Category Archives: Collectors & Collections

Stories from visits with the collectors and seeing their collections.

The pontiled Thuringer Aromatic Stomach Bitters

Posted on 10 July 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The pontiled Thuringer Aromatic Stomach Bitters 10 July 2014 I have this lonely Aromatic Stomach Bitters on my shelf that I know virtually nothing about. It is also embossed “Thuringer” and “Edwd. Brehm” on two other panels. It’s an old one … Continue reading →

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Syracuse Springs collection

Posted on 8 July 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Syracuse Springs collection 08 July 2014 Good Evening Ferd, I thoroughly enjoy Peachridge and thought you might want to post some pictures of my Syracuse Springs collection. I have 24 different examples (seven quarts, four half-pints, and thirteen pints). I … Continue reading →

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Looking at Severa’s Stomach Bitters from Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Posted on 7 July 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking at Severa’s Stomach Bitters from Cedar Rapids, Iowa 07 July 2014 Iowa has been in my bitters news lately with a question from Marlena VanHelsing on a labeled Dr. Von Hopf’s Curacao Tonic Bitters put out by Chamberlain & Company in Des Moines, … Continue reading →

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Look What I Found!

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Look What I Found! Pam Selenak 30 June 2014 So we stopped at an antique shop on the way to the Reno Antique Bottle show and Randy and I saw this demijohn case. Although it had Pacific Coast Glass Works … Continue reading →

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Harrison’s Columbian Ink Cylinders in the News

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Harrison’s Columbian Ink Cylinders in the News 27 June 2014 Two southern gentlemen, Mike Newman (Augusta) and Charles Aprill (New Orleans) have been posting some outstanding photographs of cylinder form, Harrison’s Columbian Ink bottles from Apollos W. Harrison in Philadelphia. … Continue reading →

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Hostetters Base Markings

Posted on 25 June 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hostetters Base Markings 25 June 2014 I have been consumed lately with digitally archiving past issues of Bottles and Extras for the FOHBC membership and came across this pretty cool article from Hostetters Bitters master, Richard Siri, from the Summer … Continue reading →

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Opening of Circa 1900 Drugstore Museum

Posted on 8 June 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Opening of Circa 1900 Drugstore Museum 08 June 2014 I was able to work with Terry McMurray on his full-page, inside back cover, advertisement within the FOHBC 2014 National Antique Bottle Show Souvenir Program. I didn’t know about his new … Continue reading →

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Dr. Mampe’s Herb Stomach Bitters from Oshkosh

Posted on 2 June 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Mampe’s Herb Stomach Bitters from Oshkosh 02 June 2014 (R•042919) After the pretty lady’s legs we’ve been looking at, I wanted to take a moment and look at a squat little fellow from Oshkosh, Wisconsin that is more like … Continue reading →

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May 2014 – Antique Bottle & Glass Photo Gallery

Posted on 1 June 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Here we go with the May 2014 group of pictures culled from a few of the web and Facebook sites that we all like. My favorite is the picture above from Chip Cable. What a great picture! Chip titles it “Some nice … Continue reading →

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The best Lady’s Leg in the Galaxy – Universe Bitters

Posted on 31 May 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The best Lady’s Leg in the Galaxy – Universe Bitters 31 May 2014 It was nice seeing the lady’s leg figural, Universe Bitters, from Louisville, Kentucky, at the top of the Top 25 Kentucky’s Rarest Bitter Bottles list. The bottle … Continue reading →

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