Category Archives: Article Publications

Bottles and Glass Articles and Related Advertising – Ferdinand Meyer V

Unlisted Morning Call Bitters

Unlisted Morning Call Bitters 30 July 2011 By now, I suppose many of you have heard about the unlisted Morning Call Bitters that I was fortunate enough to win at the FOHBC live auction at the 2011 FOHBC Memphis National … Continue reading

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Patent-Medicine Themed Patriotic Covers from the Civil War!

Do you have a bottle of “Uncle Sam’s Infallible Remedy”? How about “Lincoln’s Renowned Rebel Exterminator”? I bet you don’t! Check out some fun patent-medicine themed patriotic covers from the Civil War! Read the rest from noted Civil War author … Continue reading

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Drake’s Plantation Bitters Article Raises Serious Questions – Cecil Munsey, PhD

Drake’s Plantation Bitters Article Raises Serious Questions! Read at CecilMunsey.com *Search for Drakes on Site “COMPLIMENTARY TIDINGS” with regard to BOTTLES AND THEIR HISTORY FROM Cecil Munsey, PhD Website: http://www.CecilMunsey.com Email: CecilMunsey@cox.net Cecil Munsey, PhD – Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs … Continue reading

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Pond’s Bitters and Jim Schmidt’s Civil War Medicine Blog

Jim Schmidt has recently joined the FOHBC and while sending his membership on, I noticed he was from the Houston area! He is a Civil War authority and really into Civil War Medicine. Bingo! Boy has he found the right … Continue reading

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Bininger’s Night Cap Flask

Bininger’s Night Cap Flask 01 July 2011 I bet most of you have not seen one of these bottles before. I know I hadn’t…until this past Wednesday at Jim and Lynn Mitchell’s house outside of Tampa. I believe this Bininger’s … Continue reading

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California Wine Depot and The A.M. Smith Flask Bottle

It is nice in these Dog Days of Summer, and it has been hot in Houston with another series of 100 degree days, to see that Jeff Wichmann can keep us fresh with new Bottle News. His Bottle of the … Continue reading

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Outhouse diggers: Looking for gold(en bottles) in Butte

My friend James Campiglia sent me some nice bottle PR he’s getting up in Montana. Keep me posted and good luck! An email and link is noted below: Hello Ferd, Look at this nice bit of publicity we got. Not many … Continue reading

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The Breweries of Clinton, Iowa

Read about Mark Wiseman’s purchase of two crown top beer bottles from the Tritschler & Tiesse Brewery in Clinton, Iowa during the auction of the late Bill Wharff’s collection several years ago that led him to co-author an article in … Continue reading

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Treasures by the Yard Found in Pensacolians’ Backyard

Amateur archaeologists unearth the city’s history… Noted on Findlay Antique Bottle Club 18 May 2011 E-Newsletter From the Pensacola News Journal

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Surprise Bottle Article in Martha Stewart Living

At the FOHBC National Show in Wilmington, Ohio last year, Jeanine Burkardt (wife of collector Jeff Burkhardt) came to my sales table and proudly showed me her copy of the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living (August 2010). This eight page spread had wonderful … Continue reading

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