Bininger’s Knickerbocker Wine Bitters

Posted on 3 November 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Bininger’s Knickerbocker Wine Bitters

03 November 2013

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I just love the old files that are being held by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division in Washington, D.C. I just wish they would make more color files available. In this case we are looking at a body label and neck label for Bininger’s Knickerbocker Wine Bitters. Listed in Bitters Bottles by Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham as:

B 97  Neck Label … BININGER’S KNICKERBOCKER WINE BITTERS
A. M. Bininger & Co., Sole Proprietors, 338 Broadway, New York

B 98  Body Label … BININGER’S KNICKERBOCKER WINE BITTERS
A. M. Bininger & Co., Sole Proprietors, 338 Broadway, New York
Made to fit a Bininger bottle 11 1/2 x 3
Round, Green, ARM

I wonder if there are any surviving bottles with the labels intact? I doubt it.

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Print on orange paper. Body label for Bininger’s Wine Bitters – c1859, Copyright by R. Wattles & Jas. W. Freeland of A. M. Bininger & Co. – Library of Congress

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Bininger’s Knickerbocker Wine Bitters neck label – c1859, Copyright by R. Wattles & Jas. W. Freeland of A. M. Bininger & Co. – Library of Congress

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Bininger Wines advertisement – Daily Alta (San Francisco) California, 14 November 1853

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About Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand Meyer V is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and has a BFA in Fine Art and Graphic Design from the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design. Ferdinand is the founding Principal of FMG Design, a nationally recognized design consultation firm. Ferdinand is a passionate collector of American historical glass specializing in bitters bottles, color runs and related classic figural bottles. He is married to Elizabeth Jane Meyer and lives in Houston, Texas with their daughter and three wonderful grandchildren. The Meyers are also very involved in Quarter Horses, antiques and early United States postage stamps. Ferdinand is the past 6-year President of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors and is one of the founding members of the FOHBC Virtual Museum.
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