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.
Chattanooga National Bitters Spotting 19 August 2015 (R•082015) As busy as I was at the FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show, I certainly had the opportunity to see some nice bitters on the floor, under the tables, in the … Continue reading →
Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Display, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, Medicines & Cures, News, Tonics
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Tagged Apple, Arabia, Argyle, auction, Augusta, Barrel, Beatty, bitters, cabin, Chattanooga, Crowe, Dexter, display, Domingo, Eagle, Ebbert, Figural, fish, Forbes, Francis, Gilbert's, golden, Highland, Holis, Hostetter, IXL, jaundice, Kimball's, Leriemondie, Lippman's, Loveridge, Meyer, Mississippi, Missouri, national, Old, OOSB, Queen, Rivaud's, rock, rolling, Russ, Rye, Sachem, Savannah, show, Shultis, Solomons, Southern, spotting, thunder, Toneco, Tonic, Victoria, Wahoo, Wiggins, Wiggs, Wigwam, Winfree
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August | 2 0 1 5 Monday, 31 August 2015 Frank Wicker sent the above pictures (which I have cropped in Photoshop) of a Vigor Bitter & Invogorating Tonic saying, “Hi Ferdinand, Have you ever seen one of these? This one is … Continue reading →
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Tagged Daily, Dose, news
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Tyler’s Standard American Bitters – New Haven, CT 22 July 2015 (R•072615) (R•040816) I have pretty much been overwhelmed with business, the upcoming 2015 Chattanooga National and the 2016 Sacramento National. Traveling every day of the week, so thinking about … Continue reading →
The Mike Dickman Collection I stumbled into a “bottle and barbed wire show” in Albuquerque 14 July 2015 Nice to hear from Mike Dickman here from Santa Fe, New Mexico which may be my favorite place to visit in the United … Continue reading →
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Display, Figural Bottles, Mineral Water, Photography, Poison Bottles
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Tagged Albuquerque, bitters, collection, Dickman, Figural, fohbc, Mike, New Mexico, photography, Poison, Santa Fe
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Really glad I made it to the 2015 Houston Antique Bottle Show 13 July 2015 As I sit here around dinner time in Greenville, South Carolina, on this fine Sunday evening, I am reflecting on the great time I had … Continue reading →
Posted in Bitters, Club News, Cologne, Figural Bottles, History, News
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Tagged 2015, Alicia, book, booth, Bottle, Bunker, Cowman, Dan, hill, Houston, Indian, Isabella, monument, Neatherlin, Queen, scrap, show
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July | 2 0 1 5 Wednesday, 29 July 2015 Leaving 1:30 this AM for Chattanooga. This show will be really big. Tons of Southern glass. Sorry for not keeping this area of the site up to date. Traveling just about … Continue reading →
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Dr. McTaggart’s Liver Bitters – Bridgeton, NJ Only known example was found in a home of a New Jersey glass blower 24 June 2015 Here is a really cool monogramed bottle sitting long on one of my bitters shelves that hardly … Continue reading →
Posted in Bitters, History, Legal, Medicines & Cures, Questions
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Tagged Altoona, bitters, Bridgeton, Franklin, legal, Liver, McTaggart, Miles, monogram, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Scotland, Scranton, stealing, Strickhart, Wilkes-Barre
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What is Boonekamp? 14 June 2015 As a bitters collector, I often wondered what Boonekamp meant? In the early years of collecting, I thought is was a brand but later realized that many brands of bitters used Boonekamp in their name. Boonekamp is … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Liqueurs, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Spirits, Trade Cards
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Tagged bitters, Boonekamp, Gautier, Gourd, Ham, Holland, Jacquin, Leidschendam, liqueur, Lloyd, Luyties, Magen, Marcus, Stomach, style, Underberg, Underberg-Albrecht, Van de Wart
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Dr. Huntington’s Golden Tonic Bitters – Portland, Maine With a Lot of Character & Critters 12 June 2015 (R•062015) (R•081418) (R•092018) (R•062719) Gary Beatty, as he sometimes does, called to ask me about a bitters bottle he was considering adding to … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards
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Tagged Alpheus, Bankrupt, Beatty, bitters, Bruen, chewing, Doctor, Fred, Gary, golden, Gourd, gum, Heckler, Huntington, Jack, Kernozicky, Maine, McGuire, Meyer, Pinchot, Portland, Sam Fuller, spruce, Tonic, veterinarian
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Oliver O. Woodman’s Sarsaparilla – Vicksburg, Mississippi 06 June 2015 (R•062017) Yesterday we were in Mississippi posting on the Dr. Emanuel’s Sarsaparilla which is a great pontiled bottle from Vicksburg, probably dating to the 1840s. It is pictured below. That post prompted an e-mail which … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Sarsaparilla, Syrup
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Tagged affair, Astringrent, Asylum, Billings, bitters, Bottle, Brumitt, Carminative, Caroline, Chris, Court, divorce, Druggist & Drugstore, Furniss, Gardner, Jarvis, lunatic, Maine, Mississippi, New Orleans, Oliver, Otis, Paris, pontil, romance, Sarsaparilla, Syrup, Vicksburg, Virginia, Wine, Woodman
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