Category Archives: Bottle Shows

Stories from upcoming and past bottle shows

OK Plantation Bitters – the “Big Boys”

Posted on 11 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

O K P L A N T A T I O N B I T T E R S the “B I G B O Y S” If you remember, some time back, towards the end … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Facebook, Figural Bottles | Tagged 1840, 1863, 1868, Big Boy, Bob Currens, Brian Shultis, cabin, Dale Santos, Ed Barber, ferdinand meyer, Figural, Greg Sweet, Heckler, Jack Stecher, Jeff Noordsy, John Feldmann, John Panella, Ken Aldrich, Kentucky, locomotive, Mark Warne, Model Railroader, Odyssey, OK Plantation Bitters, Rick Ciralli, Tami Barber, Union Pacific, Vermont, White River Junction | 3 Comments

Could we have a 2016 Mega Expo and a 2020 International Antique Glass Festival?

Posted on 9 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferdinand, I went to the Springfield Insulator show last weekend and was approached by three different high end insulator people about exploring the possibility of the Federation and NIA getting together in the future to collaborate on a national … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Breweriana, Club News, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, Fruit Jars, Insulators, News, Perfume, Poison Bottles, Questions, Soda Water | Tagged APBCA, Event, Expo, festival, fohbc, international, Jamie Houdeshell, NAMBC, national, NIA, Quilt, show, VBCA | 5 Comments

Looking at Daly’s Aromatic Valley Whisky…with Sandy

Posted on 26 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Northeast in crosshairs of ‘superstorm’ Sandy Looking at Daly’s Aromatic Valley Whisky…with Sandy 26 October 2012 I sit in my room with my grandson Nicolas at a resort on the seventh floor of a beach-front condominium on the outer banks … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Early American Glass, History, Medicines & Cures, News, Questions, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Aromatic, Brian Wolff, california, Daly's, Hurricane, Jeff Noordsy, Louisiana, Michael George, New York, North Carolina, Sandy, texas, Valley, weather, Whiskey, whisky, Wrightsville Beach | 2 Comments

FOHBC 2009 Pomona National Display Videos

Posted on 25 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

F O H B C D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Alan DeMaison (FOHBC Business Manager pictured to left) has been working hard of late putting together videos of the displays … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Bottling Works, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Demijohns, Digging and Finding, Display, Early American Glass, Flasks, FOHBC News, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, Hutches, Jelly & Jam, News, Photography, Pottery | Tagged Alan DeMaison, american, Bob Ferraro, Bottle, california, Carboys, Covered, David Hall, Demijohns, Denver, Dick Homme, display, Elaine DeMaison, flasks, fohbc, Graveyard, Historical, hutch, Hutchinson, jars, Jelly & Jam, Lance Westfall, national, Native, Nevada, Pomona, Pottery, Richard Siri, richard tucker, video | Leave a comment

Native American Covered Antique Bottles – Pamona National

Posted on 21 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

F O H B C D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Native American Covered Antique Bottles Richard and Beverely Siri Alan DeMaison (FOHBC Business Manager pictured to left) has been working … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Architecture, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Display, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, History | Tagged Alan DeMaison, american, Beverely Siri, bottles, california, Covered, Elizabeth Meyer, fohbc, Native, Pamona, Richard Siri, Santa Rosa | Leave a comment

Quack Pot Lids Display (Australia to Reno)

Posted on 15 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Quack Pot Lids – Rex and Joanna Barber West Australia, Australia Here is the next in the series of expanded coverage of the wonderful displays at the 2012 … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Display, Druggist & Drugstore, FOHBC News, History, Medicines & Cures, Photography, Pot Lids | Tagged Australia, Doug Potts, Expo, fohbc, Joanna Barber, Medicine, Pot Lids, quack, Reno, Rex Barber, Scott Selenak | Leave a comment

W.H. Hutchinson Display – Reno Expo

Posted on 14 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

D I S P L A Y S E R I E S W.H. Hutchinson – Zang Wood Read More: Three HutchBook Milestones Here is the next in the series of expanded coverage of the wonderful displays at the 2012 FOHBC Reno … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Bottling Works, Club News, Collectors & Collections, FOHBC News, Hutches, Soda Water, Technology | 2 Comments

Cigar & Tobacco Jar Display at the Reno Expo

Posted on 14 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Cigar & Tobacco Jars – Dennis Rogers (see Alan DeMaison Video of Dennis and his display) Here is the next in the series of expanded coverage of the wonderful displays … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Display, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, FOHBC News, Photography, Tobacco | Tagged cigar, Dennis Rogers, display, Expo, fohbc, jar, Reno, Scott Selenak, tobacco | Leave a comment

The Barns Miniature Bottle Display

Posted on 14 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Here is the next in the series of expanded coverage of the wonderful displays at the 2012 FOHBC Reno Expo. These pictures of Ron & Jeanette Barns ‘Miniature … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Flasks, FOHBC News, Miniatures, Photography, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged bottles, display, Expo, fohbc, Jeanette Barns, miniature, Reno, Ron Barns | 2 Comments

E.G. Booz and North American Log Cabins Too!

Posted on 13 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

D I S P L A Y S E R I E S E.G. Booz and North American Log Cabins Too! 13 October 2012 Now that I have been able to catch my breath with the summer ending and … Continue reading →