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Manchester Display Photo Gallery

Posted on 23 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

More pictures from the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire. Display awards were announced this past Sunday afternoon near the conclusion of the show. Congratulations are in order to Michael George and his Stoddard Glass Factory exhibit … Continue reading →

Posted in Blown Glass, Bottle Shows, Bottling Works, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Display, Early American Glass, Ephemera, Flasks, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Ginger Ale, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Inks, Insulators, Medicines & Cures, Milk & Creamers, Mineral Water, Miniatures, News, Reproductions, Soda Bottles, Soda Water, Stoneware, Utility Bottles | Tagged award, Bob Kennerknecht, Bobby Hilton, Bonney, cone, Dale Murschell, Dave Olson, Dave Waris, Dennis Gionet, display, fohbc, fragments, Ginger Ale, Holly Noordsy, Ink, inkwells, Jeff Noordsy, Jim Bender, Jim Gray, Karen Gray, Ken Previtali, Kevin Kyle, Lyndeborough, Manchester, Mark Newton, Mark Yates, Michael George, Mount Vernon, Moxie, New England, New Jersey, Paul Richards, Reproductions, Rob Girouard, Sandwich, Soda, Stoddard, stoneware, sunburst, Tom Marshall, Wistarburgh | Leave a comment

2013 Bottle Battle Highlights

Posted on 21 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

New England Bottle Battle I wanted to get some posts and pictures out as quickly as I could. It has been insane here in a good way. A few pictures have been put up on the PRG facebook page. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Inks, Medicines & Cures, News, Utility Bottles, Whimsies | Tagged Bottle, Bottle Battle, Brian Wade, Charles Aprill, Dana Charlton-Zarro, E. Waters, Eric Correla, Greg Bair, Holly Noordsy, Janet George, Jeff Noordsy, Jimmy Chebalo, Kevin Sives, Mark Yates, Maureen Crawford, Medicine, Michael George, New England, Nicholas Wrobleski, NY, Rick Ciralli, Steve Swiechowicz, Tom Marshall, Troy, Utility, whimsical | 3 Comments

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

Daily Dose – April 2013

Posted on 1 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A p r i l 2 0 1 3 Just some ramblings and thoughts that are not on the home page. Tuesday, 30 April 2013 Ahhh, last posts of the month today. Look for another unlisted find, a Burnham’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose, Inks, News, Peachridge Glass, Photography | Tagged Chattanooga, Dave Kyle, DeWitts Bitters, Ink, Jack Stecher, John April, LAHBC, Nicolas Scull, Philadelphia, sandor fuss, Tennessee | Leave a comment

Collector Rights

Posted on 7 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hey Ferd, I hope you are doing well, but there is an urgent and quite frightening matter that I need to discuss with you. There was a post back before the Expo that pertained to laws being passed affecting bottle … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Digging and Finding, FOHBC News, Inks, News, Regulations, Schnapps | Tagged Collector, florida, fohbc, Jimmy Bray, Kevin Dowdy, Rights, Statue of Liberty | Leave a comment

Pictures of the Week (06 January 2013)

Posted on 6 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is the first weekly round-up of some really nice photography from various antique bottle and glass web sites that have surfaced in the previous week. It seems that winter sunlight and new snow has influenced many of still life … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Display, Early American Glass, Historical Flasks, Inks, Insulators, Medicines & Cures, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Windows | Tagged Dale Mlasko, Dave Kam, Ferdinand Meyer V, Herbert Cable, James Campiglia, Jeff Noordsy, John Panella, Larry Baumann, Mark Rose, Mark Yates, Michael George, Rick Ciralli, Tom Marshall, Utah Antique Bottle Cliche | 1 Comment

This Week in Pictures

Posted on 9 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A weekly round-up of some really nice photography from various facebook glass sites. These pictures are amazing. It is so nice to see such great care with topic selection, composition and lighting. Kudos folks. P H O T O … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Demijohns, Display, Flasks, Inks, Insulators, Medicines & Cures, Photography | Tagged Church's Cough Drops, Dana Charlton-Zarro, David Jackson, Dawid Utrecht, Flask, Flint, Hemingray, Jeff Noordsy, Jeremy Kemp, John April, Lanes Gout Specific, Matthew Tigue Levanti, Michael George, Mike Dolcini, Mold warmers, Norris's Drops for Fevers, photography, pictures, Poland, Shaun Kotlarsky, Sibly's Solar Tincture, Solomon's Balm of Gilead, Steven Harris, Stoddard, strap-sided, Turlington's, Woody Douglas | 1 Comment

Looking at a few of my favorites in ABCR Auction 10

Posted on 10 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A B C R A U C T I O N 10 Closing Saturday November 17th, 2012 at 8:00 PM AEST Visit Auction Travis Dunn with ABCR Auctions announces their Auction 10: The catalogue is now available for viewing – Auction … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Breweriana, Cordial, Gin, Infant Feeders, Inks, Medicines & Cures, News, Pickle Jars, Pot Lids, Water | Tagged A. H. Pain, ABCR, Ale, Alexandra, Blogg Bros, Castlemaine, Cosmopoliet, E. J. Rose's, J. T. Shepheard & Co, Magador Bitters, Sharpe Bros., Simpsons Ink Ltd, Travis Dunn, Warner's Safe Cure | Leave a comment

Some Great Bottles worth watching in American Glass Gallery Auction #9

Posted on 2 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

American Glass Gallery | Auction #9 This is my second post reviewing the outstanding American Glass Gallery Auction #9 which is now online. Read: 1st post Historical Flasks worth watching in American Glass Gallery Auction #9. Great photography, good write-ups and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Blacking, Figural Bottles, Fruit Jars, Inks, Pickle Jars, Sauce, Whiskey | Tagged American Glass Gallery, auction, Big Dig, blacking, Boston, Cathedral, E. Waters, Ed & Kathy Gray, Fruit, jar, Jerry McCann, John Pastor, Josee Johnson, Liz Maxbauer, New York, Race & Sheldons, Sauce, Troy, Western Spice Mills | Leave a comment

Killer Columbian Inks added to Newman Collection

Posted on 17 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferd: Just bought this aqua gallon Harrison’s to go with my cobalt bottle. Feel free to post on Peachridge. Trying to show the killer whittling. This was supposedly found in a house in Savannah, Georgia a few years ago. Mike … Continue reading →