Category Archives: Liquor Merchant

The old but sexy, Brown & Drake Catawba Bitters lady’s leg

Posted on 25 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BROWN & DRAKE CATAWBA BITTERS The old but sexy, Brown & Drake Catawba Bitters lady’s leg 25 January 2013 (R•030319) The first in the series of Lady’s Leg figural bottles is a ‘doozie’ as it is the predecessor brand to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Alan Spear, Binghamton, Brown & Drake's, Catawba, Chebala, Corning Journal, Figural, Jeff Burkhardt, Jimmy Chebalo, lady's leg, New York, P.H. Drake, Patrick Henry Drake, Roger Sweetland, Wine | 2 Comments

Some Great Pittsburgh Embossed Bottles

Posted on 15 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand: I thought I would send you a couple of pictures of a couple of new bottles I picked up. Often times forums are hard to explain in detail. I’ve collected Pittsburgh bottles since 1974 and it is neat that … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, Early American Glass, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Syrup, Tonics | Tagged 120 Wood, anderson, Bennett, Carrol, Chip Cable, Diamond Alley, Gugeheim, Haslett, Japanese, Lemon, Our House, Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, Schwartz, Syrup, tavern, Tonic | 2 Comments

Grocery Stores from Yesteryear

Posted on 11 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

H I S T O R I C A L P H O T O G R A P H S There have been a number of historical photograph galleries this past year on Peachridge Glass such as Colorado Saloons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Windows | Tagged August Storz, C.D. Rake, Charles E. Miller, Clarence Saunders, Coca-Cola, Elbert T. Osborne, Fisher, Groceries, Grocery, J.F. Barker & Co., L.H. Marsh, Litsch, Maison Laurent, merchandise, merchant, Old Murphy Grocery Store, Piggly Wiggly, R.M. Richards, Roth Brothers, S.N. Lopez Co., Spiro Obradovich, store, Volkert, Wheeler's Boston Branch Grocery, Williams Brothers | Leave a comment

Barrel Series – B.M. & E.A. Whitlock & Co. – New York

Posted on 9 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

B. M. & E. A. WHITLOCK & CO. – NEW YORK 09 January 2013 (R•01Oct13) (R•031318) The figural barrel series from 2012 is for the most part, 95% or so complete meaning posts were developed for most of the great … Continue reading →

Posted in Early American Glass, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Barrel, Benjamin M. Whitlock, Bronx, Edward A. Whitlock, Figural, New York, Whitlock & Co. | 1 Comment

B. E. Mann before he became a Professor Overnight

Posted on 8 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Extremely rare B. E. Mann’s Oriental Stomach Bitters bottle 08 January 2013 (R•103114 update with Chicago connections) (R•111915) “I dug a very rare bottle this weekend in Vicksburg, MS in a Confederate artillery camp that was also occupied by union … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Digging and Finding, eBay, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Benning, Benning E. Mann, bitters, Brant, chicago, Connecticut, Corey, eBay, Edward. Curtis, Fort Steele, Mann, Mississippi, Oriental, Peck, Professor, Shears, Stock, Vicksburg, Wyoming | Leave a comment

Patent Medicine Proprietary Revenue Stamps

Posted on 2 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Proprietary Stamps The first revenue stamps in United States were produced to collect taxes on liquor in 18th-century America and were known as Supervisors’ Seals. These revenue stamps were embossed and known as the First Federal Issue. Later, new tax laws were … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Civil War, Cordial, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Perfume, Tax Stamps, Tobacco | Tagged B.F.M. Toiuletine, Bennett Pieters & Co, Benton's Pine Tree Tar Troches, Brown's Vegetable Oriental Hair Renewer, cigar, Civil War, Corning & Tappan, Dalley's Galvanic Horse Salve, Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar, Dr. Harter Medicine Company, Dr. M. Lanes Celebrated Liver Pills, Dr. M.L. Byrn's Olio de Flora, Dr. Weaver's Compound Extract of Fireweed, Duponco's Golden Periodical Pills, Edward Wilder Stomach Bitters, Eric Jackson Revenues, Fleming Brothers, Internal Revenue Service, J.C. Ayer & Co., J.W. Campion's Pine Tree Tar Cordial, Jeremiah Curtis & Son Proprietors, L.M. Green, L.Q.C. Wishart, Lactopeptine, Ladd & Coffin, Lundborg's Perfumery, Matches, Medicines, Meyer & Co., Mrs. S.A. Allen's Hair Restorer, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Poland's Magic Powders, Proprietary Stamp, R.V. Pierce, Red Jacket Stomach Bitters, S.D. Howe Proprietor, Schenk's Mandrake Pills, Schenks Pulmonic Syrup, Schenks Seaweed Tonic, Supervisors’ Seals, tax, tobacco, United States, Vogeler, Walker & Taylor, young | Leave a comment

1865 San Francisco Directory – All Quiet before the Quake

Posted on 27 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

1865 San Francisco Directory All Quiet before the Quake SAN FRANCISCO – 1865 27 December 2012 Interesting to look at the innocence of an 1865 San Francisco business directory right before the first great earth quake. With all of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Breweriana, Glass Companies & Works, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Museums, Spirits, Whiskey, Wine & Champagne | Tagged 1865, bitters, California Wine Bitters, Cassin's Grape Brandy Bitters, directory, Distillery, Dow's, Earthquake, Francis Cassin, Glass, Hoelscher & Wieland, J.H. Cutter's O.K. No. 1 Bourbon Whisky, Lacour's Bitters, Louis Lacour, M. Keller, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Gray, Pacific Congress Water, Pacific Glass Works, Pacific Museum, Quartz, Rosenbaums, Sainsevain's, Sam Clemens, San Francisco, Sonoma Red and White Wines, Steamer Day, Telegraph Hill, Thomas E. Finley, Vincent Squarza | Leave a comment

Louise Hawkins – The “Sylph”

Posted on 24 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

T h e S Y L P H A Sylph (also called sylphid) is a mythological creature in the Western tradition. The term originates in Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, his elementals of air. … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Civil War, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Distillery, General John McDonald, General Orville E. Babcock, Great Whiskey Ring, James B. Kelly, John H. Garnhart, Kelly's Old Cabin Bitters, Louise Hawkins, Old Cabin Bitters, St. Louis, Sylph, Ulysses S. Grant., Washington D.C., Whiskey | Leave a comment

Log Cabin Series – Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters

Posted on 22 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Log Cabin Series – Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters 22 December 2012 (R•052714) KELLY’S OLD CABIN BITTERS Kelly Brand Development The Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters is a dramatic example of a figural cabin with a story. With a number of great … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Tax Stamps, Whiskey | Tagged Belle Memphis, Bertrand, bitters, cabin, Colorado, Figural, Ft. Benton, Glassboro New Jersey, J. H. Garnhart & Co., James B. Kelly, John H. Garnhart, Kelly's, Log, Montana, New York, Old Cabin Bitters, President Grant, Ronald R. Switzer, St. Louis, Steve Sewell, Washington D.C., Whiskey, Whitney Glass Works | Leave a comment

20th Century Old Taylor Kentucky Bourbon Advertising

Posted on 20 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

COLONEL E. H. TAYLOR SINGLE BARREL Taylor was one of Kentucky’s original Bourbon aristocrats and was called the “father of the modern bourbon industry.” 20th Century Old Taylor Kentucky Bourbon Advertising 20 December 2012 Old Taylor Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey was … Continue reading →