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Category Archives: Figural Bottles
Danny Catherino and his Great Bottle Hoard
I received some interesting communications and pictures recently from Danny Catherino up in Philadelphia. I am going to leave the e-mails and pictures alone for the most part. I find these images and Danny really interesting. Obviously not the best … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, Medicines & Cures, Soda Water
Tagged Danny Catherino, Drakes, Glass Works, Harmer Rooke, Jeff Wichmann, Jim Hagenbuch, Leighton's, Norman Heckler, Osbourns, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Bottle Club
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Pictures of the Week – 12 – 30 – 12
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
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A Summer Day at Peachridge in 2007
In 2007, Elizabeth and I commissioned our friend and professional photographer, Steve Harris, to spend the morning in our home taking pictures of windows and bottles. We gave him free reign and left him alone. A few of the photographs … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Figural Bottles, Insulators, Lightning Rod Balls, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Pickle Jars, Poison Bottles, Windows
Tagged Bears, bitters, Elizabeth, HP Herb Wild Cherry Bitters, Insulators, Ladies Legs, Lightning Rod Ball, Peachridge, photographer, Skilton Foote Bunker Hill Pickles, Victorian Room, Violins
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Some New Fish Bitters Photographs
CORN – QUEEN – FISH 20 December 2012 Recently I had my friend and professional photographer Steve Harris (pictured on left) spend the morning at Peachridge and photograph our various bottle rooms. Steve also works with me on select FMG Design projects … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Figural Bottles, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Windows
Tagged Fish Bitters, photography, Steve Harris
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Greeley’s Bourbon Bitters Stamp Question
GREELEY’S BOURBON BITTERS STAMP 25 December 2012 Hi Ferdinand and Elizabeth. I have been enjoying your Peachridge site ever since finding this item and looking for information. The basics are: It appears to be a stamp for Greeley’s Bourbon Bitters. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Bourbon, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, Questions
Tagged bitters, Bourbon, california, Greeley's, lead, Roback, Shasta, stamp
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Louise Hawkins – The “Sylph”
T h e S Y L P H A Sylph (also called sylphid) is a mythological creature in the Western tradition. The term originates in Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, his elementals of air. … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Civil War, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged Distillery, General John McDonald, General Orville E. Babcock, Great Whiskey Ring, James B. Kelly, John H. Garnhart, Kelly's Old Cabin Bitters, Louise Hawkins, Old Cabin Bitters, St. Louis, Sylph, Ulysses S. Grant., Washington D.C., Whiskey
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Log Cabin Series – Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters
Log Cabin Series – Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters 22 December 2012 (R•052714) KELLY’S OLD CABIN BITTERS Kelly Brand Development The Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters is a dramatic example of a figural cabin with a story. With a number of great … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Tax Stamps, Whiskey
Tagged Belle Memphis, Bertrand, bitters, cabin, Colorado, Figural, Ft. Benton, Glassboro New Jersey, J. H. Garnhart & Co., James B. Kelly, John H. Garnhart, Kelly's, Log, Montana, New York, Old Cabin Bitters, President Grant, Ronald R. Switzer, St. Louis, Steve Sewell, Washington D.C., Whiskey, Whitney Glass Works
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Christmas 2012 – Peachridge Glass
Read More: The Best Merry Christmas Bottle Tree Read More: A Collection of Vintage Christmas Bulbs Read More: Christmas Themed Glass Post Read More: Christmas 2011 – Peachridge Glass
Posted in Figural Bottles, Holiday, Peachridge Glass
Tagged Christmas, Elizabeth, Ferdinand, Meyer, Peachridge Glass
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Log Cabin Series – Dr. Lovegood’s Family Bitters
DR LOVEGOOD’S FAMILY BITTERS Dr. Leonard Harriman – Anderson, Indiana 08 December 2012 (R•052714) (R•012415) (R•112918) (R•041819) (R•012021) You really have to love the great names for some of the medicine brands and antique bottles we collect. E. Dexter Loveridge, … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged Alexandria, anderson, bitters, cabin, Dr. Lovegood's, family, Figural, indiana, Kansas, Leonard Harriman, Log, Lovegood, Madison, Martin Van-Zant, Medicine, ohio, physician, Series, Simeon Harriman, Sterling
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