Tankards Collection

Rejected by the Inventions Board IX - Heath Robinson
The Pilsener Pump for tapping the enemys beer; another hilariously convoluted contraption to foil the enemy during World War I from William Heath Robinson

Biergarten waitress carrying beer tankards
A Biergarten waitress carrying tankards of beer

Two women in fancy dress with tankards
Two women in fancy dress costumes comprising of knickerbockers, shirts and waistcoats, raise a tankard of beer each - presumably they re meant to be some kind of 17th century roisterers? c.1928

Eleanor Rumming, the famous alewife of England
Eleanor Rumming, the (fictional) famous alewife of England, illustration to a poem by John Skelton, Poet Laureate to King Henry VIII. 16th century

The Brewers Society Advertisement Illustration
An advertisement illustration for the Brewers Society, showing a tabletop with four glass tankards, and a shove halfpenny board with Beer Is Best written in chalk. Date: circa 1939

Beer Politicians by Edmund Harburger

The General Election - Village Politicians
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Village Politicians. A local candidate giving a speech to the assembled clientelle at the local rural boozer... 1908

GERMAN BEER DRINKERS
Four stocky German men with their tankards enjoying a jolly good drink together! Date: 1930s

BIERGARTEN WAITRESS 1899
Biergarten waitress carrying tankards of beer. Date: 1899

German Bar Maids
Two buxom German women in traditional costume, bearing tankards of fine German beer! Date: 1930s

Cutout Christmas card in the shape of a tankard with holly, ivy leaves and horseshoe. Date: circa 1890s

German Beerhouse Waitress, carrying a mass (!) of beer tankards. The card is flanked by turnips, sausages and pretzels to complete the Germanic flavour.... Date: circa 1937

Men in pirate or sailor costume
Two men in pirate or sailor costume with beer tankards, Portsmouth, England. circa 1967

Five bulldogs in tankards on a Christmas card
Five bulldogs sitting in tankards on a Christmas card, each one holding an envelope in his paw. Date: circa 1890s

Barman has a stern word with a disreputable customer who has been stealing pewter beer tankards, which he has been turning into coinage to bring back to spend at the same establishment

Cider Merchants - Normandy, Northern France
Cider Merchants at a fair in Normandy, Northern France. Date: circa 1910

The Royal Regalia held in the Tower of London
The Royal Regalia held in the Wakefield Tower at the Tower of London Date: circa 1912

Barrack canteen interior, 1872
Soldiers of the Army Service Corps relaxing in the canteen on Bottle Bush Down during their Autumn Campaign in Wiltshire, England

THE CROSS HANDS PUB
The Cross Hands inn sign, near Gloucester, England. This amusing pictorial inn sign shows two hands crossed, holding foaming tankards of ale!

German Drinkers C18
A rather dissipated group of gentlemen drinking beer from tankards and smoking pipes at German court. A practical joker sets a bear cub onto a reveller, whose wig comes off!

German Pipe Smokers C18
Gentlemen drinking beer from tankards and smoking pipes at German court. A practical joker sets a bear cub onto a reveller, whose wig comes off!

Bierkeller Waitress 1901
Waitress in a German bierkeller brings tankards of foaming ale to her customers

Hatmaking 1750
Hatmakers at work round their kettle - a workbench placed over a heated stove to make the materials easier to work

Disraeli / Berlin / 1878
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield In Berlin, 1878

Medieval Drinking
A medieval drinking scene in Scandinavia - a serious drinking session with huge and elaborate tankards

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