Category Archives: Liquor Merchant

Fleury’s Wa-Hoo Tonic and the Mad Chinaman

Posted on 3 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Fleury’s Wa-Hoo Tonic and the Mad Chinaman I do not know what would possess a merchant or doctor to opt for putting a mean Oriental midget, chop sticks, a rat and a cat eating a rat on any advertising to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged Annie M. Herndon, Chinaman, DuFay's Magic Fluids, Fleury, Fleury Medicine Company, Fleury's Tasteless Cascarine, Frank Fleury, illinois, Indian Herbs of Joy, M.D., Meadville, Pennsylvania, Springfield, Wa-Hoo Tonic | Leave a comment

What are all these Wormwood Bitters?

Posted on 28 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

WORMWOOD – Artemisia absinthium 28 May 2013 I was tracking down some Turner Brothers information when I was directed to a full page Turner Brothers advertisement in the 1856 San Francisco City Directory and the half-page, blue, McMillan & Kester advertisement in a later 1871 … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Cordial, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Absinthe, absinthium, Artemisia, Boston, Calvin A. Richards, I. D. Richards & Sons, Isaiah D. Richards, McMillan & Kester, Pure Wormwood Bitters, San Francisco, Spice and Wormwood Bitters, Turner Brothers, Vermouth, Walter D. Richards, Wormwood Cordial, Wormwood. bitters | Leave a comment

Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps – Udolpho Wolfe

Posted on 26 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

AROMATIC SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS UDOLPHO WOLFE 26 May 2013 I have to admit, many times when I write something about a brand or bottle is not because I know something, it is because I want to learn more and I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Gin, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Schnapps, Spirits | Tagged Aromatic, Benjamin Wolfe, David H. Burke, German, Gin, Holland, jenever, Netherlands, New York, Revolutionary War, Schiedam, Schnapps, Tom Doligale, Udolpho Wolfe, Udolpho Wolfe Co. | Leave a comment

Royal Italian Bitters by A.M.F. Gianelli – Montreal

Posted on 21 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

R O Y A L I T A L I A N B I T T E R S Angelo M. F. Gianelli 21 May 2013 (R•010714) (R•052914) Tonight, I wanted to spend a little time looking at … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Auction News, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant | Tagged A.M.F. Gianelli, canada, Cosmopolitan, Genova, Italy, Montreal, Place d'armes, Royal Italian Bitters | 1 Comment

Looking at some J.T. Gayen Bottles

Posted on 20 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Jan Tecker Gayen There is an interesting J.T. Gayen bottle on ebay (see listing) with a title: Caribbean Sea Old J T Gayen Bottle Intl’ waters off Costa Rica 1800s Case Gin. It is nice see this name again. Many … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, eBay, Figural Bottles, Gin, Liquor Merchant, Schnapps | Tagged Altona, Copenhagen, Denmark, Germany, Hamburg, J.T. Gayen, Jan Tecker Gayen, Superior Palm Tre | 2 Comments

Alfred Speer and his Raised Sidewalk & Standard Wine Bitters

Posted on 18 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Speer’s Standard Wine Bitters Speer’s vineyard and wine business started on a small scale, with the vineyard expanding until it was “the largest in the State, containing over five miles of driveways, and over five hundred miles of wire.” The … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Art & Architecture, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Alfred Speer, Broadway, New Jersey, New York, Passaic, sidewalk, Speer's Standard Wine Bitters, vinyard, Wine | 2 Comments

An advertisement for an unlisted Clayton’s Celebrated Rheumatic Bitters

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

, Product Infringement? An advertisement for an unlisted Clayton’s Celebrated Rheumatic Bitters 17 May 2013 (R•021514) (R•2-122720) While perusing Pittsburgh Directories in the late 1850s and 1860s for Zingari Bitters, I can across an advertisement (on the same page as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Glass Makers, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions | Tagged C. E. Clayton, Clayton & Russell's Celebrated Stomach Bitters, Clayton's Celebrated Rheumatic Bitters, Hostetter's, John Agnew and Co., M'Cully & Co., Pittsburgh, William Clayton, William Clayton & Son | Leave a comment

Lady’s Leg Series – Zingari Bitters

Posted on 15 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

ZINGARI BITTERS – F. RAHTER Philadelphia, PA The Viceroy of Egypt placed the name of Dr. Cheopsus upon the “Roll of Nobles” and presented to him a medal bearing the following inscription: “Dr. Cheopsus, the Public Benefactor.” This bitters is … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant | Tagged F. Rahter, F. Rahter & Company, Ferdinand Rahter, Frank A. Rahter, Gypsy, lady's leg, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Zingari, Zingari Bitters | Leave a comment

Interesting Swain’s Bourbon Bitters

Posted on 13 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Interesting Swain’s Bourbon Bitters 13 May 2013 SCARCE – C. H. SWAINS – BOURBON BITTERS – RARE DEEP TOBACCO AMBER COLOR – SQUARE Up for bid (see top picture) is a real nice slightly tapered square here folks, these Swain’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Bourbon, eBay, Liquor Merchant, Spirits | Tagged chicago, Dr. C. H. Swain, eBay, illinois, Swain's Bourbon Bitters | Leave a comment

A labeled Flora Temple bottle

Posted on 13 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

James Becker pleasantly surprised quite a few of us with pictures of a labeled Flora Temple bottle over on the Bottle Collectors facebook page. Folks this is one of Elizabeth’s favorite bottles having the horse embossing. As James puts it, “One … Continue reading →