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.
Another Patended Landsberg Bottle by James Viguerie 04 February 2014 (R•021214) (R•121318 -New Example) While going through my copies of bitters patents today I thought I had accidentally made two copies of the Landsberg’s patent (see Figs: 1 & 2 … Continue reading →
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, History
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Tagged bitters, Bottle, Century, chicago, design, Landsberg, Moses, New York, Patent, sphinx, St. Louis, Viguerie
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Dr. Thos. H. Barnes Anti-Dyspeptic & Family Bitters Keeping House & Selling Bitters 03 February 2014 (R•031815) (R•030519) James Viguerie mentioned in a recent e-mail, “For example for B 25 (Dr. Thos. H. Barnes Anti-Dyspeptic & Family Bitters), I have the full patent … Continue reading →
Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Publications, Questions, Trade Cards
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Tagged Barnes, bitters, Dyspeptic, family, Gourd, house, housekeeping, keeping, Lafayette, Medicine, Patent, physician, Sarah, Tony Pagano, Viguerie, Virginia
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Looking forward to Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 02 February 2014 (Updated 09 February 2014 with Bill Ham Response) The following e-mail came in from James Viguerie that poses some questions that some of you may be wondering yourselves. Bill will be … Continue reading →
Posted in Advice, Bitters, History, News, Peachridge Glass, Publications, Questions
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Tagged Bill, bitters, bottles, Carlyn, Ham, labeled, research, ring, supplement, unlisted, Viguerie
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The only (as of now) Harz Mountain Herb Bitters 02 February 2014 Making an appearance at the Glass Works “Cabin Fever” Potpourri Auction is the ‘one and only’ (at least as far as bitters collectors are aware) Harz Mountain Herb Bitters. … Continue reading →
Posted in Auction News, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant
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Tagged Astzschner, bitters, Cleveland, Dessau, Feldmann, Germany, Godfrey, Hartz, Harz, Herb, liquor, Mountain, ohio, Saxony-Anhalt, Trommlitz, Wilhelm, William
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Moutoux’s German Stomach Bitters 02 February 2014 by James Viguerie While doing research on an unlisted bitters I came across yet another unlisted bitters in an Indiana newspaper. As the first bitters will take a little more time to research, … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions
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Tagged bitters, california, Cannelton, Drugstore, German, indiana, Jasper, Moutoux, oakland, Paine's Celery Compound, pharmacy, Purdue, Stomach, Viguerie
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February 2 0 1 4 Friday, 28 February 2014 Hello Ferd, Our show is coming up, a little earlier this year. Hoping you can list us when you get a chance. Snowing right now. Reggie researching daily. Old topo maps overlaid on … Continue reading →
Posted in Daily Dose
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Tagged Daily, Dose, Simi
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Here we go with the January 2014 group of pictures culled from a few of the web and Facebook sites that we all like. I really enjoy the sunlight, shadows and reflections in some of these pictures. Truly some spectacular settings. … Continue reading →
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, News, Photography
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Tagged Ainsworth, Aprill, Cal49er, display, George, Gronquist, Hartz, Holzwarth, Joseph, Levanti, Marshall, Mello, Olson, photography, Richter, Shultis, Yantis
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L.Q.C. Wishart’s Pine Tree Tar Cordial with the Poison Label! 31 January 2014 I like it when an example of a re-purposed bottle shows up at an auction or on ebay. They are fun to look at and add ‘personality’ … Continue reading →
Posted in Civil War, Cordial, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, History, Medicines & Cures, Poison Bottles
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Tagged Cordial, Daison, Delos, Drake, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, Horace, L.Q.C., label, Leander, Michigan, physician, Pine, Poison, tree, Wishart
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Hot on the trail of the elusive O.O.S.B. 31 January 2014 Yet more information on Our Own Southern Bitters from James Viguerie. As you know, Eric McGuire provided information yesterday on this bitters. Yes, this post is abtly named, “Hot … Continue reading →
A. Slager – Manufacturer of German Vegetable Stomach Bitters Queensware & Bitters 30 January 2014 I was looking around an old 1865 Memphis business directory the other day and found this A. Slager, Dealer in Queensware and Manufacturer of German Vegetable … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Dinnerware, History, Lamps, Questions
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Tagged Abraham, atlanta, bitters, china, German, Glass, Ham, Hirsch, Memphis, Peobody, Poplar, queensware, Slager, Stomach, Vegetable
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