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Category Archives: News
Daily Dose – April 2013
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
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The latest from the The Museum of Connecticut Glass
The latest from the The Museum of Connecticut Glass 31 March 2013 The following post reports on the latest news from the The Museum of Connecticut Glass and has been developed with cooperation and coordination with Noel Tomas. Historical Synopsis of the … Continue reading
Posted in Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Museums, News, Witch Ball
Tagged Capt. John Turner, Chamberlain, Coventry, Coventry Glass Company, Jesse Brainard, Knox, Michael George, museum, Museum of Connecticut Glass, Nickolas Wrobleski, Noel Tomas, Pam Papanos, Pitkin, Stebben, Turner, Westford, Willington
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2013 National Antique Bottle Show Seminars Announced
Manchester, NH Seminars Michael George, show chair and Rick Ciralli, seminar coordinator for the 2013 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire just announced officially, an exciting line-up of seminars and presenters that will want to be added … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Blown Glass, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Dinnerware, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Medicines & Cures, Milk & Creamers, Mineral Water, News
Tagged Al Morin, Brian Wolff, Connecticut, Dave Hoover, Demijohn, George Waddy, Ian Simmonds, Jim George, Manchester, Michael George, Milk, Mount Vernon, New England, New Hampshire, Rick Ciralli, seminar, South Jersey, Thomas Haunton
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Morro Bay Meat Eaters
Morro Bay Meat Eaters 29 March 2013 So I ask my friend Jerry Forbes (Carmel, CA) for some bottle pictures from the the San Luis Obispo Bottle Society’s 45th Annual Show and Sale in Morro Bay, California this past Friday … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Humor - Lighter Side, News
Tagged california, DSan Luis Obispo, Jerry Forbes, meat, Morro Bay
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Spring Jar & Bottle Auction – North American Glass
You can always expect a great grouping of Fruit Jars in the Greg Spurgeon North American Glass Auctions. This next auction, starting tomorrow, is no exception. Right off the bat, when I previewed the pieces this morning, I almost fell out of … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Fruit Jars, News
Tagged 1858, Alex Kerr, auction, Clayton, Fruit, greg spurgeon, jar, John Wolfe, Malcolm Dieckow, Masons, Millville, Moore Brothers, New Jersey, North American Glass
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Advertising Bitters Dose (Shot) Glasses in Glass Works Auction #97
BITTERS DOSE (Shot) GLASSES The ‘March Madness’ Auction #97 Advertising Bitters Dose (Shot) Glasses in Glass Works Auction #97 19 March 2013 I was pleasantly surprised to venture deeper in to the Jim Hagenbuch Glass Works Auction #97 to find … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, News, Shot Glasses
Tagged bitters, Dose, Glass Works Auctions, Jim Hagenbuch, Shot
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International Perfume Bottle Association
Thanking one of the newest Associate Club members to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC). The International Perfume Bottle Association.
The elusive Dr. John’s Stomach Bitters
The elusive Dr. John’s Stomach Bitters Fundamental Collecting Shift 10 March 2013 (R•032818 – example) (R•040418) In recent years I have had a fundamental shift in my Bitters bottle pursuits as I have shifted my primary focus from immaculate examples … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Museums, News
Tagged Baltimore, Bill Ham, bitters, Digging, Dr. Johns, Glass, Louvre, Paris, shard, Stomach, Venus de Milo
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Collector Rights
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
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