Category Archives: Figural Bottles

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The Color Yellow – A wide range of shades

Posted on 2 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Y E L L O W (above) Yellow figural whiskey bottle and Suffolk Bitters from the Meyer Collection The Color Yellow – A wide range of shades 02 April 2013 Yellow is an important color in bottle collecting but is … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Color, Figural Bottles, Inks, Questions | Tagged Glass Works Auctions, Ink, John April, Meyer, yellow | Leave a comment

Great Window Shots dominating the news

Posted on 15 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

As some of you know, here at Peachridge, we put our bottles in windows down here in southeast Texas as available wall space and basements are few and far between. Natural light can bring out the strongest characteristics of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Color, Color Runs, Display, Early American Glass, Figural Bottles, Photography, Windows | Tagged photography, sun, sunlight, window | 1 Comment

The Forbes Windows – Gallery of Light and Color

Posted on 10 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

My BBB (Best Bottle Friend) Jerry Forbes (Carmel, California) flooded my inbox this afternoon with some simply outstanding pictures of his latest bottle additions from the Baltimore Bottle Show. Read: Balto 2013 – Crab Cakes, Bottles and my Mother – … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Display, Figural Bottles, Fire Grenades, Flasks, Hair Tonics, Historical Flasks | Tagged Baltimore, california, Carmel, Helen Forbes, Jerry Forbes | 2 Comments

Lacour’s Bitters – “Heartbreakers” & “Tearjerkers”

Posted on 9 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

What a great package of Lacour’s Sarsapariphere Bitters that closed on ebay yesterday. The lot was titled Lacour’s Bitters “Heartbreakers” Lot – All Broken, One Repairable. The pictures were excellent. Let’s see how long it takes Warren Friedrich to identify … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, eBay, Figural Bottles | Tagged bitters, california, eBay, Heartbreakers, Lacour's, Sarsapariphere, Tearjerkers, Warren Friedrich | 1 Comment

Lady’s Leg Series – Weis Bros Knickerbocker Stomach Bitters

Posted on 5 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

WEIS BROS KNICKERBOCKER STOMACH BITTERS 05 March 2013 (R•101113) (R•031615) [Incoming email today] “My mom recenly passed and I remember her telling me about a bottle she had found and she thought it was worth some money. Attached are photos of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Questions | Tagged bitters, Brothers, Knickerbocker, milwaukee, Stomach, Weis, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

The Nicest 1970’s Old Home Bitters Bottle Lamp

Posted on 27 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

OLD HOME BITTERS LAMP Wow, this has to be one of the nicest, if not the nicest of the large Old Home Bitters bottle lamps. If you look at the size, proportions, embossing and hole in the bottom for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, eBay, Figural Bottles, Folk Art | Tagged eBay, Figural, Lamp, Old Home Bitters | Leave a comment

Those West Coast Megaphone Bottles

Posted on 26 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

W E S T C O A S T M E G A P H O N E S THE SPEAKING TRUMPET [Wikipedia] A megaphone or speaking-trumpet is a portable, usually hand-held, cone-shaped acoustic horn used to amplify … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Wine & Champagne | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, Aneuberger, Athanasius Kircher, california, Durkin, Figural, Glass Works Auctions, J. Aronson, Los Angeles, Megaphone, oregon, Portland, Samuel Morland, Seattle, Spokane, Star Wine Co., trumpet, Washington | Leave a comment

Mailbox Letters – February 2013

Posted on 23 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Haven’t emptied out the mailbox until this morning. Here are a few incoming pieces. Let me know if you have any info or are interested. 5-Log Drake’s Find Hello Ferdinand, On Thursday, myself and a few buddies were relic hunting … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Figural Bottles, Mailbox Letters, Milk & Creamers, Pitchers, Questions, Vases, Whiskey | Tagged Drakes, Letters, mail, mailbox, Plennert, questions, Warner's | Leave a comment

Looking back at the Tony Shank Bitters Collection – Part II

Posted on 22 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is the second post of old 35 mm slides that were digitally converted by Tom Lines (Birmingham, Alabama). Sometime in the past Tom and Howard Crowe (Gold Hill, North Carolina) visited the famous Tony Shank collection of figural bitters. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, History, Photography | Tagged bitters, Brad Seigler, Figural, Howard Crowe, Tom Lines, Tony Shank | 3 Comments

Looking back at the Tony Shank Bitters Collection – Part I

Posted on 21 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A couple years back, Tom Lines (Birmingham, Alabama) asked me if I would like some pictures of the legendary Tony Shank collection. Of course I said yes. Tom was kind enough to get the 35mm slide transparencies converted into digital … Continue reading →