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Professor Lennords or Leonnard’s or Leonard’s Celebrated Nectar Bitters

Posted on 12 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Lennords (nope) let’s try again Leonnard’s (almost) once more Leonard’s (bingo) and finally Professor Leonard’s Celebrated Nectar Bitters 12 January 2013 (R•092418) C H I C A G O – C I N C I N N A T I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, eBay, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged bitters, Cassilly, Celebrated, chicago, Cincinnati, eBay, Hubbel, illinois, John T. Swasey, Lenords, Leonard, Leonard's, Leonnard's, Matthew Tigue Levanti, nectar, ohio, Professor, square, Swasey & Co., Wake Hubbell | 1 Comment

B. E. Mann before he became a Professor Overnight

Posted on 8 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Extremely rare B. E. Mann’s Oriental Stomach Bitters bottle 08 January 2013 (R•103114 update with Chicago connections) (R•111915) “I dug a very rare bottle this weekend in Vicksburg, MS in a Confederate artillery camp that was also occupied by union … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Digging and Finding, eBay, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Benning, Benning E. Mann, bitters, Brant, chicago, Connecticut, Corey, eBay, Edward. Curtis, Fort Steele, Mann, Mississippi, Oriental, Peck, Professor, Shears, Stock, Vicksburg, Wyoming | Leave a comment

Pictures of the Week – 12 – 30 – 12

Posted on 30 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is the fourth weekly round-up of some really nice photography from various facebook and other glass web sites that have caught my eye. Of course this is subjective, but it is fun to see the composition, lighting and topic … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, eBay, Figural Bottles, Hair Tonics, Medicines & Cures, Photography | Tagged bitters, Bromo-Seltzer, Brown's Indian Queen, Charles Flint, Cindy Suter, Cram's Vegetable Hait Tonic, Daffy's Elixir, Dave Kam, Drakes, Eric Richter, Figural, Fisher's Seaweed Extract, Handyside's Rheumatic Cure, John April, John Panella, Joseph Bottone, Kilmers, Mike Holzwarth, photography, Price's Patent Candle Company, Randy Cobb, Steven Harris, Tom Marshall | 1 Comment

XR Clarke’s Vegitable Sherry Wine Bitters sells on ebay

Posted on 25 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

ONLY 70 CTS, CLARKE’S VEGITABLE SHERRY WINE BITTERS Vegetable is misspelled 25 December 2012 [Jeff Burkhardt] You might consider a posting on Bob Strickhart’s superb run of CLARKE’S SHERRY WINE BITTERS per last month’s Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine. … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, eBay, News | Tagged Antique Bottle and Glass Collector, Bob Strickhart, Clarke's. Vegitable, eBay, Jeff Burkhardt, Sherry, Vegetable, Wine | Leave a comment

XR New Orleans bitters bottle on ebay – G. N. Morison

Posted on 2 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

G. N. MORISON’S INVIGORATING BITTERS 02 December 2012 (R•031114) (R•072214) “This just turned up at the Magazine Antiques Mall on Magazine street” Gene Baudouin “The other one was found about 30 years ago by a woman who decided to dig … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, History | Tagged Bill Ham, bitters, eBay, Frioux, Gene Baudouin, invigorationg, Magazine, Meyer, Morison, Morison's, New Orleans | Leave a comment

Dr. Rattinger’s Herb & Root Bitters – St. Louis

Posted on 29 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Rattinger’s Herb & Root Bitters St. Louis, Missouri 29 November 2012 (R•112613 – Clear Example Pic) (R•112813 – Trade Card) (R•092018) An interesting Dr. Rattinger’s Herb & Root Bitters square (pictured on far left above) is on eBay now. The word … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards | Tagged Bavaria, bitters, Dr. Rattinger, Faulkenberry, Gourd, Missouri, Rainer, St. Louis | Leave a comment

Bottles on the Steamship SS Republic

Posted on 24 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BOTTLES ON THE S T E A M S H I P S S R E P U B L I C 24 November 2012 I wanted to circle back after honing up on the Steamboat Arabia (Read: Looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Diving, eBay, History, Museums, Pepper Sauce, Pickle Jars, Pottery, Questions, Spirits, Treasure | Tagged 49'ers, Admiral David G. Farragut, Baltimore, Battle of Mobile Bay, california, Confederate, Fells Point, Georgia, Gold Rush, Hurricane, John W. Lovitt, Mexico, New Orleans, Nicaragua, Russell Sturgis, Savannah, Sierra Nevada, SS Republic, Steamship, Tennessee, Union, USS Mobile, Vera Cruz, William Walker | 1 Comment

An eBay bottle leads to something much bigger!

Posted on 3 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I was in southern California earlier in the week and was able to have dinner at a really fantastic Indian restaurant in San Bernardino with my friends Pam and Randy Selenak from Orange, California. During the course of dinner, Pam … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, eBay, Ephemera, FOHBC News, History, Museums, News, Postage, Soda Water | Tagged california, eBay, G.W. Mine, Garden Grove, Gold Point, Great Western Mine, museum, Ora Mae Wiley, Orange, Orange Antique Circle, Owen Casey Eagle Soda Works, Pam Selenak, Post Office, postal, Randy Selenak, Senator Harry Wiley | 1 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

Emerson’s Excelsior Botanic Bitters – Augusta, Maine

Posted on 28 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

EMERSON’S EXCELSIOR Botanic Bitters 28 October 2012 A Tonic that Promotes Digestion, Improves the Appetite, Invigorates the Nervous System and Purifies the Blood. E. H. B U R N S, AUGUSTA, MAINE I have taken a renewed and heightened … Continue reading →