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Findlay Market Liquor Store
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Heineken
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J. Leinenkugel Brewing Co.
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Thomas Ryan Consumers Brewing Co.
Syracuse, NY
Effinger Company
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Danville, IL
Eagle Brewery
San Jose, CA
John Hauenstein Brewing Co.
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Star Union Breiwng Co.
Peru, IL
H. Weinhard Brewery
Portland, OR
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Baraboo, WI
El Paso Brewing Co.
El Paso, TX
Grand Rapids Brewing Co.
Grand Rapids, WI
Hiem Brewery
Kansas City, MO
Hoppe Brewing Co.
Platteville, WI
Huntington Brewing Co.
Huntington, ID
New Orleans Brewing Co.
New Orleans, LA
Punxatani Brewing Co.
Punxatani, PA
John G. Schemm Brewing Co, Inc.
Saginaw, MI
Star Brewing Co.
Boston, MA
Weber Bros.
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John Wieland Brewing Co.
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The 'Stock' Exchange
The Meek Co.: No. 72 "Hearts are Trump"
The Meek Co.: No. 72 "Hearts are Trump"
Date: 1906 - 1908
Size: 17.25" x 12.25"
Type: Plate
Scarcity: Common
Value: $$$ to $$$$
Condition & Brewer Dependent
Size: 17.25" x 12.25"
Type: Plate
Scarcity: Common
Value: $$$ to $$$$
Condition & Brewer Dependent
Confirmed Brewer used Stock Trays
Non-Beer Related & Non-Tray Uses
General Comments
No. 70, “Good Friends” seems to have sparked a run of oblong designs. Unfortunately, stock design No. 71 has yet to be identified, but No. 72 continues a run of what we presume is seven oblong designs in a row. No. 72 "Hearts are Trump" is one of the few (along with No. 59 and No. 76) to have a landscape orientation. This is likely because the scene includes the largest number of figures (5) of any of the Tuscarora/Meek family’s stock designs. It appears that the inexperienced barmaid is engaged in card game with one of the cavalier-types and is being advised by an older cavalier while the other two watch; all perhaps some innuendo that earlier twentieth century viewers might appreciate more than modern eyes.
The image has the feeling of more Dutch influence than previous designs based on European art works, but we’ve never encountered an example with an artists signature. A search for artwork with this title only turns up a work by pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millias, which while also portraying a card game is a much more genteel affair with three aristocratic ladies. The only entry Sahling has in his workbook after “Good Friends” (No. 70) and before other recognizable stock tray designs (Lenore, Marianne and Mildred—No. 78, No. 79 and No. 80 respectively) is an October 1906 entry for “die lines for new oblong tray.” We are not sure what die lines means but it could have been in reference to any of the oblong designs between No. 71 and No. 76.
Size & Shape
As a tray, No. 71 only comes in the oblong size/shapes, all of which have a black rim with a broad gold edge. Advertising text usually appears on the rim, always in gold; however, some examples have advertising text on the face of the tray in either gold or black. A couple of different sign variations exist, including a TOC, a curled corner and a fancy self-framed tin (SFT) with scrolly, uneven framing.
Hager & Price
Hager does not discuss this design other than to place its introduction in 1906, however he does include it in his catalog. Unsurprisingly, prices for non-brewery trays are relatively weak, but what is surprising is that prices for brewery examples tend to be rather ho-hum. The one style that does command much better prices are the fancy scrolly-edged SFTs.
No. 70, “Good Friends” seems to have sparked a run of oblong designs. Unfortunately, stock design No. 71 has yet to be identified, but No. 72 continues a run of what we presume is seven oblong designs in a row. No. 72 "Hearts are Trump" is one of the few (along with No. 59 and No. 76) to have a landscape orientation. This is likely because the scene includes the largest number of figures (5) of any of the Tuscarora/Meek family’s stock designs. It appears that the inexperienced barmaid is engaged in card game with one of the cavalier-types and is being advised by an older cavalier while the other two watch; all perhaps some innuendo that earlier twentieth century viewers might appreciate more than modern eyes.
The image has the feeling of more Dutch influence than previous designs based on European art works, but we’ve never encountered an example with an artists signature. A search for artwork with this title only turns up a work by pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millias, which while also portraying a card game is a much more genteel affair with three aristocratic ladies. The only entry Sahling has in his workbook after “Good Friends” (No. 70) and before other recognizable stock tray designs (Lenore, Marianne and Mildred—No. 78, No. 79 and No. 80 respectively) is an October 1906 entry for “die lines for new oblong tray.” We are not sure what die lines means but it could have been in reference to any of the oblong designs between No. 71 and No. 76.
Size & Shape
As a tray, No. 71 only comes in the oblong size/shapes, all of which have a black rim with a broad gold edge. Advertising text usually appears on the rim, always in gold; however, some examples have advertising text on the face of the tray in either gold or black. A couple of different sign variations exist, including a TOC, a curled corner and a fancy self-framed tin (SFT) with scrolly, uneven framing.
Hager & Price
Hager does not discuss this design other than to place its introduction in 1906, however he does include it in his catalog. Unsurprisingly, prices for non-brewery trays are relatively weak, but what is surprising is that prices for brewery examples tend to be rather ho-hum. The one style that does command much better prices are the fancy scrolly-edged SFTs.
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