Category Archives: Color Runs

Picture of great color runs.

Swirls, Whirls, Twists & Twirls

Posted on 2 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Swirls, Whirls, Twists & Twirls” D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Dwayne Anthony won the Most Educational Award at the FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo with his outstanding “Swirls, Whirls, Twists & Twirls” … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Flasks, FOHBC News, Insulators, News, Photography | Tagged Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, Bottles and Extras, Dwayne Anthony, fohbc, Insulators, NIA, Reno Expo, Swirls, Twirls, Twists, Whirls | Leave a comment

Michael George: Manchester Chairman & New England Tour de Force

Posted on 31 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Tour de Force is defined as “a feat demonstrating brilliance or mastery in a field”. Now if this does not describe the role and backbone of the Chairman of our FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Blown Glass, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Decanter, Demijohns, Early American Glass, Flasks, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Historical Flasks, News, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Sarsaparilla, Snuff, Utility Bottles, Whimsies | Tagged 2013, bitters, contract, Decanters, Demijohn, fohbc, Janet George, Manchester, Merrimack Valley Bottle Club, Michael George, national, New Boston, New Hampshire, Pitkin, Sarsaparilla, Snuff, Stoddard | 1 Comment

“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”

Posted on 21 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” 21 August 2012 PARIS HORTON KEACH – BALTIMORE It is very gratifying and exciting when I start down a path and doors start opening. Yesterday I saw a gorgeous picture of Keach soda water … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, History, Postage, Questions, Soda Water | Tagged Admiral Farragut, Baltimore, Bottle Den, Chris Rowell, Paris Horton Keach, Soda Water, Ten-pin, Torpedo, What great ingrediants!., Wil Martindale | 1 Comment

A Tale of Two Cabins

Posted on 20 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

KELLY’S OLD CABIN BITTERS I vividly remember one evening back in 2003 where I kept sneaking out on my porch steps of my loft (hiding from my wife, Elizabeth) in downtown Houston. I was actually in a virtual online and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, History, News | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, bitters, Bryan Grapentine, cabin, Cris Batdorff, Dan Cowman, Figural, Jeff Wichmann, Kelly's Old Cabin Bitters, nebraska, Pete Peters, Phoenix, well | Leave a comment

Merchant’s Gargling Oil – “Good for Man and Beast”

Posted on 18 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Merchant’s Gargling Oil – “Good for Man and Beast” 18 August 2012 A couple of paths converged last evening and pointed to developing this post for Merchants Gargling Oil. The first was when I was looking at Marianne Dow’s great … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Color Runs, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Glass Companies & Works, History, Medicines & Cures, Postage, Remedy, Tax Stamps, Trade Cards, Veterinary | Tagged almanac, beast, Dave Kam, Druggist & Drugstore, George W. Merchant, James Schmidt, Liniment, Lockport, Man, Marianne Dow, Merchant's Gargling Oil, Mike Stephano, monkey, New York | 2 Comments

FOHBC Reno Expo Shoot-Out Pictures

Posted on 30 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

We are writing a big article on the FOHBC Reno EXPO for Bottles and Extras which will be delivered to FOHBC members by 01 September 2012 and hopefully sooner. I know some of you have been asking for pictures and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, Inks, News, Photography, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged bitters, Bottle, Circle Cutter, Drake's Plantation Bitters, Expo, fohbc, Ink, JH Cutter, Jim Jakobitz, Norman C. Heckler, Reno, Shoot-out, Whiskey | 3 Comments

Barrel Series – Ben Franklin Bitters

Posted on 22 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BEN FRANKLIN BITTERS 22 July 2012 (R•021718) “Prove all things.” Here is a really great figural barrel in a conical form with tapered horizontal ribbing. There in NO embossing but at least two labeled examples exist (see pictures below) calling … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, Museums, Tonics | Tagged Barrel, Ben Franklin Bitters, bitters, Bob Ferraro, Coventry, Elie Nadelman, Figural, Meyer Collection, New York Historical Society, Pitkin, Poor Richard, Rick Ciralli, Tonic | 1 Comment

Barrel Series – Smith’s Druid Bitters

Posted on 20 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

B. T. 1865 S. C. SMITH’S DRUID BITTERS J. Smith & Son, Wholesale Grocers and Liquor Merchants, No. 35 Cheapside, Baltimore 20 July 2012 (R•052914) (R•032919) “on o/e all due up to this date except 1 barrel whisky” The Smith’s Druid … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged Baltimore, Barrel, bitters, Celtic, Chris Rowell, Ferdinand Meyer V, Figural, grocer, Jim Schmidt, liquor merchant, Meyer Collection, Shenandoah Valley, Smith's Druid Bitters, Steven James Anderson, Tonic, Virginia, West Virginia | 2 Comments

Barrel Series – Roback’s Stomach Bitters (the smaller ones)

Posted on 19 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

ROBACK’S STOMACH BITTERS (R 74) 19 July 2012 (R•031414) (R•091318) Dr. Roback was neither a Doctor nor a Roback. He was an unsuccessful farmer, turned salesman, who in 1844, escaped debtor’s prison in his native Sweden. He started in Boston … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, Publications | Tagged Astrology, Barrel, bitters, Cincinnati, Figural, Meyer Collection, ohio, Philadelphia, Roback's, Roback's Stomach Bitters, Sweden | Leave a comment

Barrel Series – Roback’s Stomach Bitters (the big boys)

Posted on 18 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

ROBACK’S STOMACH BITTERS (R 73) 18 July 2012 (R•122113) (R•091516) (R•091318) Dr. Roback was neither a Doctor nor a Roback. He was an unsuccessful farmer, turned salesman, who in 1844, escaped debtor’s prison in his native Sweden. The post is about the … Continue reading →