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Advice to Bottle ad Glass Collectors

TeaKettle Ink Price and Reference Guide

TeaKettle Ink Price and Reference Guide by Joe L. Mathews Jr. – 2016 26 July 2016 As noted within my Houston Antique Bottle Show report yesterday, I said I would be reporting on a new book by Joe Mathews called TeaKettle … Continue reading

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2016 Houston Bottle Show fun as usual!

2016 Houston Bottle Show fun as usual! 25 July 2016 The Houston Bottle Show is usually a tough one for me because it is usually a week or two before the Federation National Show (FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle … Continue reading

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Daily Dose | July 2016

July  |  2 0 1 6 28 July 2016 It is with great sadness that I report that Jerry & Helen Forbes, dear friends of ours, lost their house yesterday in the Soberanes Fire. Here is a PRG Facebook screen capture from last … Continue reading

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Daily Dose | May & June 2016

May & June  |  2 0 1 6 Monday – 23 May 2016 Leaving for Louisville here shortly. Massive restorations aqnd renovations at Peach Ridge. Deep into inconvenience. Here is that unlisted Dr. Duncan’s Stomach Bitters that closed on eBay last night. Bill … Continue reading

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Story of a Bottle

Story of a Bottle – Barkhouse Bros. & Co. Gold Dust Kentucky Bourbon 49er Bottle Jamboree 20 March 2016 (R•032416) In preparation for the Holabird Americana “49er Bottle Jamboree” Auction at the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, we … Continue reading

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Peachridge Glass: 2016 Select Mailbox Letters

Please feel free to send any antique bottle or glass questions to ferdinand@peachridgeglass.com. The information will be posted if relevant or of interest to the readers. I will try to answer or wait for another reader to respond. Quality images … Continue reading

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Daily Dose | February 2016

February  |  2 0 1 6 Monday, 29 February 2016 From Ken Previtali” Speaking of Balto, found this for you in my travels: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/eaa_A0427/ Read: Baltimore’s Iron Bitters – Brown Chemical Company Friday, 26 February 2016 Headed back to Houston on an early bird from … Continue reading

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Keeping an eye out for H.P Herb and Barto’s Great Gun Bitters at Hopewell Furnace

Keeping an eye out for H.P. Herb and Barto’s Great Gun Bitters at Hopewell Furnace 19 November 2015 I spent the past few days in Reading, Pennsylvania for business. Much of it in the downtown historic district. I could not … Continue reading

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A grouping of Clarke’s Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters

A grouping of Clarke’s Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters 11 November 2015 It seems like I am always moving bottles around because I am adding to the collection, dusting or just plain ole’ re-arranging. You see, bottles talk to each other and … Continue reading

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A most unusual free blown bottle

A most unusual free blown bottle 24 October 2015 Here are some really cool pictures and an email from Gene Baudouin about a most unusual free blown bottle. I posted it on the Peachridge Glass FaceBook page and the airwaves … Continue reading

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