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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Pow! Gun Bottles
POW!! Gun Bottles 31 July 2014 There have been some pretty cool figural antique glass pistol and gun revolvers on the internet lately. I remember my father having a few of these bottles in a glass bowfront along with vintage glass clam … Continue reading
Posted in Figural Bottles, Flasks, Humor - Lighter Side
Tagged Bottle, Figural, Flask, Glass, gun, pistol, pow, revolver
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Lash’s Bitters | PART THREE – Humorous and Clever Advertising
Lash’s Bitters | San Francisco – Chicago – New York PART THREE | Humorous and Clever Advertising 29 July 2014 Read Part ONE: Lash’s Bitters | San Francisco – Chicago – New York Read Part TWO: Lash’s Bitters – PART TWO | History After Part ONE and … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards
Tagged advertising, bitters, chicago, diecut, Gourd, Humor, kidney, Lash, Lash's, light, Liver, New York, odd, puzzle, San Francisco, tab
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Another S (star) C Brown’s Herb Bitters found in Maine
Another S (star) C Brown’s Herb Bitters found in Maine 27 July 2014 Now, here is one of my favorite bitters bottles that I have cherished since the day I obtained my example. I have written about the triangular S … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Digging and Finding, Questions
Tagged bitters, brown, Brown's, Fossil-Glass, Herb, Lakatos, Maine, SC, triangular
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Lash’s Bitters – PART TWO | History
Lash’s Bitters | San Francisco – Chicago – New York PART TWO | History 26 July 2014 (R•072914) (R•020621) Yesterday I posted Part ONE of this series dealing with the various Lash’s bitters bottles and today we will focus on Lash’s history and … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Root Beer, Soft Drinks
Tagged Apothecary, Benjamin C. Torbenson, bitters, chicago, Druggist & Drugstore, Gourd, History, Jonathon Erlen, Lash's, Michael S. Torbenson, New York, ohio, Root Beer, sacramento, San Francisco, Spieker, web, wicker
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Lash’s Bitters | San Francisco – Chicago – New York
Lash’s Bitters | San Francisco – Chicago – New York PART ONE | The Bottles 25 July 2014 (R•020621) I thought it would be nice to finally tackle the great, Lash’s Bitters brand that was incorporated in 1894 in San Francisco and expanded … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged bitters, chicago, Gourd, kidney, Lash's, Liver, Meyer, New York, San Francisco, Yates
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J. Grosman & Sons not J. Grossman & Sons
J. Grosman & Sons not J. Grossman & Sons New Orleans, Louisiana – Marshall, Texas and Dallas, Texas 25 July 2014 Ferdinand, enjoyed seeing you again at the Houston show, especially enjoyed the fish bitters in your display. I have attached two pictures pertaining … Continue reading
Posted in Druggist & Drugstore, History, Hutches, Questions, Soda Bottles
Tagged bottler, Cole, Dallas, David, fountain, Grosman, Grossman, Hiram, Hutchinson, Marshall, Moses, Soda, texas, water
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James’s W. Price’s Aromatic Stomach Bitters – New Orleans
James’s W. Price’s Aromatic Stomach Bitters – New Orleans 24 July 2014 (R•021615) (R•053015) Here is another extremely rare, New Orleans bottle from Courtney Frioux in New Orleans. I ran into Courtney this past weekend at the Houston Antique Bottle Show. We started talking about … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tonics
Tagged Belize, bitters, Corey, Courtney, Dallas, Frioux, James, Napoleonville, New Orleans, Price, Stock, Tonic
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An unlisted Old Hickory Celebrated Stomach Bitters – New Orleans
An unlisted Old Hickory Celebrated Stomach Bitters – New Orleans Simon Herrmann and Jacob Grossman 22 July 2014 (R•072314) (R•010515) (R•111716) (R•043019) Framed picture added from Glass Works Auctions. It was real nice running into and jawing with Courtney Frioux from New … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, History, Liquor Merchant, Revolutionary War
Tagged Andrew Jackson, bitters, Courtney Frioux, Germany, Grapico, Grossman, Herrmann, Hickory, Jacob, lady's, leg, Louisiana, Meyer, New Orleans, Old, Simon, suicide
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