Category Archives: Color Runs

Picture of great color runs.

My Bottle Room – Dick Andre

Posted on 16 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand, I’ve been meaning to contact you for a while now to say thanks for putting together and maintaining your website – you’re a real credit to the hobby. I grew up digging in dumps around the Philadelphia area in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, FOHBC News, Gin, Medicines & Cures, Milk Glass, Photography, Poison Bottles, Windows | Tagged bottle room, case gin, Dick Andre, Dr. Kennedy's Medical Discovery, dutch, Philadelphia, Prof Hubert's Malvina Lotion, texas, The Woodlands, Warner's Safe Cure | Leave a comment

2012 Houston Antique Bottle Show – Rain or Shine!

Posted on 15 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

2012 Houston Antique Bottle Show – Rain or Shine! 15 July 2012 Well I missed the Friday ‘early bird’ set-up because my flight from the East Coast was 8 hours late and our airports were shut down for a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, Medicines & Cures, Painted Label, Soda Bottles | Tagged bitters, Brad Seigler, Dan Cowman, David Cole, Drakes, ferdinand meyer, fohbc, Houston Bottle Shoe, Jim Schmidt, Lincoln Tea, Medicines, weather | 1 Comment

I brought a few of my Drakes to the Houston Show

Posted on 15 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“the casual show goer must have walked by our tables and figured green drakes are a dime a dozen” I brought a few of my Drakes to the Houston Show 15 July 2012 To support the Houston group, and to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles | Tagged bitters, Dan Cowman, Drake's Plantation Bitters, Drakes, Houston, Plantation | 2 Comments

Barrel Series – Wormser Bros San Francisco

Posted on 13 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

WORMSER BROS | SAN FRANCISCO OK, let’s knock out this great Wormser Brothers figural barrel that I have posted about before on Peachridge Glass. This “belly button”, “bulls-eye” or “bunghole” barrel, with the much desired San Francisco embossing, is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, Whiskey | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, Barrel, bitters, Don Dwyer, Figural, Isaac Wormser, Jeff Wichmann, Lewis Wormser, Rick Simi, San Francisco, Whiskey, Wormser Brothers | Leave a comment

Nevada Bottle Pics to help prime the Reno Expo!

Posted on 9 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferdinand, Here’s a few pictures of 6 Nevada sodas (and a couple extra of a crude & bubbly green WS Wright). Maybe some other collectors can send in some of their favorite Nevada bottle pics to help prime the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, FOHBC News, News, Soda Water | Tagged Bremenkampf & Regli, Dennis Bray, Eureka, Nevada, Pacific Glass Works, Pioneer Brown & Company, Soda Water, Stephens & Jose, Virginia City, W.S. Wright | Leave a comment

Barrel Series – Old Sachem Bitters and Wigwam Tonic

Posted on 8 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

From an old Indian recipe in possession of the family of the proprietor for upwards of a century is now offered to the public as one of the most healthy and wholesale beverages extant and as a tonic is unsurpassed. OLD … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged Barrel, bitters, Carlyn Ring, Color, Dick Watson, Figural Bitters, George Goodwin, George Hunnewell, Jeff Noordsy, John Feldmann, Major & Knapp, Meyer Collection, Mike Henness, New York, Noel Thomas, Old Sachem, run, Sarony, Wigwam Tonic, William B. Hibbard, William Goodrich | 2 Comments

Barrel Series – Turner Brothers New York & San Francisco

Posted on 7 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

TURNER BROTHERS | NEW YORK 07 July 2012 (R•081414 with information from Ann Huberty Duncan who is a direct descendent of the Turner Brothers) (R•091516 – Ferraro example) (R•042019 – 3 part advertisement) (R•091219 – Advertising Cover) The Turner Brothers New York … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, Whiskey | Tagged Barrel, Buffalo, Figural, McMillan and Kester, New York, Norman C. Heckler, Rick Simi, Robert Turner, San Francisco, Turner Brothers, Turner's Forest Wine Bitters | 1 Comment

Figural Barrel Series – Hall’s Bitters

Posted on 4 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

HALL’S BITTERS | E.E. HALL NEW HAVEN | ESTABLISHED 1842 04 July 2012 (R•011715) (R•091516) Today I will start a new series on Figural Barrels akin to the previous Fancy Squares, Figural Pig or Figural Cannon Series. With an … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles | Tagged Barrel, Connecticut, Edward E. Hall, Figural, GreatAntiqueBottles.com, grocer, Halls Bitters, Jack Stecher, Meyer Collection, New Haven, Norman C. Heckler | 3 Comments

R. & G. A. Wright – Great Gun Cologne

Posted on 22 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

R. & G. A. Wright – Great Gun Cologne 22 June 2012 The latest addition to the figural cannon series was a tough one as this figural bottle is extremely rare and pictures difficult to come by. I saw my … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Cologne, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, Perfume | Tagged Cannon, Charles Aprill, cologne, Figural, Gordon Bass, great, gun, Jane Aprill, Philadelphia, R & G A Wright, Rick Meyer, Skinners, Tom McCandless, Wright | 3 Comments

The Charles & Jane Aprill Blue Gallery

Posted on 1 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Charles & Jane Aprill Blue Gallery 01 June 2012 (R•030817) You can be sure of two things when you come across a picture from the collection of Charles and Jane Aprill from New Orleans. The first is that the … Continue reading →