Category Archives: Bottles and Extras

FOHBC Membership Contest – Win This Flask!

Posted on 10 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

WIN THIS FLASK ! GII-11 , 1/2 pint , pontiled, Eagle / Cornucopia, Pittsburgh made flask with beaded edges Jim Bender (FOHBC Membership Director) announced a contest to award a prize to any new member and renewal from 3 years … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Club News, Flasks, FOHBC News, Historical Flasks | Tagged Baltimore, Bob Ferraro, contest, Cornucopia, Eagle, fohbc, GII-11, Jim Bender, membership, Pam Selenak, Pittsburgh, Sheldon Baugh | Leave a comment

Daily Dose – January 2013

Posted on 3 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 3 Section dedicated to daily thoughts and interests Thursday, 31 January 2013 Wow, this month just went by so fast. Christmas seems so long ago. Back in Houston, dodged … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Daily Dose, Figural Bottles, Flasks, FOHBC News, History, Humor - Lighter Side, Museums, News, Postage, Spirits, Tax Stamps, Whiskey | Tagged Baltimore, Bill Taylor, bitters, Daily Dose, Drakes, fohbc, Galveston, Jeff Burkhardt, John April, Kansas City, Kentucky, Lexington, Michael Stresau, National Postal Museum, news, Pittsburgh | Leave a comment

33rd Annual Baltimore Bottle Show & Sale on 03 March 2013

Posted on 2 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A number of us from across the United States and across the pond are finalizing plans to attend the mega 33rd Annual Baltimore Bottle Show on 03 March 2013. For those of you that are not FOHBC members and do … Continue reading →

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An Alarming Trend with Bottle Clubs

Posted on 23 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Where are we without our bottle clubs? See a Listing of affiliated FOHBC Bottle Clubs This is the second e-mail that I have received from one of our important bottle clubs that concerns me greatly. I was able to touch … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Club News, FOHBC News, News, Peachridge Glass | Tagged Alan DeMaison, Bottle, Bottles and Extras, club, Dave Maryo, Ferdinand Meyer V, fohbc, Los Angeles, Peachridge Glass, Tom Grove | Leave a comment

Log Cabin Series – Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters

Posted on 22 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Log Cabin Series – Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters 22 December 2012 (R•052714) KELLY’S OLD CABIN BITTERS Kelly Brand Development The Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters is a dramatic example of a figural cabin with a story. With a number of great … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Tax Stamps, Whiskey | Tagged Belle Memphis, Bertrand, bitters, cabin, Colorado, Figural, Ft. Benton, Glassboro New Jersey, J. H. Garnhart & Co., James B. Kelly, John H. Garnhart, Kelly's, Log, Montana, New York, Old Cabin Bitters, President Grant, Ronald R. Switzer, St. Louis, Steve Sewell, Washington D.C., Whiskey, Whitney Glass Works | 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

Yankee Bottle Club – 2012 Keene NH Show Pictures

Posted on 7 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

It is now late Sunday afternoon and I am in Boston at the airport Marriott thinking back to the long weekend. While waiting to have breakfast with mega-collector Sandor Fuss (Denver) this morning, before the Yankee Bottle Show, I had a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Club News, Flasks, Historical Flasks, News, Photography | Tagged Bottle, Keene, New Hampshire, sandor fuss, show, Timoleon, Yankee | Leave a comment

The Many Layers of the FOHBC

Posted on 6 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Here is the new cover design for the exciting next issue of Bottles and Extras that will be arriving in members mail boxes by 01 November 2012. This issue will feature the great John Feldmann Bitters collection. Just another reason … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, News, Publications | Tagged bitters, Bottles and Extras, fohbc, John Feldmann, membership | Leave a comment

Stagecoach Stops and Bartletts Excelsior Bitters

Posted on 3 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Bartletts Excelsior Bitters – the only known example was found in the attic of a Stagecoach stop in Texas” Stagecoach Stops and Bartletts Excelsior Bitters 03 October 2012 As some of my closest bottle amigos know, I was fortunate enough … Continue reading →

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“I Heard it Through the Grapevine”

Posted on 19 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is the cover art for the single “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by the artist Marvin Gaye. Oh I heard it through the grapevine, Oh and I’m just about to lose my mind. Honey, honey yeah. I wanted … Continue reading →