebler Brewing Company
Location: Easton, PA
Krueger Beer Tip Tray
Condition: Excellent
Era: 1940’s
Brewery: Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company
Location: Newark, NJ
Indianapolis Beer Tip Tray
Condition: Excellent
Era: 1930’s
Brewery: Indianapolis Brewing Company
Location: Indianapolis, MN
Hotel Mayle Tip Tray
Condition: Fair
Era: Pre-Prohibtion
Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Makers Mark: Meek Company
Yuenglings Beer Tip Tray
Here is a Yuenglings Eagle Beer Tip Tray from the D. G. Yuengling Brewery located in Pottsville, PA. This Yuenglings Eagle Beer Tip Tray is from the 1930’s era and is in excellent condition for its age. This Yuenglings Eagle Beer Tip Tray is approximately 4″ wide and was made by the Chas W. Shonk Company located in Chicago, IL.
Century Beer Tip Tray
Condition: Excellent
Era: 1930’s
Brewery: Phil. Schneider Brewing Company
Location: Trinidad, CO
Old India Pale Ale Tip Tray
Condition: Very Good
Era: 1930’s
Brewery: Commercial Brewing Company
Location: Boston, MD
Makers Mark: H.D. Beach
Robert Smith Match Holder
Here is a Robert Smith Match Holder from the Robert Smith Ale Brewing Company located in Philadelphia, PA. This Robert Smith Match Holder is from between 1896 to 1901 and is in great condition considering how old it is.
It is made of lithographed painted metal and was made by the Chas. W. Shonk Company who was located in Chicago, IL. The advertising on this matchbox holder depicts the Robert Smith Ale Brewery “Tiger Head Brand” graphics and promotes their products of Ale and Stouts. Match holders like this would have been displayed on the bar top or on tables inside of a tavern or saloon; a matchbox would have sat between the 2 prongs. Patrons could light their cigars and pipes and discard the used matches into the tray.