Category Archives: Glass Companies & Works

Kentucky’s Top 25 Rarest Bottles

Posted on 20 May 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

In honor of and in preparation for the upcoming FOHBC 2014 National Antique Bottle Show in Lexington, Kentucky, I thought it would be nice to look at the Top 25 Kentucky’s Rarest Bottles. I will try to add pictures if I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Black Glass, Bourbon, Breweriana, Display, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, History, Inks, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, News, Pottery, Sarsaparilla, Soda Water, Spirits, Target Balls, Whiskey | Tagged 25, Barrel, Berling, bitters, Blake, Bottle, Bourbon, Bruce, Burkesville, Clark, columbus, Crescent, Cynthiana, DePont, Duffy, Evans, Farley, Farley & Taylor, Fenian, Figural, Frankfort, French, Glass, Greenup, Hall, Jenkins, Keene, Kentucky, Lexington, list, Louisville, Lupe, Maysville, MetCalfe, Nelson, New Castle, O'Marras, Pasdquier, Paul Van Vactor, Phoenix, Pig, Pottery, Richmond, Rickerson, Rivaud, Rucker, Sarsaparilla, Shaker, Sheldon Baugh, Steve Keith, Taylor, top, Universe, Walker, Whiskey, Works | Leave a comment

A labeled Dr. Stephen Jewett’s Tonic Bitters

Posted on 22 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A labeled Dr. Stephen Jewett’s Tonic Bitters 22 April 2014 (R•031619) (R•032319) Yet another fantastic, labeled bitters from New Hampshire submitted by Brandon DeWolfe. We are talking today about Dr. Stephen Jewett’s Tonic Bitters from Rindge, New Hampshire. The example that Brandon … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Glass Companies & Works, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged bitters, Boston, Brandon DeWolfe, Ezekiel, health, Heckler, Jewett, Keene, label, Medicine, New Hampshire, Patent, Restoring, Rindge, Stephen, Stoddard, Tonic | Leave a comment

Two Extraordinary Wide Mouth Sunburst Snuff Jars

Posted on 21 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Two Extraordinary Wide Mouth Sunburst Snuff Jars 21 March 2014 Many of you may remember the extraordinary wide mouth Keene Glass Works, wide mouth Sunburst flask that was sold by Glass Works Auctions at the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bottles and Extras, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, History, Snuff | Tagged auction, Clarissa, Dundon, Flask, fohbc, Fuss, Glass, Heckler, Jacob's, jar, Keene, Manchester, Merritt, mouth, New Hampshire, Sandor, Snuff, sunburst, Vanderbilt, wide, Works | Leave a comment

Dr. Allen’s Stomach Bitters – Pittsburgh 16 March 2014 (R•031714) Glass Works Auctions, in their “Winter Be Gone” Catalog Auction 101, presently online, has a nice example of a Dr. Allen’s Stomach Bitters from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The bottle reminds me … Continue reading →

Posted on 16 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V | 1 Comment

Beneath Lincoln’s ass they used to load a lot of glass.

Posted on 15 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Beneath Lincoln’s ass they used to load a lot of Glass Washington City Glass Works – ‘Old Glass House’ by Stephen Atkinson 14 March 2014 Unknown to most Washingtonians and other Americans, and particularity we few in the glass collecting … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Utility Bottles, Windows | Tagged Abraham, Ass, Columbia, Commissioners, Curts, Edwards, Glass, house, jar, Johnson, Lincoln, mclean, memorial, Old, Potomac, Schneider, slag, Stanger, Washington, Way, Wharf, window, Works | 1 Comment

The Isabella Glass Works of Thomas Stanger – 1841 to 1856

Posted on 13 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Isabella Glass Works of Thomas Stanger – 1841 to 1856 Part 3 by Stephen Atkinson 13 March 2014 Part 1: Frederick Stanger and John Marshall 1831-1832 Part 2: Thomas Wriggins Stanger and John Marshall 1832-1839 Thomas Stanger began building a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Currency, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, History | Tagged Anchor, Atkinson, banner, Brooklyn, factory, Glass, GXIII-56, GXIII-57, Isabella, Marshall, McKearin, Shin-Plaster, Stanger, Stephen, Wheat, Works | Leave a comment

E. G. Booz Log Cabin Whiskey with Whitney Threaded Cap

Posted on 4 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

E. G. Booz Log Cabin Whiskey with Whitney Threaded Cap by Marty Jensen 04 March 2014 It all started a little over a year ago when I went to an auction. Usually I obtain my bottles by digging along with … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, History, Whiskey | Tagged Booz, cabin, Clevenger, Figural, Jensen, Marty, Whiskey, Whitney | 1 Comment

I remember visiting the Sandwich Glass Museum

Posted on 6 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I remember visiting the Sandwich Glass Museum 06 January 2014 Incoming e-mail and pictures from Denver, Colorado collector, Sandor Fuss. I had the privilege of seeing some of these pieces in person during a recent trip to see his historical flask … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Collectors & Collections, Cologne, Decanter, Display, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers | Tagged Boston, Chatham, cologne, Colorado, Decanter, Denver, Fuss, Jedlicka, Latticino, Marbrie, monument, Sandor, Sandwich | Leave a comment

History of Kantorowicz Family and their Factory

Posted on 30 December 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

History of Kantorowicz Family and their Factory 30 December 2013 (R•010614) (R•012714-labeled sample size) As you may know, I started a series a few days ago on the white milk glass, case gin bitters bottles from primarily Germany and Poland. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Glass Companies & Works, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Milk Glass, Miniatures, Spirits | Tagged Advocaat, Allash, bitters, case, Dubelt, Eckauer, Edmund, Ernst, German, Gin, Glass, Hamburg, Hartwig, Joseph, Kantorowicz, Katzen, Kummel, Likore, Litthauer, Max, Meyer, Milk, Millennium, Nawrocki, Paris, Podbipieta, Poland, Polish, Polnischer, Posen, Poznan, Troika | Leave a comment

Ihmsen’s Old Tonic Bitters – Who is Henry Ihmsen?

Posted on 15 December 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ihmsen’s Old Tonic Bitters – Who is Henry Ihmsen? 15 December 2013 (R•111214) Sometimes, I suppose, I tend to drive myself crazy. I start off down one road looking for an obscure bitters, then I take a left turn down … Continue reading →