Stock
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K.B. Crane
Wellsville, NY
Great Eastern Cloting House
Johnstown, PA
William Navitske Boots
Shenandoah, PA
Henry Pfaff
El Paso, TX
- Liquor Dealer -
- Liquor Dealer -
Sea Lion Tobaco Works
Cincinnati, OH
- Tobaco Products -
- Tobaco Products -
Sea Lion Tobacco Works
Cincinnati, OH
Van Dyke Ice Cream Co.
Trenton, NJ
(Wm. D. Aumen)
(Wm. D. Aumen)
Akron Brewing Co.
Akron, OH
Arnold Brewing Co.
Sault Marie, MI
Briggs & Co.
Elmira, NY
Dotterwich Brewing Co.
Dunkirk, NY
El Paso Brewing Ass'n
El Paso, TX
Elgin Eagle Brewinc Co.
Elgin, IL
Enterprise Brewing Co.
San Francisco, CA
Enterprise Brewing Co.
San Francisco, CA
Koschel & Mesenbrink
Jordan, MN
Moerschell Brewing Co.
Sedalia, MO
Petoskey Brewing Co.
Petoskey, MI
San Diego Brewing Co.
San Diego, CA
Wm. Schellhas Winona Brewery
Winona, MN
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Meek & Beach Co. No. 31 “Lady with Headdress”
Meek & Beach Co. No. 31 “Lady with Headdress”
Date: 1903 - 1905
Size: 13.5" x 16.5"
Type: Inverted Pie
Scarcity: Hard to Find
Value: $$$ to $$$$$
Condition & Brewer Dependent
Size: 13.5" x 16.5"
Type: Inverted Pie
Scarcity: Hard to Find
Value: $$$ to $$$$$
Condition & Brewer Dependent
General
No. 31 appears in M&B Catalogue No. 16 (1903) where it is described as:
Not really a description of the design so much as a sales pitch. It is included in the 1903 price list as “No. 31, Lady with Headdress.”
It is hard to find any evidence that this reflected some sort of fashion trend around the turn of the century; most fashion images (photographs and drawing) tend to show more elaborate veils combined with hats and often flowers. The exception being bridal veils. Since we only see the woman from the shoulders up its hard to determine if that’s the intent of this design.
No. 31 appears in M&B Catalogue No. 16 (1903) where it is described as:
Not really a description of the design so much as a sales pitch. It is included in the 1903 price list as “No. 31, Lady with Headdress.”
It is hard to find any evidence that this reflected some sort of fashion trend around the turn of the century; most fashion images (photographs and drawing) tend to show more elaborate veils combined with hats and often flowers. The exception being bridal veils. Since we only see the woman from the shoulders up its hard to determine if that’s the intent of this design.
Confirmed Brewer used Stock Trays
Non-Beer Related & Non-Tray Uses
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1900's Era Bridal Veil
Woman with a Veil
One can see this design being targeted at smaller retailers, particularly clothing stores, and may have been created as M&B’s answer to Beach’s No. 12, another lady in a headdress. We speculate this was created in late 1902 or early 1903 as it first appeared in catalogue No. 16 from 1903, which includes trays up to No. 35, as well as the 1903 price list goes up to No. 42.
Size, Shape and Advertising Placement
Known tray examples are all oval with the low pie shaped rim and rolled edge. All tray versions show up sporting a red drape rim. We have not encountered any sign versions of this image. Advertising text usually appears on the rim usually in black text, with some occurrences on the face of the tray. One unique exception is the example from Enterprise Brewing of San Francisco, which is one of the first uses of silver text on a stock tray that we can recall.
Hager & Price
Hager does not discuss this design but does include a picture of it in his catalog.
This design is probably encountered as a blank stock sample more frequently than with advertising text. Although there are a fair number of brewery examples among the advertisers, we have only seen pricing on a few, which range from mid-triple figures to low four figures. Prices for non-brewers and stock samples are fairly inexpensive, rarely getting much into triple figures.
Size, Shape and Advertising Placement
Known tray examples are all oval with the low pie shaped rim and rolled edge. All tray versions show up sporting a red drape rim. We have not encountered any sign versions of this image. Advertising text usually appears on the rim usually in black text, with some occurrences on the face of the tray. One unique exception is the example from Enterprise Brewing of San Francisco, which is one of the first uses of silver text on a stock tray that we can recall.
Hager & Price
Hager does not discuss this design but does include a picture of it in his catalog.
This design is probably encountered as a blank stock sample more frequently than with advertising text. Although there are a fair number of brewery examples among the advertisers, we have only seen pricing on a few, which range from mid-triple figures to low four figures. Prices for non-brewers and stock samples are fairly inexpensive, rarely getting much into triple figures.
“Tea Tray No. 31. Do Not Let Another Season Pass Without a trial order of stock trays, and when you order be sure to mention Tray No. 31, for no order of trays is complete without it.”
