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Couple with a Bock of Beer, Vienna, c. 1890

A stock poster with the brewery's name left blank.

What

An unlettered beer poster printed by J. Weiner in Vienna between 1890 and 1900, kept by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Why

Printers sold sheets like this to any brewery, which then overprinted its own name in the empty sky.

Notice

The space at upper right and the small empty box at the foot were left for the buyer's words.

“No brand ever claimed this one, so the beer is simply beer.”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.

Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Printer: J. Weiner, Vienna
Country: Austria
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Couple au bock de bière, affiche sans lettre, 1900
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b530195244

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Scan: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica; public domain. Hosted on Wikimedia Commons.

Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Published 1900, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Unknown authorUnknown author; Commons reads Public domain with {{CC-Zero}} {{Cc-zero}} {{Gallica}} {{PD-US}} {{SDC-PD-US}}. BnF Gallica scan: BnF asks for a licence for commercial reuse of its reproductions; flag for legal sign-off (the house already sells seven Gallica scans). Mark status dead is the registrar's reading of an old mark; no trademark search was run, so confirm before launch.

This brand was no longer in the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.