We collect and sell all types of jugs, including pub jugs, whisky water jugs and other brewery memorabilia. You can see our collection of whisky jugs and other items of breweriana on the following pages. Included here are advertising jugs, whisky branded ceramic jugs, pitchers, flagons and whisky decanters. Pub memorabilia is known as breweriana and smoking memorabilia is known as tobacciana. These jugs and ashtrays make great presents for Fathers Day or good birthday presents or Christmas presents.
Whisky distilleries often use ceramic water jugs to advertise their malt whisky or their blended whisky, just as breweries use glassware and ashtrays to advertise their beers and lagers. Many companies have a beer glass for sale with their beer or a whisky glass or whisky jug for sale with their bottle of Scotch. Over the years advertising jugs have become more and more collectable as once familiar malt and blended whiskies disappear from the shelves, or as the smaller distilleries become part of larger conglomerates.
Scotch whisky is distilled throughout Scotland with many distilleries in the Highlands producing malt whisky and blended whisky, but there are also several distilleries in Ireland which produce Irish whiskey. These companies also produce water jugs to promote their products.
Many people collect breweriana these days and memorabilia relating to malt whisky, blended whisky and Irish whiskey are all in demand. Collectors also look for whisky decanters, brandy decanters and liquer decanters. Also ceramic jugs advertising beer and lager and ceramic ashtrays are classed as breweriana, as are beer glasses and glassware relating to beers, lagers or scotch whisky.
Miniature Jugs
Advertising jugs are available in full size and in miniature versions, some more common than others. Miniature whisky jugs are ideal for collectors with limited amounts of space for numbers of larger items. These tend to be less common than their bigger versions and quite often more difficult to find on the open market.
These items are all collectable and as the demand for water jugs, ashtrays, glasses, and other breweriana increases, the value of such pub memorabilia also increases. The water jugs which are most common are those produced by Wade pottery or Seton pottery and those which advertise a malt whisky or blended whisky distillery which no longer exists. Similarly beer glasses, ashtrays and beer pumps for a brewery or a beer or lager which is no longer available also makes good memorabilia or breweriana for collectors to buy.
Ashtrays and Tobacciana
Quite often, whisky distillers also had their brand names put onto ashtrays and other tobacciana, such as match strikers. These have also become very collectable in their own right, not only for their links to whisky advertising, but as smoking becomes less common in public places these once familiar items of pub ceramics are fast disappearing.