Bar cart trophies may feel more understated than they did in the Mad Men era, but liquor brands still produce them—some genuinely beautiful, others leaning into shock and spectacle. I trace my early fascination with collectible bottles back to my grandfather Jerry, whose basement bar doubled as a man cave museum, filled with arrowheads, taxidermy, and a fully stocked oak bar lined with whiskey decanters shaped like animals, cars, and ornate figures I had never seen before.

Debuting with Three Collectible Animal-Inspired Ceramic Decanters — Pelican, Flamingo, and Rainbow Trout.