Category Archives: Questions

Two rare and early ‘Southern’ Bottles

Posted on 24 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Two rare ‘Southern’ Bottles Southern Alterative | New Orleans Southern Tonic | Matagorda 24 August 2013 I received the above picture of a good piece of a Southern Alterative | New Orleans bottle (could be a word or two missing) and the below advertisement … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tonics | Tagged Abner Lee Clements, Albert Clinton Horton, Horton & Clements, James Viguerie, Matagorda, New Orleans, Southern Alterative, Southern Tonic | 1 Comment

The S & W or W & S or whatever Monogram Bottle

Posted on 22 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The S & W or W & S or whatever Monogram Bottle 22 August 2013 Brenda Dacus Crosby posted the above photograph of a bottle on the PRG facebook page asking for help identifying the monogram. A monogram is a motif made … Continue reading →

Posted in Druggist & Drugstore, Questions | Tagged A. S. Hinds, Brenda Dacus Crosby, Jim Eifler, Logo, Michael Urbansky, monogram, Smith & Wesson | Leave a comment

Some nice Detective Work on R. C. Dansby

Posted on 18 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

When I posted the information about the Dansby’s Cotton-Patch Bitters from Terrell, Texas, (Read: Where is that Dansby’s Cotton-Patch Bitters from Terrell, Texas?) I came across the above picture of a Drug Store sign in Terrell on Main Street and wondered … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Questions | Tagged Cotton-Patch, Dansby, DeGaugh, F. M. Adams, John Albert DeGaugh, Kaufman County, Marianne Dow, R. C. Dansby, Terrell, texas, Walter Dickson Adams | 1 Comment

The Folksy, Girl on a Bicycle Historical Flask

Posted on 13 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Folksy Girl on a Bicycle Historical Flask [Updated 14 August 2013] I am very fond of Folk art and especially enjoy seeing art and illustrations on antique bottles like the Travellers Bitters and Pikes Peak Flasks. Yesterday, I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Flasks, Folk Art, Historical Flasks, History, Questions | Tagged A. D. & H. C., Bicycle, Carl Sturm, Chambers, Dana Charlton-Zarro, David Whitten, folk art, girl, GXIII-3, Jay Hawkins, Mark Vuono, Nicole Puhlick, Pittsburgh | Leave a comment

Houston paths and long forgotten scenes – Part III

Posted on 8 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I can only imagine what must be beneath the soil, along the banks, beneath the criss-crossing Interstate Highway overpasses, under the office towers and parking lots and beneath the bayou when I take my frequent runs or when I walk … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, Diving, History, Questions | Tagged Allen's Landing, bayou, Best Bitters in America, Buffalo Bayou, Eller Wagon Works, Floyd Boyett, FMG, FMG Design, Galveston Bay, Houston, Kalamazoo, Michigan, path, pathways, White Oak Bayou | Leave a comment

The Mystery surrounding the Woodgate’s Plantation Bitters

Posted on 6 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Mystery surrounding the Woodgate’s Plantation Bitters 06 August 2012 (Updated 07 August 2013 with Jeff Burkhardt information) (R•061317) Why yes, I have written about the extremely rare, Woodgate’s Plantation Bitters before, but ahah, now I possess the fourth known … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, Questions | Tagged Fuss, Krist, Meyer, Woodgate's Plantation Bitters | 3 Comments

Mailbox Letters – August 2013

Posted on 2 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Please feel free to send any antique bottle or glass questions to ferdinand@peachridgeglass.com. The information will be posted if relevant or of interest to the readers. I will try to answer or wait for another reader to respond. Quality images … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Mailbox Letters, Questions | Leave a comment

Gerald and his labeled Missisquoi Bottle

Posted on 29 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

When I get back after a big bottle show like the 2013 Manchester National, I have to sift through my mind and Iphone pictures as so many folks stop by my table with bottles they are excited about. Many want … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, FOHBC News, History, Mineral Water, Questions, Water | Tagged Colonel Elisha Sheldon, Gerald Dexter, Missisco, Missisquoi, Missisquoi Spring, Samuel B. Sheldon, Sheldon, Vermont | Leave a comment

The ornate Yamara Cordial Bitters – Chicago

Posted on 8 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

YAMARA CORDIAL BITTERS C H I C A G O 08 July 2013 (R•092119) Glass Works Auctions has a really neat, highly decorative, rectangular flask type bitters bottle (pictured above) in their Glass Works Auction #99 “Madness in Manchester” Auction which … Continue reading →