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Cannon’s Bitters Study & Timeline – Washington, D.C.

Posted on 18 May 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Cannon’s Bitters Study & Timeline Washington D.C. 17 May 2019 (R•101420) With new material and research on Cannon’s Bitters, it seems like high time to re-look at this incredible brand. I thought I would lay out what I have discovered and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bitters, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged aqua, Ben Swanson, bitters, Blood, Box, broadside, Cannon, cannonball, Charles Stott, Digging, Druggist & Drugstore, dug, Dyspeptic, embossed, flag, Fort, Indian, label, pontil, Portrait, privy, purifier, Remedy, shards, Study, swords, timeline, Vegetable, W. M. Cannon, W. Morrow, Washington D.C., William M. Cannon, wrap | Leave a comment

Looking at Bitters in the Rheinstrom, Bettman, Johnson & Co. Presentation Book

Posted on 9 May 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking at Bitters in the Rheinstrom, Bettman, Johnson & Co. Presentation Book Cincinnati, Ohio 08 May 2019 As some of you may know, I been working with Bill Ham in getting the Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 book ready for publication. … Continue reading →

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Botanic Nerve Bitters – Herb Medicine Company, Philadelphia

Posted on 26 April 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Botanic Nerve Bitters Herb Medicine Company – Philadelphia 26 April 2019 I came across some nice pictures of a partially labeled (about 90% compete) Botanic Nerve Bitters bottle from a past eBay sale. The gentleman who sent the images felt … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy | Tagged Asparagus, bitters, Blood, Botanic, Buchu, cairn, company, Cure, drug, Herb, J. P. Miller, John, kidney, Liver, Medicine, Nerve, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Remedy, rooster, stones, store, Tonic, Trade Mark, watercress | Leave a comment

Plows Celebrated Sherry Bitters – Chicago

Posted on 21 April 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Plows Celebrated Sherry Bitters William J. Plows – Chicago 21 April 2019 (R•042219) Glass Works Auctions has a wonderful example of a figural Plows Sherry Bitters in their upcoming ‘Colors of Spring’ Catalog Auction #130. The bottle is pictured at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged advertisement, Auctions, B. H. Upham, bitters, Celebrated, Charles R. Smith, cluster, distilling, Edward, Figural, Glass, Grapentine, grapes, John Abel, Len S. Humiston, liquor, milwaukee, New York, Olivia, partners, partnership, Plows, rectifying, Saloon, Sherry, Sidney Genius, Ted Krist, Vienna Coffee, W. A. Plows, wholesale, William D. Harris, William J. Plows, Wine, Works, Zurich | Leave a comment

Watkins’ Celebrated & Invigorating Bitters, John R. Watkin’s, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Posted on 9 April 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Watkins’ Celebrated & Invigorating Bitters John R. Watkin’s – Lancaster, Pennsylvania 09 April 2019 I’ve had tucked away and stored in a digital folder, the upper-most advertisement for John R. Watkins, Agent, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Wines … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Bottling Works, History, liquor, Liquor Merchant | Tagged advertisement, agent, Bill Ham, bitters, Celebrated, Centre Square, dealer, domestic, foreign, Gen-De-Can-Dra, invigorating, John R. Watkins, lancaster, liquor, Margaret A. Kendig, monument, Penn Square, Pennsylvania, porter, raspberryade, retail, sailors, Soldier, Whiskey, wholesale, Wine | Leave a comment

The Cherokee Medicine Company – Galveston, Texas

Posted on 7 April 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Cherokee Medicine Company Galveston, Texas Is this Lueder “Louis” Koester? 07 April 2019 (Koester jug added late the same day) Advanced Texas bottle collector Brad Seigler recently sent me a picture of an aqua square embossed The Cherokee Medicine … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Sarsaparilla, Stoneware | Tagged A. J. Hunt, advertising, atlanta, austin, bottling, Brad Seigler, Brandon DeWolfe, Cherokee, cider, company, dealer, Dr. Brunt, Dr. R. Cotter, Dr. Tobin, Galveston, Georgia, Germany, Hurricane, IXL Sarsaparilla, J. G. Yeiser, Koester, liquor, Liver, louis, Lueder, Medicine, newspaper, Rood & Ross, Strand, texas, unlisted, wholesale, Wine | Leave a comment

Dr. D. Smith’s Wild Cherry Tonic Bitters

Posted on 28 March 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. D. Smith’s Wild Cherry Tonic Bitters 28 March 2019 Bill Ham emailed me with a new bitters listing regarding a bottle on eBay that closed last night. See Listing He already assigned the bottle a catalog number which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Digging and Finding, eBay, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tonics | Tagged Bill Ham, bitters, Charles G. Morrison, cherry, Dr. Smith, eBay, Gaston Delroy Smith, grocer, Smith & Morrison, Tonic, unlisted, Washington D.C., wild | Leave a comment

Reed Brothers – Dealers in Drugs & School Books

Posted on 7 March 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Reed Brothers – Dealers in Drugs & School Books Reed’s Celebrated Overland Bitters 07 March 2019 I like that, …”Dealers in Drugs & School Books” and also “Proprietors of Reed’s Celebrated Overland Bitters.” Here is another super tough, extremely rare … Continue reading →

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Garry Owen Strengthening Bitters – Ball, Lyons & Co.

Posted on 24 February 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Garry Owen Strengthening Bitters Ball, Lyons & Co. and I. L. Lyons & Co., New Orleans 24 February 2019 Did you know that Garry Owen Strengthening Bitters was named after an Irish tune for drinking and a quickstep dance? The … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged bitters, chemist, Columbia, Custer, dance, Druggist & Drugstore, Garry, grocer, Irish, Isaac Lazarus Lyons, Issac L. Lyons, Louisiana, New Orleans, Owen, South Carolina, Strengthening, tune, William Ball | Leave a comment

Khoosh Bitters – The Great Tonic of the Age

Posted on 22 February 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Khoosh Bitters The Great Tonic of the Age – The King of Bitters 22 February 2019 Not much attention is paid to Khoosh Bitters here in the United States as it is an English brand. I certainly understand collecting bottles … Continue reading →