Category Archives: Liquor Merchant

White Seal Pure Rye – Hulman & Beggs – Terre Haute, Indiana

Posted on 23 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

W H I T E S E A L P U R E R Y E White Seal Pure Rye – Hulman & Beggs – Terre Haute, Indiana 23 November 2012 I was looking on eBay yesterday … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Ephemera, FOHBC News, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Shot Glasses, Spirits, Trade Cards, Whiskey | Tagged Anton Hulman, Daves Great Cards, Eddie Rickenbacker, Herman Hulman, Hulman & Beggs, indiana, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Jack Sullivan, James Modrell, John H. Beggs, Rye, Terre Haute, Trade Card, White Seal Pure Rye, Wilbur Shaw | Leave a comment

Looking at the Morning Star Bitters – Baltimore

Posted on 8 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking at the Morning Star Bitters – Baltimore Greatest Tonic of the Age 12 October 2012 (R•102013) (R•091518) I was looking closer at Ed and Kathy Gray’s (GreatAntiqueBottles.com) Morning Star Bitters (see above) yesterday at the Yankee Bottle Show in … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged Baltimore, bitters, Bottle, Burns & Weigley, Charles, Cornelius F. Abbott, Cornelius W. Abbott, Ed Gray, Inceptum, Kathy Gray, maryland, Morning Star, show, stave, Street, Yankee | 5 Comments

Looking closer at the Brown’s Celebrated Indian Herb Bitters

Posted on 23 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking closer at the Brown’s Celebrated Indian Herb Bitters 23 September 2012 (R•051814) (R•052714) (R•091018) aka ‘INDIAN QUEEN’ I am presently working on a feature article on John Feldmann for the November/December issue of Bottles and Extras. During the development of possible … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures | Tagged bitters, Bottles and Extras, Celebrated, Herb, Indian, John Feldmann, Meyer, Neal N. Brown, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Queen, Whitney Brothers | 1 Comment

Barrel Series – Smith’s Druid Bitters

Posted on 20 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

B. T. 1865 S. C. SMITH’S DRUID BITTERS J. Smith & Son, Wholesale Grocers and Liquor Merchants, No. 35 Cheapside, Baltimore 20 July 2012 (R•052914) (R•032919) “on o/e all due up to this date except 1 barrel whisky” The Smith’s Druid … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged Baltimore, Barrel, bitters, Celtic, Chris Rowell, Ferdinand Meyer V, Figural, grocer, Jim Schmidt, liquor merchant, Meyer Collection, Shenandoah Valley, Smith's Druid Bitters, Steven James Anderson, Tonic, Virginia, West Virginia | 2 Comments

Tobias Barto and his Great Gun Bitters – Reading, PA

Posted on 21 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Tobias Barto and his Great Gun Bitters Reading, PA 21 June 2012 (R•031314) (R•020919) One could buy a Barto’s Bitters, a concoction of whiskey and herbal flavorings, from 1872 to 1892 at the family-run store at 437 Penn Street. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, liquor, Liquor Merchant | Tagged Barto, Barto's Great Gun, bitters, Cannon, Charles Aprill, Charles Barto, dealer, Figural, general, John Barto, John Feldmann, Joseph F. Tobias, Keystone, liquor, militia, Pennsylvania, Reading, sandor fuss, Tobias Barto, Wine | 1 Comment

St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters – Gentry & Otis – New, York

Posted on 20 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters – Gentry & Otis – New, York 20 June 2012 (R•052814) (R•102318) My friend and Civil War medicine authority Jim Schmidt (visit Civil War Medicine (and writing) found this great advertisement for St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, History, liquor, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Bill Ham, bitters, Charles Aprill, Gentry, Gentry & Otis, Jim Schmidt, JRN & CO, Meyer Collection, New York, St. Nicholas, Stiles & Co., Stomach | 2 Comments

Figural Pig Series | Suffolk Bitters

Posted on 13 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

SUFFOLK BITTERS | PHILBROOK & TUCKER | BOSTON Figural Pig Series | Suffolk Bitters 13 May 2012 (R•090614) (R•090218) A popular and favorite figural bitters to many collectors is the Suffolk Bitters put out by Philbrook & Tucker in Boston, Massachusetts. Perfectly … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures | Tagged bitters, Boston, Hadley, Herman Tucker, Joseph W. Philbrook, Massachusetts, Meyer Collection, Philbrook, Spiller, Suffolk, Suffolk Bitters, Tucker | 2 Comments

S.S. SMITH. JR & CO / CINCINNATI. O. – A Semi-Cabin in Sapphire

Posted on 26 March 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

S.S. SMITH. JR & CO / CINCINNATI. O. – A Semi-Cabin in Sapphire Sometimes life repeats itself… 26 March 2012 (R•121218 – Info on Samuel Sherwood Smith) (R•040119 – Aprill example) In this post I would like to explore the commonalities … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, Gin, Liquor Merchant, Spirits | Tagged bitters, Bombay, booth, Bottle, Cincinnati, Edwin F. Smith, Gin, Glass Works Auctions, John Wilkes Booth, Jr., liquor, Meyer Collection, ohio, S. S. Smith, S.S., Samuel Sherwood Smith, sapphire, semi-cabin, Smith & Co. | Leave a comment

Edward Wilder and his Building Bottles

Posted on 12 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Edward Wilder and his Building Bottles 12 February 2012 (R•012614) (R•010919) This weekend I was cataloging a bottle from Edward Wilder, who was a wholesale druggist in Louisville, Kentucky. I purchased the bottle from John Pastor (Antique Bottle & Glass … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Legal, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Sarsaparilla, Tonics | Tagged Antique, Bashford, bitters, Bottle, Bourbon, Brian Shultis, brother, building, Chaptico, chill, clerk, Compound, Druggist & Drugstore, drugs, Edward Wilder, Egerton, Frank Wicker, Graham Wilder, hob-nail, J. Murray Percival, James Bennett Wilder, Joe Gourd, John Bull, Kentucky, legal, Louisville, Main, marble, maryland, Medicine, merchant, Oscar, partnership, pills, potash, proprietary, retail, Robert L. Egerton, Sarsaparilla, Stamps, Stomach, Syrup, tax, Thomas O'Mara, Tonic, wholesale, Wild Cherry, worm | Leave a comment

Old Continental Whiskey – One Spectacular Bottle

Posted on 2 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Old Continental Whiskey – One Spectacular Bottle 02 February 2012 (R•110115) (R•022319) Recently I was provided the advertisement (below) from Eric McGuire for the CAMPBELL & SEAMAN NEW YORK post I recently did. The ad is for The Old Continental Whiskey, … Continue reading →