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, Inc., 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. Ferdinand 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 gardening (Peachridge Gardens), antiques (Peachridge Collections), and early United States postage stamps. Ferdinand is the past three-term president of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, a long-time board member, FOHBC 2021 Hall of Fame, and one of the founding members of the FOHBC Virtual Museum.
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S.F. Gaslight Ammonia now Greer’s Washing Ammonia? 23 April 2011 On my visit to see the Robert Frank Collection late last year in Lompoc, California I was drawn to this beautiful, light canary yellow bottle in one of his display … Continue reading →
While visiting with the prominent collector Sandor Fuss this past week in Denver, I again was struck by the beauty, size and color of the famous Harrison’s Columbia Ink. This big ink would dominate any other display setting but somehow … Continue reading →
Two Sexy Ladies – Cassin’s Grape Brandy Bitters 23 April 2011 On a trip out west to visit the prominent collector Robert Frank late last year, I was able to see and hold two of my most favorite Bitters bottles … Continue reading →
Young America or Young Frankenstein? 21 April 2011 (R•110914) (R•111014) Along with collecting and specializing in the beautiful color runs, I cherish the freakish and absurdly crude, rare and x-rare bitters squares. This example of a Young America Stomach Bitters … Continue reading →
Posted in Bitters, eBay, History, Humor - Lighter Side, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures
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Tagged bitters, eBay, Isham, Meyer, Meyer Collection, milwaukee, Rindskopf & Bro, Wisconsin, Young America Stomach Bitters, Young Frankenstein
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Just in from Dave Maryo (FOHBC Western Region Director and President Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club) who with his wife Cindy, just visited the Getty Villa in Malibu this past weekend to see the Greek and Roman glass on display. … Continue reading →
Posted in Ancient Glass, Art & Architecture, Club News, Collectors & Collections, History, Museums
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Tagged Byzantine, Dave Maryo, Early Glass, Egypt, Erwin Oppenlander, fohbc, Getty Villa, Greek, Greek and Roman Glass, LAHBC, Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club, Malibu, Mesopotamia
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***This just in from West Coast Marble Collector and Dealer Bill O’Conner… Watch Video This film was “lost” for many years. It was the first 35mm film ever that has come to light. It was taken by a camera mounted … Continue reading →
I have been snatching up extremely rare square and rectangular Bitters Bottles on eBay for years and have been doing pretty well. This was not the case last night, Sunday, 17 April 2011. I had been watching this R/H U5 … Continue reading →
**email from Jeff Burkhardt to Ferdinand Meyer 17 April 2011…regarding our respective Lightning Rod Ball collections… Ferdinand- You got balls, I got balls, but do ‘ya have these balls? Yes, the 5-1/2″ POINT PLEAT is a “big-boy”. It dwarfs “big” … Continue reading →
BROMO SELTZER As a child growing up in Baltimore, you couldn’t help to not notice the abundance of the pretty blue Bromo-Seltzer bottles or hear the jingle from their repeating ads. Even trips downtown, led your eyes to the wonderful … Continue reading →
Posted in Article Publications, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures
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Tagged Baltimore, blue, Bromo-Seltzer, Bromo-Seltzer Tower, Cecil Munsey, Emerson Drug Company, Isaac E. Emerson, maryland, sodium bromide
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