Category Archives: Glass Companies & Works

Some Beautiful Carnival Glass Pieces

Posted on 26 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

My experiece with Carnival Glass is limited based on just owning a few insulators that caught my eye over the years. I pictured my PYREX CD 233 to the left. The color is quite nice. I did a Peachridge post … Continue reading →

Posted in Carnival Glass, Depression Glass, Dinnerware, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Insulators, Vases | Tagged aurora glass, Cambridge, Carnival Glass, diamond, Dugan, Fenton, Imperial, iridescent, Iridill, Loetz, metallic, Milersburg, Northwood, rainbow glass, shiny, Tiffany, Westmoreland | Leave a comment

Toppin’ it off with a few Glasshouse Hat Whimsies

Posted on 26 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

There has been some interesting dialog over at Early American Glass on facebook prompted by a posting by Jeff Noordsy (visit Jeff and Holly Noordsy) of a rather nice Hat Whimsey (see green example that Jeff picked up at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blown Glass, Collectors & Collections, Depression Glass, Early American Glass, eBay, Facebook, Figural Bottles, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Whimsies | Tagged Carnival, Congressville, Coventry, David Doty, Eric Correla, Fenton, Fostoria, Glass, glasshouse, Hat, Hobnail, Jeff Noordsy, Jim Davies, Massillon, Murano, Planet Glass, Sandwich, Stoddard, Waterlilly, Whimsey, Whimsey Club, whimsical, Whimsies, Whitney, Willington, Windmill | Leave a comment

Some nice Fruit Jars in the North American Glass Auction

Posted on 24 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Greg Spurgeon with North American Glass has some really cool fruit jars in his current auction. Many are recent finds. These are five of my favorites. Especially like the Louisville Glass Works jar. Check it out! Visit Auction

Posted in Advice, Auction News, Fruit Jars, Glass Companies & Works | Tagged Atmospheric, auction, Bodine Bros, Fruit Jar, greg spurgeon, Improved, Kentucky, Louisvilly, Masons, Millville, North American Glass, Whitney Mason | Leave a comment

Looking at earlier Baltimore ‘Washington Monument’ Historical Flasks

Posted on 20 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I had a little “Aha!” moment today when I came across a post by Steve Sewell over at AntiqueBottles.net where he succintly explained why early Washington Monument historical flasks did not have the Washington sculpture on top of the monument … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Architecture, Auction News, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, History | Tagged American Glass Gallery, Baltimore, Baltimore Glass Works, Corn For The World, Enrico Causici, Fells Point, Flask, George Washington, GI-20, Historical Flask, monument, Page, Restoring, Steve Sewell, Washington Monument | Leave a comment

Figural Pig Series | Duffy Crescent Saloon Figural Pig Bottle

Posted on 19 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

DUFFY CRESCENT SALOON Figural Pig Series | Duffy Crescent Saloon Figural Pig Bottle 19 May 2012 Now here is a figural pig bottle that I do not possess and would very much like to add to my “pig pen”. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, Glass Companies & Works, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Bottle, Cowan's, Crescent, Denzin, Dr. Burton Spiller, Duffy, Figural, Gene Heisey, hog, Jim Cope, Kentucky, Kentucky Glass Works, Louisville, Pig, Saloon, Southern Glass Works | 3 Comments

Western Bitters Survey 2012

Posted on 8 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Western Bitters Survey 2012 THE TOP 20 WESTERN BITTERS 08 May 2012 The western Bitters collectors, which is a strong, passionate group, have reactivated their desire to determine the TOP 20 WESTERN BITTERS. This task was done some years ago … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Glass Companies & Works, Questions | Tagged African Stomach Bitters, Alpine Herb Bitters, Asher S. Taylor, AT&C0, bitters, Brandy, Byrne & Castree, california, California Bitters, Cassins, Catawba, Chalmers, Chappas, Chittum, Cundurango, Dale Mlasko, Dr. Boerhaave's, Dr. Henley, E.G. Lyon's, Eye Opener, Grand Prize Bitters, Grape, Hall's California Pepsin Wine Bitters, Marcus Sass, Maristany, Miller's, Old Man's Stomach Bitters, oregon, Orizaba, Peruvian, Ratafia, Rosenbaums, sacramento, Salutaris, San Francisco, V. Squarza, Wideman, Wine | Leave a comment

The McKearin Group VIII – Sunburst Flasks

Posted on 4 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Sunbursts are considered one of the oldest of the American Geometric and Historical Flasks and are generally attributed to the period of 1815 to the early 1830’s. The McKearin Group VIII – Sunburst Flasks 04 May 2012 (R•032214) The collectors … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, History | Tagged Antique Bottle and Glass Collector, Bill Ham, Conneticut, Coventry, ferdinand meyer, geometric, John April, Keene, Maryo, Michael George, Mike Hauser, New Hampshire, Pitkin, Rick Ciralli, sunburst | Leave a comment

Glasshouse Turtle Whimsies

Posted on 4 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Recently on facebook, one of our more advanced collectors of early American glass posted a picture of some glass turtles in a garden setting (see below). It reminded me of some of the more whimsical glass pieces that I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Facebook, Figural Bottles, Glass Companies & Works, Whimsies | Tagged doorstop, fun, Glass, glasshouse, molten, slag, South Jersey, Stoddard, turtle, Whimsey, Whimsies, Woody Douglas | 1 Comment

Washington – Taylor Portrait Flask out of the woodwork….or something like that

Posted on 3 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Our flask was recovered from a privy in the Historic District in downtown Savannah. The privy dated to about 1820 and was in use until around 1900. The bottle was recovered from a “cleanout” pit about 8 feet deep adjacent … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, News | Tagged Digging, Dyottville, finding, Flask, Jason Heckler, Norman Heckler Auctions, Portrait, privy, Savannah, Taylor, Thomas W. Dyott, Washington | Leave a comment

The Amber Willington Cathedral Pickle Jar

Posted on 2 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Amber Willington Cathedral Pickle Jar 02 May 2012 (R•042519 – Heckler Aprill example, top of post) Many of the early American pickle bottles and jars were made in the 1850s and 1860s. As would be expected, the earlier examples … Continue reading →