Category Archives: Collectors & Collections

Stories from visits with the collectors and seeing their collections.

The “Blue-Green” Drakes Mystery

Posted on 3 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

T H E “B L U E – G R E E N” D R A K E S Updated 01 July 2013 A good marketing or advertising piece should catch your eye whether it is mailed, displayed or … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color, Figural Bottles, News, Questions | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, Bill Taylor, bitters, blue-green, cabin, Drakes, e-mail, ferdinand meyer, Fever, Figural, Fuss, Jeff Burkhardt, Jeff Wichmann, Jim Hagenbuch, John Feldmann, Meyer, Mike Henness, Plantation, sandor fuss, teal | 7 Comments

Historical Flasks worth watching in American Glass Gallery Auction #9

Posted on 2 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

American Glass Gallery | Auction #9 Just getting a notification today that American Glass Gallery has opened the Internet portal for their exciting Auction #9. I was also able to closely look at the auction catalog during my 3+ hour … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, News | Tagged American Glass Gallery, Anchor, Baltimore, Blaske, circled the folowing, Connecticut, Coventry, Eagle, flasks, Fleur-de-lis, George McKearin, GI-83, GI-84, GII-31, GIV-13a, GIV-14, GIX-41, GVIII-25, Historical, Jeff Noordsy, John Pastor, John Robinson, Kentucky, Lafayette, Louisville, Mark Vuono, maryland, Masonic, Moulded, Pattern, Paul Richards, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, sandor fuss, Scroll, Spiller, sunburst, Terry Gillis | Leave a comment

Skull Shaped Poison Bottles – A frightening favorite

Posted on 1 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

P O I S O N – P A T A P P L ‘ D F O R A skull and crossbones is a symbol consisting of a human skull and two long bones crossed … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, Poison Bottles | Tagged Carlton Lewe, Charles Aprill, Crossbones, Dustin Scott Baker, Emanuel Wynn, Francis Romanowski, John Odell, Poison, Skull, Toni Scholtz Johnston | Leave a comment

Capt. John B. Morris Occupational Shaving Mug

Posted on 1 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand: I did get an interesting barber related piece this month. We were in Florida on vacation and I got a phone call from a friend of mine who said he heard a nice occupational shaving mug turned up at a … Continue reading →

Posted in Barber Bottles, Collectors & Collections, FOHBC News, Hair Tonics, History, Shaving Mugs | Tagged barber, Captain, Charles A. Smith, Jack Hewitt, John B. Morris, Mug, Philadelphia, Shaving, ship | Leave a comment

The Bodeker Brothers brand – killer bitters from Richmond!!

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Incoming Peachridge Glass facebook picture (above) and question from Tom Leveille. The Bodeker Brothers brand – killer bitters from Richmond!! Are you familiar with this bitters? TOM LEVEILLE (NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA) 29 October 2012 (R•020214) I like it when I get … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Andrea Mehrlander, Anna Whitehead, August Bodeker, bitters, Bodeker, Brothers, Civil War, Constitution, George H. Bodeker, Germany, Hanover, Henry Bodeker, Joseph K. Lee, Meyer, Phoebe Pember, Richmond, Sally Tompkins, Tom Leveille, Virginia | Leave a comment

Saint George the Dragon Slayer – Not only on Hostetter’s

Posted on 25 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Saint George the Dragon Slayer – Not only on Hostetter’s 25 October 2012 (R•051015) The recent post of a picture of a Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters and a New Factory Smoking Tobacco can (see below) by Steve Ketcham has prompted … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Art & Architecture, Bitters, Breweriana, Collectors & Collections, Currency, Ephemera, History, Postage | Tagged bitters, Celebrated, Dragon, Hostetter, Hostetter's, New Factory, princess, Saint George, Slayer, Smoking, St. George, Steve Ketcham, Stomach, tobacco | Leave a comment

John Panella and his special Dr. DeGurley’s Herb Bitters

Posted on 25 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

John Panella and his special Dr. Degurley’s Herb Bitters The extremely rare, Dr. DeGurley’s Herb Bitters – Baltimore 25 October 2012 (R•052915) Peachridge Glass and the bottle and glass collecting community would like to thank John Panella for opening up and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Facebook, News | Tagged bitters, Brian Shultis, Chris Rowell, Dana Charlton-Zarro, Digging, Dr. DeGurley's, fohbc, Herb, Jim Hagenbuch, John Panella, Long Island Bottle Club, New Yory | 1 Comment

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

Bowls of Color at the end of Autumn

Posted on 24 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“I was taking pics and this came down and landed in the bowl…” RICK CIRALLI Posting some refreshingly different utilitarian bowls in a variety of autumn colors. Kudos to Rick Ciralli, his passion for glass and for sharing these wonderful … Continue reading →