Monthly Archives: August 2013

The latest bottle Scams with Velma Craft or Anicia Benson or Reginald Offutt etc.

Posted on 26 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The latest bottle Scams with Velma Craft or Anicia Benson or Reginald Offutt etc. 26 August 2013 (Updated 28 August 2013) *** See Update Steven Dujardin below *** I’ve been reading the various scam reports and here’s what happened to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Historical Flasks, News, Pottery, Questions, Scams & Frauds, Stoneware | Tagged Anicia Benson, Chris Sadler, Clarksville, flag, Fraud, indiana, Jennifer Diefenderfer, New Albany, paypal, Red, Reginald Offutt, Ripoff, Scam, Steven Dujardin, Steven Lamb, Velma, Velma Craft | Leave a comment

Milburn’s Kola Bitters – Winchester Virginia

Posted on 25 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Milburn’s Kola Bitters – Winchester, Virginia 25 August 2013 (R•031614) Tom Leveille teased me late last week with a bitters bottle I was not immediately familiar with, which usually means I do not have an example. The pictures he sent … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, History | Tagged Baltimore, celery, George Washington, Jas. A. Milburn, Kpla, Meyer, Milburn & Co., Milburn's Kola Bitters, Tom Leveille, Virginia, Winchester | Leave a comment

Two rare and early ‘Southern’ Bottles

Posted on 24 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Two rare ‘Southern’ Bottles Southern Alterative | New Orleans Southern Tonic | Matagorda 24 August 2013 I received the above picture of a good piece of a Southern Alterative | New Orleans bottle (could be a word or two missing) and the below advertisement … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tonics | Tagged Abner Lee Clements, Albert Clinton Horton, Horton & Clements, James Viguerie, Matagorda, New Orleans, Southern Alterative, Southern Tonic | 1 Comment

The amazing, two-tone Warner’s Safe Diabetes Remedy

Posted on 23 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The amazing, two-tone Warner’s Safe Diabetes Remedy 23 August 2013 In 2012, at either the FOHBC Reno Expo or the 49er Antique Bottle Show in Auburn, I had the pleasure of meeting Jack, Kathy and Michael Craig through an introduction … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, History, Medicines & Cures, Publications, Remedy | Tagged Alice Seeliger, Diabetes, H. H. Warner, Jack Craig, Kathy Craig, Michael Craig, Michael Seeliger, Remedy, Steve Jackson, Warner's Safe Cure | Leave a comment

Home Bitters Company | Prepared Black Berry Brandy

Posted on 22 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Home Bitters Company | Prepared Black Berry Brandy – St. Louis 22 August 2013 (R•102013) Here is a bitters bottle that I have not seen before. The bottle is embossed, HOME BITTERS CO. / ST. LOUIS, MO. / PREPARED BLACK BERRY … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Spirits | Tagged bitters, Blackberry, Brandy, home, Jeff Scharnowske, Michigan, Owosso | Leave a comment

The S & W or W & S or whatever Monogram Bottle

Posted on 22 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The S & W or W & S or whatever Monogram Bottle 22 August 2013 Brenda Dacus Crosby posted the above photograph of a bottle on the PRG facebook page asking for help identifying the monogram. A monogram is a motif made … Continue reading →

Posted in Druggist & Drugstore, Questions | Tagged A. S. Hinds, Brenda Dacus Crosby, Jim Eifler, Logo, Michael Urbansky, monogram, Smith & Wesson | Leave a comment

Dr. E. G. Patton & Co. | Oak Cliff – Dallas, Texas

Posted on 21 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. E. G. Patton & Co. Oak Cliff – Dallas, Texas 21 August 2013 In my quest to better understand Texas medicine and bitters history, Texas medicine collector Brad Seigler sent me this picture of a cobalt blue E. C. … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Brad Seigler, Dallas, Dr. E. G. Patton, J. C. G. R. Patton, Oak Cliff, Patton-Worsham Drug Co., texas | 1 Comment

A Few Extraordinary Texas Bottles

Posted on 20 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A Few Extraordinary Texas Bottles 20 August 2013 I am finally going to get off my butt, and right an article on my decade long chase of Texas patent med bottles, and submit it to bottles & extras. If they … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottles and Extras, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Hair Tonics, History, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Photography, Tonics | Tagged Brad Seigler, Chapine, Dallas, Fort Worth, Homestead, Mineral, Morley's, Oak Cliff, rheumatic, Star Well Water, texas, Turner & Dingee, Waco, Weatherford, wells | 1 Comment

Bigger in TEXAS – The Cole Display

Posted on 20 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bigger in TEXAS – The Cole Display 20 August 2013 Ferdinand, it was good to visit with you again this year at the (Houston) bottle show. I have attached photos of the bottle display and the dog & cat hospital bottle. … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Display, Druggist & Drugstore, Hutches | Tagged cat, crowns, David Cole, display, dog, Houston, hutches, texas | 1 Comment

The Home Bitters – St. Louis

Posted on 19 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Home Bitters – St. Louis 19 August 2013 (R•112413) (R•051015) (R•042419) Today, I have reason to quickly educate myself with The Home Bitters of St. Louis. I need to review the variants, the history and find out the rest … Continue reading →