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Pickle Bottles and related Pickle Bottle News

Meet Chef Johnny Pol “The Foodman”

Posted on 10 October 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Meet Chef Johnny Pol “The Foodman” 10 October 2014 I met Chef Johnny Pol at the super 2014 Morro Bay Antique Bottle Show earlier this year and was impressed with his table of bottles and personality. Our hobby has so many … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Food, Fruit Jars, Jelly & Jam, Pickle Jars, Sauce, Syrup, Utility Bottles | Tagged bay, Culinary, Food, Foodman, Goldfield, goldrush, Johnny, Morro, Pol, San Francisco, Western | 1 Comment

C. T. Hughes & Co. Sauce Bottle – Where is it from?

Posted on 13 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

C. T. Hughes & Co. Sauce Bottle Where is it from? 13 September 2013 The other day we read about the dig with all of the pontiled bottles. Read: The One We Have Waited For, Privy Heaven!!!! The bottle that really … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, Facebook, History, Pepper Sauce, Pickle Jars, Questions | Tagged Andy Goldfrank, C. T. Hughes & Co., Charles Hughes, Cincinnati, Dennis Rogers, grocer, Hopples, Hughes & Glenn, Joe Hardin, John G. Glenn, ohio, Pickle, preserves, Sauce, William P. Hughes | 1 Comment

August 2013 – Antique Bottle & Glass Photo Gallery

Posted on 1 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Good Pitkin Morning – Tom Marshall I thought I would take a moment to group some of the really remarkable photographs that have been posted on Early American Glass and Bottle Collectors on facebook this past month. The composition, lighting, … Continue reading →

Posted in Chestnut, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Flasks, Fruit Jars, Historical Flasks, Inks, Photography, Pickle Jars, Utility Bottles, Whimsies | Tagged Dana Charlton-Zarro, David Olson, Jeff Noordsy, Jim Cobb, Justin Alberti, Matt Greig, Michael George, Mike Brauser, Rick Ciralli, Shaun Babb, Tom Marshall, Woody Douglas | Leave a comment

The bottles I ordered from Dogriver came today

Posted on 14 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The bottles I ordered from Dogriver came today 14 June 2013 Hi Ferd, The bottles I ordered from Dog River Glass came today. I have enclosed a few photos. Let me share my thoughts on this group. The small pickle … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Figural Bottles, News, Pepper Sauce, Pickle Jars, Questions, Reproductions, Scams & Frauds | Tagged Dog River Glass Company, Jim Bender, Old Sachem, Pepper Sauce, Pickle, reproduction | 1 Comment

Drake’s Plantation Bitters and other Reproductions out in the market

Posted on 8 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

They are excellent repros and would easily pass to the unsuspecting as original bottles. The dealer had 10 or 15 of each type. And, guess the price of each… only $24.00. REPRODUCTION ALERT Ferdinand, I was very interested in your … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Figural Bottles, News, Pickle Jars, Questions, Reproductions | Tagged Cathedral, Dog River Glass Company, Drake's Plantation Bitters, Pickle, reproduction, Terry Ludlow | 7 Comments

A Summer Day at Peachridge in 2007

Posted on 29 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

In 2007, Elizabeth and I commissioned our friend and professional photographer, Steve Harris, to spend the morning in our home taking pictures of windows and bottles. We gave him free reign and left him alone. A few of the photographs … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Figural Bottles, Insulators, Lightning Rod Balls, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Pickle Jars, Poison Bottles, Windows | Tagged Bears, bitters, Elizabeth, HP Herb Wild Cherry Bitters, Insulators, Ladies Legs, Lightning Rod Ball, Peachridge, photographer, Skilton Foote Bunker Hill Pickles, Victorian Room, Violins | Leave a comment

Bottles on the Steamship SS Republic

Posted on 24 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BOTTLES ON THE S T E A M S H I P S S R E P U B L I C 24 November 2012 I wanted to circle back after honing up on the Steamboat Arabia (Read: Looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Diving, eBay, History, Museums, Pepper Sauce, Pickle Jars, Pottery, Questions, Spirits, Treasure | Tagged 49'ers, Admiral David G. Farragut, Baltimore, Battle of Mobile Bay, california, Confederate, Fells Point, Georgia, Gold Rush, Hurricane, John W. Lovitt, Mexico, New Orleans, Nicaragua, Russell Sturgis, Savannah, Sierra Nevada, SS Republic, Steamship, Tennessee, Union, USS Mobile, Vera Cruz, William Walker | 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

Bodmann Baltimore Cathedral Pickles perish in great San Francisco Fire

Posted on 19 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Jeff Wichmann over at American Bottle Auctions in Sacramento, California, has an exciting auction online as I write. This is Auction #56 that closes on 26 August 2012. Besides the spectacular Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters (see above), and the Cropper’s Stomach … Continue reading →