Category Archives: Ephemera

Xavier Bazin, Steam Fancy Soap Works and Perfumery

Posted on 30 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hello Ferdinand: Have enclosed some pictures of an interesting bottle that I dug in St. Louis. I dug this large flint glass pictured hair bottle from a pontiled era privy. It is a large bottle 8 1/2″ tall and 4″ … Continue reading →

Posted in Cologne, Ephemera, Hair Tonics, History, Mineral Water, Perfume, Pot Lids, Soda Water, Tax Stamps | Tagged Eugene Roussel, Hair, Hall and Ruckel, perfume, Philadelphia, Robert O. Kilduffe, soap, X. Bazin & Co., Xavier Bazin | Leave a comment

Moxie Bitters – So What is Moxie?

Posted on 26 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Moxie Bitters – So What is Moxie? I was pleasantly surprised to see an extremely rare, Moxie Bitters within the Moxie Bottles display by Dave Waris at the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire this past weekend. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Art & Architecture, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Diving, Ephemera, Photography, Soda Bottles, Soft Drinks | Tagged Dave Waris, Dr. Augustin Thompson, gentian root, Lowell, Massachusetts, Moxie, Moxie Bitters | Leave a comment

Manchester Display Photo Gallery

Posted on 23 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

More pictures from the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire. Display awards were announced this past Sunday afternoon near the conclusion of the show. Congratulations are in order to Michael George and his Stoddard Glass Factory exhibit … Continue reading →

Posted in Blown Glass, Bottle Shows, Bottling Works, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Display, Early American Glass, Ephemera, Flasks, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Ginger Ale, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Inks, Insulators, Medicines & Cures, Milk & Creamers, Mineral Water, Miniatures, News, Reproductions, Soda Bottles, Soda Water, Stoneware, Utility Bottles | Tagged award, Bob Kennerknecht, Bobby Hilton, Bonney, cone, Dale Murschell, Dave Olson, Dave Waris, Dennis Gionet, display, fohbc, fragments, Ginger Ale, Holly Noordsy, Ink, inkwells, Jeff Noordsy, Jim Bender, Jim Gray, Karen Gray, Ken Previtali, Kevin Kyle, Lyndeborough, Manchester, Mark Newton, Mark Yates, Michael George, Mount Vernon, Moxie, New England, New Jersey, Paul Richards, Reproductions, Rob Girouard, Sandwich, Soda, Stoddard, stoneware, sunburst, Tom Marshall, Wistarburgh | Leave a comment

The Winners – Manchester Display Photo Gallery

Posted on 23 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Winners – Manchester Display Photo Gallery Displays & Displayers + Awards Pushing out some pictures of the two displays that won awards at the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire. Awards were announced this past … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Display, Early American Glass, Ephemera, FOHBC News, Ginger Ale, Glass Companies & Works, History, News, Soda Bottles | Tagged award, display, exhibit, fohbc, Ginger Ale, Ken Previtali, Manchester, Stoddard | 1 Comment

Electric Bitters and the Three Little Pigs

Posted on 22 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

E L E C T R I C B I T T E R S Three Little Pigs Folding Trade Card 22 June 2013 Dave Cheadle has another really great trade card on ebay as of this writing. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, eBay, Ephemera, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards | Tagged chicago, Dave Cheadle, Donoldson Brothers, Dr. King's New Discovery Cough Cure, Dr. King's New Life Pills, Electric Bitters, H. E. Bucklen & Co., Three Little Pigs, Trade Card | Leave a comment

Using Children on Advertising Trade Cards – Part 2

Posted on 21 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferdinand, Liked the piece you did on using children to advertise products on trade cards. As requested, here are some additional TC’s along with my permission to display any or all of them on your website. Glad to support … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards | Tagged Brown's German Bitters, Browns Iron Bitters, Burdock Blood Bitters, Dandelion Bitters, Hops & Malt Bitters, Joe Gourd, Moose Mountain Remedy, National Stomach Bitters, Prescott's Bitters, Prickly Ash Bitters, Sulphur Bitters, Trade Card, Van Ness Golden Bitters | Leave a comment

Rush’s Bitters – Benjamin Rush and Abraham Hilliard Flanders

Posted on 17 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

RUSH’S BITTERS | A. H. FLANDERS NEW YORK In looking at the Dr. D. Jayne’s Almanac’s, I came across a few wonderful Rush’s almanacs that made me think and wonder a bit about my Rush’s Bitters put out by A. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy | Tagged A. H. Flanders, Abraham Hilliard Flanders, almanac, American Enlightenment, Benjamin Rush, Boston, Brian Shultis, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Harvard Medical College, Massachusetts, Meyer, Morristown, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, physician, Rush's Bitters, Surgeon General, Tony Marostica, Union College | Leave a comment

Dr. D. Jayne & Son – The Almanac King

Posted on 15 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. D. Jayne & Son Family Medicines Philadelphia I was spinning around the Internet earlier today and came across three really neat Internal Revenue Proprietary Stamps (pictured below) for Dr. D. Jayne & Son from Philadelphia. Of course I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Hair Tonics, History, Medicines & Cures, Publications, Tax Stamps, Tonics | Tagged almanac, David Jayne, Dr. D. Jayne & Son, Ebenezer Jayne, Jayne's Expectorant for Coughs due to Colds, Jayne's Vermifuge, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Proprietary Stamp | Leave a comment

Mishler’s Herb Bitters Advertising Wall Clock

Posted on 15 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Mishler’s Herb Bitters Advertising Wall Clock Benjamin Mishler & Samuel Brubaker Hartman 13 June 2013 (R•050314) Glass Works Auctions has a really cool advertising clock in their current Auction 98. I wish I had more wall space. We already have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Auction News, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tax Stamps | Tagged A. Aiken, Baird Clock Co., Benjamin Mishler, biiters, clock, East Cocalico Township, ferdinand meyer, Herb, Joe Gourd, lancaster, Mishler, Mishler's Herb Bitters, Mishler's Herb Bitters Company, Mishler's Keystone Bitters, Old Lion Brewery & Distillery, Pennsylvania, Peruna Medicine Company, Reamstown, Samuel Brubaker Hartman | Leave a comment

Augauer Bitters and the Gauer Family – Chicago

Posted on 9 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

AUGAUER BITTERS – CHICAGO John H. Gauer – Michael P. Gauer – Nicholas J. Gauer 09 June 2013 (R•020914) (R•110815) (R•013117) (R•062219) You can always spot an eBay picture (above) from George Waddy (bottleski). In this case it was an … Continue reading →