Category Archives: Glass Companies & Works

The Washington Monument Bottle – Baltimore

Posted on 24 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Washington Monument Bottle – Baltimore 24 February 2012 (GWA example 060320) One of the first bottles that really caught my attention when I first started collecting bottles was the Washington Monument Bottle from Baltimore that commemorates George Washington. Being … Continue reading →

Posted in Figural Bottles, Glass Companies & Works, History | Tagged Baker Brothers, Baltimore, Baltimore Glassworks, Chris Rowell, Figural, George Washington, maryland, monument, Robert Mills, Sesquicentennial, Washington | Leave a comment

Some Information on New England and Midwestern Pitkin Flasks

Posted on 16 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Some Information on New England and Midwestern Pitkin Flasks 16 February 2012 *Post amended 21 February 2012 with Dana Charlton-Zarro information and Dave Maryo image. * Post amended 09 April 2012 with additional Pitkin Ruins image of archway. Jeff Noordsy (visit … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Flasks, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, History | Tagged American Collector, Cincinnati, Connecticutt, Dana Charlton-Zarro, George S. McKearin, half-post, Harry Hall White, Holly Noordsy, Jeff Noordsy, Kent, Manchester, Mantua, Moscow, New Geneva Glassworks, ohio, pattern mold, Pitkin, Pitkin Glass Works, Ravenna, Rhea Mansfield Knittle, Rick Ciralli, Steubenville, W.T.D. Howe, Zanesville | 3 Comments

Glass Works and Glass Factories – Hell on Earth?

Posted on 8 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

To a little sand, a little alkali, and a little limestone, add considerable heat and a still greater amount of skill, might be taken as a brief recipe for the manufacture of a glass bottle. Popular Science Monthly/Volume 36/December 1889/Glass-Making … Continue reading →

Posted in Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History | Tagged Acme Glass Works, American Flint Glass Works, Appert Glass Company, bottles, Clyde Glass Factory, Coshocton, Dyott, Ellensville Glass Works, Fostoria Glass Works, glass making, Glassboro, Graham Glas Works, Libbey Glass Works, Manitoba Glass Works, New Jersey, Pacific Coast Glass Works, Philadelphia, Popular Science, sand, Schram Glass Factory, Smethport, Smethwick Glass Works, Sneca, Whitall Tatum, Whitney Glassworks | Leave a comment

Boys in Glass Houses – Taking on the Mannerisms of Men

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Boys in Glass Houses – Taking on the Mannerisms of Men 07 February 2012 (R•090115) As I sometimes contently watch my grandson Nicholas (9 years old this month) playing his video games, riding his ATV and taking on the challenges … Continue reading →

Posted in Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Photography, Technology | Tagged child labor, children, Crescent Glass Works, Cumberland Glass Works, FMG Design, gaffer, glass factory, Glass Works, Indiana Glass Works, labor laws, Lehr Glass Works, Lewis Hine, molder, Monougah Glass Works, South Jersey, Unites States, Wheaton Glass Works | 6 Comments

Bunker Hill Monument Figural Colognes

Posted on 5 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bunker Hill Monument Figural Colognes 05 February 2012 (R•111215) (R•022319) Yesterday I spent the day recording and moving some new bottle acquisitions around. One bottle that was a conversation piece on facebook was my new citron, SKILTON, FOOTE & COMPANY … Continue reading →

Posted in Cologne, Figural Bottles, Glass Companies & Works, History, Revolutionary War | Tagged Antique Bottle and Glass Collector, Boston, Breed's Hill, British, Bunker Hill Monument, Bunker Hill Pickles, Cape May, Charlestown, cologne, colonial, Foote, Harold Leonard Krevolin, Lighthouse, Meyer, New Jersey, Revolutionary War, Sandwich Glass Works, Skilton, Trade Mark | Leave a comment

A Pole Full of Beehives

Posted on 3 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I saw this posting by James Bancroft on his facebook page of a large pole full of beehives (see below) of 152’s and 154’s. I thought this was pretty neat. A few weeks ago I also saw miles of old … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Glass Companies & Works, Insulators, News, Peachridge Glass | Tagged Beehive, CD 145, Colorado, Denver, Hemingray, Insulators, Meyer, National Insulator Show, NIA, polecat, railroads, W.G.M.CO., Western Fling Glass Company, Western Glass Manufacturing Company, Yankee | Leave a comment

Mexican Mustang Liniment – For Man & Beast

Posted on 2 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT “the Liniment appears to have been mostly crude petroleum oil” 02 February 2012 Here’s another all-healing Victorian wonder medicine, this time from the early 1850s, called Mexican Mustang Liniment. The main ingredient was rather startling: the Liniment … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ephemera, Glass Companies & Works, Medicines & Cures, Veterinary | Tagged Dr. A.G. Bragg, Lyon Manufacturing Company, Mexican Mustang Liniment | Leave a comment

Three Killer Historical Portrait Flasks close at Heckler Last Night

Posted on 2 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Three (3) killer Historical Portrait Flasks closed last evening at Session III of The Thomas McCandless Collection auction. Call backs are now. Look at the prices for these three top shelf specimens. Lot: 183 Washington – Classical Bust Portrait Flask, Bridgeton Glass Works, … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, News | Tagged Alan Coffman, auction, Bridgeton Glass Works, Dyottville, George Austin, Historical Flask, Norman Heckler, Pardoe, Philadelphia, Taylor, Thomas McCandless, Washington | Leave a comment

Fighting Cocks and Roosters on Bottles

Posted on 24 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Fighting Cocks and Roosters on Bottles 24 January 2012 Connor Rush posted a neat blob on the FOHBC facebook page…”Hello! Anybody have any bottles from Essex County, NJ? Here’s my best and rarest one, a pictorial blob from Montclair. Thomas … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Glass Companies & Works, Soda Water | Tagged bitters, blob, Camden County, Conner Rush, Dr Michael Cox, Essex County, ferdinand meyer, fighting cocks, Montclair, New Jersey, Pennsauken, rooster, Soda, Thomas P. Meyer | 2 Comments

My Lunch on Fiesta dinnerware at the Tea Room within the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

Posted on 22 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This past week I had lunch with an associate of mine from my company FMG Design at the Tea Room at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in historic Winchester, Virginia. This is always a nice experience with wonderful light lunches … Continue reading →