Liquor Collection

Pirates celebrating aboard ship
Drunken pirates aboard their ship celebrating a successful raid. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Asia, Vietnam. Snake wine for sale in a Saigon store, Ho Chi Minh City

England, London, Southwark, Manze Pie and Mash Shop, Plate of Pie and Mash and Liquor

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Ireland, North, Belfast, The Crown Bar facade

Replica Samuel Adams beer barrel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
USA, Massachusetts, Boston, Replica Samuel Adams beer barrel

Row of glasses on a bar with barman preparing mojito cocktails, Habana Vieja, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

PROHIBITION, 1922. Revenue agents with confiscated bootleg liquor at Washington, D.C. Oct. 14, 1922

Traditional sake barrels at Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Food and wine on a table beside the river Loire, France, Europe

AD: ALCOHOL, c1871. American advertisement, The best wines, liquors, ales & lager beer, we are selling here. Lithograph by Louis N. Rosenthal, c1871

Farmers making apple cider, 1800s
Farmers pressing apples to make cider, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Deacon Giless Distillery temperance cartoon, 1830s
" Bringing back the rum, " temperance cartoon showing liquor barrels labeled with forms of death, Salem, Massachusetts. Hand-colored woodcut from an 1830s temperance pamphlet

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Mexico, Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta, Frosted glass of a margarita cocktail served with ice and slice of lime with whole limes at side

Hackney Coach / 1807
A Hackney coach stops at a liquor store for the horse team to receive refreshment

SALT LAKE CITY, c1861. A telegraph office, liquor store and ambrotype gallery on Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photograph, c1861

Interior of The restaurant Brunel at night. Tables with glasses, knives, ofrks, glasses. Candles. Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence, Alpes Cote d Azur, France, Europe

Alehouse scene in th 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century E.A. Abbey illustration

Looting Secret Whiskey
In America, crowds loot a secret whiskey store of confiscated liquor

Flagon, 1765 / 80. Creator: Attributed to William Will
Flagon, 1765/80. Attributed to William Will

La Civilisation Anglaise - based on Gin (colour litho)
3100101 La Civilisation Anglaise - based on Gin (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Civilisation Anglaise - based on Gin)

Cellars of Chateau Lynch Bages, Pauillac, Aquitaine, France, Europe

Liquor down the Drain
Contraband liquor is poured down the drain in Zion City, Illinois, USA

Europe, Italy, Sicily. Palermo. A food store selling limoncello and other specialties on the main Cassaro street

Bottles of traditional Ouzo liquor and local Greek wines on sale in a shop of Oia, Santorini, South Aegean, Greece

tequila cigar Close up view of bottle of tequila anejo and cigar on color background

John Valerius, born without hands or arms, 18th century
John Valerius, born without hands or arms

Bacardi Breezer Tropical Melon bottle

An American bar at the height of Prohibition in the 1920s

Martini cocktail with green olives on marble board. Copy space. Top view Martini cocktail with green olives on marble board. Copy space. Top view

Armenia, Yerevan, Yerevan Noy Brandy Company, Brandy distillers since the 19th century, high angle view above Argishti Street

Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Tequila for sale in a shop in Play del Carmen Mexico

Summer drinks
Dina Belenko

Sad Woman Drinking Wine

BULGARIA Melnik. Display of wine bottles barrel and containers outside shop

BULGARIA Veilko Tarnovo Display of wine bottles outside wine shop

Asia, East Asia, Taiwan; bottles of traditional rice and fruit liqueur

Greek Cuisine. Traditional Meze (Starter) Cretan Dakos with a glass of Ouzo. Barley Rusk with Feta, Olives, Tomato and Oregano

The Chamarel Rum factory. Chamarel, Black River (Riviere Noire), Mauritius, Africa

A man preparing potatos in the manufacture of arra in Ura in the Bumthang, Valley of Bhutan

Still Life with Fruit Pie and various Objects, 1634. Creator: Willem Claesz. Heda
Still Life with Fruit Pie and various Objects, 1634

Still Life with Glass of Wine, pewter Jug and other Objects, c1640s

The Village Fête, 1650. Creator: David Teniers II
The Village Fete, 1650. Under the watchful eye of the innkeepers standing at the doorway, a tranquil group of figures is seated around a table

Bacchus and Ariadne, 1691. Creator: Sebastiano Ricci
Bacchus and Ariadne, 1691

Materials for a Leisure Hour, 1879. Creator: William Michael Harnett
Materials for a Leisure Hour, 1879

Saint Elisabeth offering bread and Wine to two Beggars (Exterior right wing), 1515

Books, Mug, Pipe and Violin, 1880. Creator: John Frederick Peto
Books, Mug, Pipe and Violin, 1880

The empty jug, 1653?. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The empty jug, 1653?. Two men react as their companion looks disgruntedly into an empty beer tankard. The standing man reaches into his jacket, perhaps in search of coins to pay for a refill

Père Fournaise, 1875. Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pere Fournaise, 1875. Alphonse Fournaise owned a restaurant and boat-rental business on an island in the river Seine near Paris

On the East Side - Jew[ish] New Year, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
On the East Side - Jew[ish] New Year, 1912

"Esther's Banquet", by E. Armitage, from the Liverpool Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1865. Engraving of a painting

The Shakspeare Commemoration: banquet in the pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon...the Earl of Carlisle proposing "The Memory of Shakespeare"

Fete given by the Prince Imperial to poor children of Paris in the Tuileries Gardens, 1864

A Monk
5308099 A Monk.; (add.info.: Woodcut engraving depicting a Monk holding keys to the cellar, tasting the liquor as he fills a jug from the barrel. Dated 15th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Advertisement for Dewar's whisky (colour litho)
8676119 Advertisement for Dewar's whisky (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for Dewar's whisky)

A plump rich vicar with tobacco pipe and liquor ignores the entreaties of a poor old woman
FLO4718115 A plump rich vicar with tobacco pipe and liquor ignores the entreaties of a poor old woman

Baron Von Steuben's camp liquor chest
3032494 Baron Von Steuben's camp liquor chest; Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York, USA; (add.info.: Baron Von Steuben's camp liquor chest with bottles and glasses.); © Don Troiani

Traveling chest with liquor bottles
3032389 Traveling chest with liquor bottles; Private Collection; (add.info.: American Revolution, Traveling chest with 4 square green blown glass liquor bottles); © Don Troiani

American liquor store or bar, 1855
1575181 American liquor store or bar, 1855; (add.info.: American liquor store or bar in 1850's.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Advertising in West Africa (engraving)
8672777 Advertising in West Africa (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising in West Africa. African animals advertising Dewar's Whisky)

The women of Kyana, Indiana, go to the railroad depot and demolish a cargo of liquor (engraving)
8664245 The women of Kyana, Indiana, go to the railroad depot and demolish a cargo of liquor (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rum on tap)

Rustics laughing as they share a bootle of liquor
FLO4717820 Rustics laughing as they share a bootle of liquor

Coming events cast their shadows before them (colour litho)
8635631 Coming events cast their shadows before them (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coming events cast their shadows before them)

Gutta Percha pocket flask
3029121 Gutta Percha pocket flask; Private Collection; (add.info.: Gutta Percha (hard rubber) pocket flask); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

A Monk holding keys to the cellar
3478100 A Monk holding keys to the cellar; (add.info.: Woodcut print depicting a Monk holding keys to the cellar. He is tasting the liquor as he fills the jug from the barrel)

Smelling (colour litho)
8635372 Smelling (colour litho) by Holden, Albert William (1848-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Smelling. Illustration from Pears Annual, 1897.); © Look and Learn

Manufacture of Chartreuse herbal liqueur by the Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse monastery
UIG5414534 Manufacture of Chartreuse herbal liqueur by the Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse monastery, La Grande Chartreuse, near Grenoble, France, historical wood engraving, circa 1888; UIG

Brown glass bottle of French Brandy
3029061 Brown glass bottle of French Brandy; Private Collection; (add.info.: Brown glass bottle of French Brandy); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

Sketches from New York: a lager beer brewery at Guttenberg, on the Hudson River, 1864

Sketches from New York: entertainment in a lager beer saloon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from New York: entertainment in a lager beer saloon, 1864

Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Lower Twenty", 1864

Farewell banquet to the 109th Regiment at Kurrachee, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Farewell banquet to the 109th Regiment at Kurrachee, [modern Karachi, Pakistan], 1864....the European residents...gave a farewell entertainment to that gallant corps...the whole regiment

Rheims, wine vault used as Chapel, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Rheims, wine vault used as Chapel, between c1910 and c1915. A wine vault that was used as a chapel, probably during World War I in Rheims, France

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne…
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne at Gottenborg - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Sketches from New York: a Garten Wirthschaft, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Sketches from New York: a Garten Wirthschaft, 1864. There is hardly a street, lane, or alley in the city of New York in which the lager beer saloon, in some of its various forms, is not to be found

Wedding of Yudin L.G. son of G.V. Yudin, Krasnoyarsk merchant, wine merchant, gold miner, 1900

At Champigny, giving wine to Algerian troops, between c1914 and c1915. People giving wine to Algerian soldiers at Champigny-sur-Marne, France, during World War I

French Officers at luncheon in the field, between c1914 and c1915. French soldiers eating and drinking wine in a field probably during World War I

Merchant Belogolovy Ivan Apollonovich with his brother, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown
Merchant Belogolovy Ivan Apollonovich with his brother, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Homemade meal; acquaintances of the Irkutsk merchant V.M. Posokhin, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Chilling
Heru Sungkono

98 Bottles
kent youngstrom

Still Life with Wine, Fruit and Oysters. Creator: Jan Davidsz de Heem
Still Life with Wine, Fruit and Oysters, Unknown date

Still Life with a Glass of Beer and Nuts, 1645. Creator: Georg Hainz
Still Life with a Glass of Beer and Nuts, 1645

A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the Merry Drinker, c.1628-c.1630. A Berkemeyer is a drinking glass with a wide, flared bowl, dating from 15th-century Germany and the Netherlands

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"Liquor: A Global Journey Through Spirits and Traditions" Embark on a spirited adventure through the diverse world of liquor, from the bustling streets of London's Southwark to the sunny shores of Barbados. In England's vibrant capital, indulge in a hearty meal at Manze Pie and Mash Shop, savoring a plate of traditional pie and mash accompanied by the iconic "liquor" sauce. Venturing across continents, discover Cockspur Rum hailing from the Caribbean paradise of Barbados. Immerse yourself in its rich history as you sip this smooth elixir that embodies the essence of tropical bliss. Travel eastward to Latvia's enchanting city, Riga, where an enticing aroma lures you into a local Balzams liquor shop. Here lies the famous Riga Black Balzams - an exotic liqueur with centuries-old recipes steeped in Baltic tradition. In Asia's vibrant Vietnam, Saigon beckons with its intriguing offerings. Explore a store brimming with curiosities and stumble upon snake wine – an ancient elixir believed to possess medicinal properties. Experience Vietnamese culture like never before as you witness this unique libation firsthand. Crossing oceans once more brings us to Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. Marvel at a replica Samuel Adams beer barrel that pays homage to America's brewing heritage while reminding us of our forefathers' passion for craftmanship and quality libations. Transport yourself further south to Havana Vieja in Cuba where rows of glasses glisten atop bars adorned with fresh ingredients awaiting transformation into refreshing mojito cocktails by skilled bartenders who are masters at their craft. Journey back in time to Washington D. C. , 1922 during Prohibition when revenue agents confiscated bootleg liquor amidst fervent efforts to curb alcohol consumption. Witness this pivotal moment that shaped American history while reflecting on society's complex relationship with spirits.