Category Archives: Cordial

Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters – The Real McCoy

Posted on 19 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

CURTIS CORDIAL CALISAYA STOMACH BITTERS 19 February 2013 Quite a bit of excitement of late with the scam involving a ‘doctored’ emerald green Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters. You see, there is no record of that yellow green color but … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Cordial, Druggist & Drugstore, Medicines & Cures | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, bitters, Bridgeport, Bryan Grapentine, Calisaya, Connecticut, Cordial, Curtis, L.F. Curtis, Mark Warne, Meyer, Stomach | Leave a comment

Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters Fraud?

Posted on 17 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Will the real Curtis Cordial Calisaya Bitters Please Stand Out! On 30 January 2013 I opened up one of my many incoming bottle related emails to see a stunning emerald green Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters with the following question: … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Cordial, News, Photography, Questions, Scams & Frauds | Tagged bitters, Brian Wolff, Calisaya, Cordial, Curtis, Fraud, indiana, Jeff Burkhardt, Lou Lambert, Mark Warne, Michael George, New Albany, Scam, Stomach | Leave a comment

Some Recent Finds – Cody Zeleny

Posted on 17 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

There are lots of great finds to be had out there still, it just takes time and patience and you will be rewarded! I was in disbelief of what was in front of me. As I picked up the flask … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Collectors & Collections, Cordial, Digging and Finding, Flasks, Historical Flasks, News | Tagged Cody Zeleny, find, Flask, GIII-17, Ohio globular, Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial | 1 Comment

Patent Medicine Proprietary Revenue Stamps

Posted on 2 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Proprietary Stamps The first revenue stamps in United States were produced to collect taxes on liquor in 18th-century America and were known as Supervisors’ Seals. These revenue stamps were embossed and known as the First Federal Issue. Later, new tax laws were … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Civil War, Cordial, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Perfume, Tax Stamps, Tobacco | Tagged B.F.M. Toiuletine, Bennett Pieters & Co, Benton's Pine Tree Tar Troches, Brown's Vegetable Oriental Hair Renewer, cigar, Civil War, Corning & Tappan, Dalley's Galvanic Horse Salve, Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar, Dr. Harter Medicine Company, Dr. M. Lanes Celebrated Liver Pills, Dr. M.L. Byrn's Olio de Flora, Dr. Weaver's Compound Extract of Fireweed, Duponco's Golden Periodical Pills, Edward Wilder Stomach Bitters, Eric Jackson Revenues, Fleming Brothers, Internal Revenue Service, J.C. Ayer & Co., J.W. Campion's Pine Tree Tar Cordial, Jeremiah Curtis & Son Proprietors, L.M. Green, L.Q.C. Wishart, Lactopeptine, Ladd & Coffin, Lundborg's Perfumery, Matches, Medicines, Meyer & Co., Mrs. S.A. Allen's Hair Restorer, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Poland's Magic Powders, Proprietary Stamp, R.V. Pierce, Red Jacket Stomach Bitters, S.D. Howe Proprietor, Schenk's Mandrake Pills, Schenks Pulmonic Syrup, Schenks Seaweed Tonic, Supervisors’ Seals, tax, tobacco, United States, Vogeler, Walker & Taylor, young | Leave a comment

Looking at a few of my favorites in ABCR Auction 10

Posted on 10 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A B C R A U C T I O N 10 Closing Saturday November 17th, 2012 at 8:00 PM AEST Visit Auction Travis Dunn with ABCR Auctions announces their Auction 10: The catalogue is now available for viewing – Auction … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Breweriana, Cordial, Gin, Infant Feeders, Inks, Medicines & Cures, News, Pickle Jars, Pot Lids, Water | Tagged A. H. Pain, ABCR, Ale, Alexandra, Blogg Bros, Castlemaine, Cosmopoliet, E. J. Rose's, J. T. Shepheard & Co, Magador Bitters, Sharpe Bros., Simpsons Ink Ltd, Travis Dunn, Warner's Safe Cure | Leave a comment

A larger Dr. Hoofland’s German Bitters spotted in the Hayfield

Posted on 9 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A larger Dr. Hoofland’s German Bitters spotted in the Hayfield 9 October 2012 (R•090918) (R•021219) “the happy result of intelligent research, coupled with the extensive practice of Dr. Christoph Wilhelm Hueflin of Gena, Germany.” Jan Ratushny had this large Dr. Hoofland’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Cordial, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Tax Stamps, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged bitters, C.M. Jackson, Charles M. Evans, Charles M. Jackson, Christolph Wilheim Hoofland, Dr. Christoph Wilhelm Hueflin, Dr. Hoofand, Dyspepsia, Gena, German, Germany, Holloway & Co., Jan Ratushny, jaundice, Joe Gourd, Johnston, Liver, Meyer, Philadelphia, Potter's American Monthly, R.S. Jones, Santa Cruz Rum | Leave a comment

Barrel Series – Keystone Bitters

Posted on 12 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

KEYSTONE BITTERS 12 July 2012 (R•091516) Here is another figural Bitters barrel that most Bitters collectors possess or are familiar with. Not terribly hard to find, as they are rated Very Scarce, but they do show up, usually in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Cordial, Figural Bottles | Tagged Barrel, bitters, Cleveland, Figural, Keystone Bitters, Keystone Bitters and Cordial Co., Meyer Collection, Mist of the Morning, ohio, Wormser Bros | Leave a comment

Advertising Notes and Facsimile Currency

Posted on 12 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Over the years, since I started collecting bottles, I have picked up some nice examples of facsimile currency and advertising notes relating to the bottles that I collect. As a collector of US Postage and Revenue Stamps, there is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Auction News, Cordial, Demijohns, Figural Bottles, Flasks, Fly Traps, Freeblown Glass, Gin, Glass Makers, Lightning Rod Balls, Medicines & Cures, Museums, Witch Ball | Tagged auction, Batsto Glass Works, Berkshire Glass Works, Cleveland Glass Works, currency, Dr. Barker's Tar Syrup, Drake's Plantation Bitters, E. Taylor's Hebrew Plaster, Ezra Lake, Farmers Bank, Glass Works, Heritage Auctions, Hostetter & Smith, Jew Davids Bank, John Root's Bitters, Loveridge, Mishler's Herb Bitters, New Brooklyn Glass Works, Philadelphia, Plantation Bank, postage, Redford Glass Company, Revenue, Salem Glass Works, Tom Hardy, Turner Brothers, Vermont Glass Factory, Vorodyne Universal Pain & Ache Cure, W.L. Ormsby, Wahoo Bitters, Waterford Glass works | 1 Comment

Peychaud’s Cocktail Bitters – L.E. Jung and his Gators

Posted on 2 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Peychaud’s Cocktail Bitters – L.E. Jung and his Gators 02 July 2012 (R•111213) (R•052419) “Created in the 1830s in New Orleans, Peychaud Bitters is a gentian-based bitters still used today for mixed drinks, in particular the Sazerac cocktail. People were … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Cordial, Museums | Tagged Antoine Amédée Peychaud, Apothecary, bitter, bitters, Charles Aprill, cocktail, coquetier, Cordial, Creole, French, Haiti, L.E. Jung, Louisiana, Meyer Colection, New Orleans, New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, Peychaud, Peychaud's, Peychaud's American Bitters, Saint-Domingue, Sazerac, Wulff & Company | Leave a comment

In collecting Bitters, do you need the ‘S’?

Posted on 25 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

In collecting Bitters, do you need the ‘S’? 25 June 2012 I received an email from Tim Henson regarding a Siner’s Celebrated Bitter Cordial which brings up an interesting point relating to how Carlyn Ring and Bill Ham cataloged Bitters bottles. … Continue reading →