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Author Archives: Ferdinand Meyer V
Tincture of Centaury Bitters – Bernheim Brothers & Uri
Tincture of Centaury Bitters – Bernheim Brothers & Uri Louisville, Kentucky 20 January 2019 If you go to the I.W. Harper website and visit the history menu on the banner, the following opening screen reads, “THE I.W. HARPER LEGACY, A … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, liquor, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Spirits, Tonics, Whiskey
Tagged Acorn, Antique, Bernard Bernheim, Bernheim Brothers, Blood, Bottle, Bourbon, Centaury, chicago, Cure, Distillery, Germany, I.W. Bernheim, I.W. Harper, Isaac Wolfe Bernheim, Jerry Phelps, John Hill, Kentucky, legacy, legend, liquor, Livingston, Louisville, Medicine, merchant, Nathan M. Uri, Oak, Paducah, purifier, rectifier, spirits, Stomach, Tincture, Tonic, Uri, Whiskey, whisky
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Congress Bitters – The Great American Tonic!
Congress Bitters – The Great American Tonic! Dundas Dick & Co. – New York 15 January 2019 I have an amber rectangular embossed Congress Bitters bottle in my collection (pictured at the top of post) that I know nothing about. … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Scams & Frauds, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged advertising, american, bitters, Bottle, Brooklyn, Broome, calendar, Capitol, capsules, castor oil, chemist, Congress, croton oil, Cure, Domenico Minneill, Druggist & Drugstore, Dundas Dick, Edinburgh, Fraud, J. C. Saur, Joe Gourd, Medicine, New York, pills, Poison, powders, Quinine, Remedy, Sandalwood, Schumacher & Ettlinger, Scotland, Seidlitine, Seidlitz, Tape worm, Thermaline, Tonic, Wooster
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Excelsior Stomach Bitters – Rose’s Drug Store, Westminster, Maryland
Excelsior Stomach Bitters – Rose’s Drug Store Westminster, Maryland 04 January 2019 (R•041019) Here is an advertisement below for a possibly unlisted Excelsior Stomach Bitters that I came across during research for the Excelsior Stomach Bitters post from St. John, … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions
Tagged A. H. Huber, Antique, Baltimore, bitters, Bottle, butcher, Carroll, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, Excelsior, fountain, Huber and Royer, John J. Rose, Main, maryland, Randolph Wehler, Soda, Stomach, store, Street, Westminster
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Daily Dose | 2019
January – April | 2019 30 April 2019 | Tuesday Working with some outstanding images from the great Ben Swanson collection of medical ephemera. In this case it is for unlisted bitters material. The new listings are as follows: Advertising … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Daily Dose, News
Tagged Acme, Ball, beacon, Billings, Blackstone, Blood, Brazilian, Daily, Dose, Excelsior Stomach Bitters, Jamaica, Joe Gourd, Lauderbach, Mario Pisterzi, Mitchell, news, Otto Sonnenschein, Polo, Rose's Drug Store, rum, San Gento
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Excelsior Stomach Bitters – Drs. Ault and McGavern – St. John, Iowa
Excelsior Stomach Bitters – Drs. Ault and McGavern St. John, Iowa 01 January 2019 I recently received, reviewed and responded to a couple of emails and newspaper clippings from Mark Wiseman, a well-known antique bottle collector from Iowa that included … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions
Tagged Adam Thompson Ault, Alfred Hammer, Alvin G. Hammer, bitters, Captain, Cemical, Civil War, County, Des Moines, Doctor, drugs, Excelsior, George Henry McGavern, hardware, Harlan, Harrison, Iowa, Lucinda Fosnancht, Mark Wiseman, McGavern & Hull, Medicine, Missouri Valley, ohio, Pennsylvania, physician, Pioneer, Robert McGavern, Shelby, Sioux City, Smith & Moore, St. John, Stomach, store, unlisted, Wapello
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Dr. Thomas A. Hurley’s Stomach Bitters – Louisville
Dr. Thomas A. Hurley’s Stomach Bitters – Louisville 29 December 2018 The Hurley’s Stomach Bitters bottle is rated extremely rare and is from Louisville, Kentucky. My example is pictured at the top of this post. There is actually a variant … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Sarsaparilla
Tagged advertising, Antique, Apothecary, bitters, Bottle, card, Doctor, Druggist & Drugstore, J. Walker Seaton, James Ruddle, Joe Gourd, Kentucky, Louisville, maryland, Medicine, Patent, physician, Sarsaparilla, Stomach, Susan M. Rogers, Tennessee, Thomas A. Hurley, trade, unlisted
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The 1948 Prince Cantacuzène Collection of Early American Bottles and Flasks
The 1948 Prince Cantacuzène Collection of Early American Bottles and Flasks 28 December 2018 Chris Hartz sent me and some fellow collectors the following email regarding the 1948 Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène (pictured above) collection of early American bottles and flasks. … Continue reading
Riddle, Fuller & Co. selling Celebrated California Bitters?
Riddle, Fuller & Co. selling Celebrated California Bitters? Council Bluffs, Iowa 27 December 2018 I recently received a couple of emails and newspaper clippings from Mark Wiseman, a experienced bottle collector from Iowa that included advertisements for unlisted bitters including Adler’s … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, liquor, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Spirits
Tagged advertisement, agent, Antique, bitters, Bottle, Broadway, california, Celebrated, Council Bluffs, dealer, Dr. Henley, Fuller, Furman, Iowa, IXL, judge, Kentucky, liquor, merchant, newspaper, Palmer's Block, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pottawattamie, Riddle, Samuel H. Riddle, sole, Wine
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R.C. Ridgway & Co. Lady’s Leg – Philadelphia
R.C. Ridgway & Co. Lady’s Leg – Philadelphia 24 December 2018 I received the email below and pictures of an exciting new find from Robert Biro that I thought I would share. I was curious who R.C. Ridgway was? It … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, History, Spirits, Wine & Champagne
Tagged Antique, Black, Bottle, broker, Continental, dug, email, found, George, Glass, Hotel, iron, lady's leg, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, pontil, R C Ridgway, real estate, Richard C. Ridgway, Robert Biro, Savannah, Whitney
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Use Dr. Henley’s Celebrated California IXL Bitters
Use Dr. Henley’s Celebrated California IXL Bitters 21 December 2018 Dr. William Henley is associated with a wide variety of products ranging from bitters to various types of patent medicines. His bitters bottles, typically round cylinders, are highly prized collectibles … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bitters, Color Runs, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged Antique, antique bottle, Arpad Haraszthy, bitters, Bottle, california, Celebrated, Color, Cure, Doctor, Dr. Henley, Druggist & Drugstore, Edward Vollmer, Eric McGuire, Eye Opener, Grape, grower, Isador Landsberger, IXL, Joe Gourd, Louis Gross, Medicine, Nevada, oculist, ok, oregon, physician, Portland, Root, San Francisco, Simon & Henry Epstein, Stephen Hubbell, Tonic, William Henley, Wine
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