Category Archives: Reproductions

Manchester Display Photo Gallery

Posted on 23 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

More pictures from the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire. Display awards were announced this past Sunday afternoon near the conclusion of the show. Congratulations are in order to Michael George and his Stoddard Glass Factory exhibit … Continue reading →

Posted in Blown Glass, Bottle Shows, Bottling Works, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Display, Early American Glass, Ephemera, Flasks, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Ginger Ale, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Inks, Insulators, Medicines & Cures, Milk & Creamers, Mineral Water, Miniatures, News, Reproductions, Soda Bottles, Soda Water, Stoneware, Utility Bottles | Tagged award, Bob Kennerknecht, Bobby Hilton, Bonney, cone, Dale Murschell, Dave Olson, Dave Waris, Dennis Gionet, display, fohbc, fragments, Ginger Ale, Holly Noordsy, Ink, inkwells, Jeff Noordsy, Jim Bender, Jim Gray, Karen Gray, Ken Previtali, Kevin Kyle, Lyndeborough, Manchester, Mark Newton, Mark Yates, Michael George, Mount Vernon, Moxie, New England, New Jersey, Paul Richards, Reproductions, Rob Girouard, Sandwich, Soda, Stoddard, stoneware, sunburst, Tom Marshall, Wistarburgh | 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

Will the real Drake’s Please Stand Up?

Posted on 14 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Had a FED Board meeting conference call last night. One of the topics was reproductions. As I thought, there is not much we can do as far as stopping a person from reproducing a bottle but we should encourage a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, News, Questions, Reproductions, Scams & Frauds | Tagged bitters, Dick Watson, Drakes, Jim Bender, reproduction, Rick Hall | Leave a comment

More on Reproductions from Jim Bender and Bruce Silva

Posted on 8 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This morning I did a Red Flag reproduction post that stirred up some folks rightly so. Reproductions have been around forever and will continue forever as long as there is a desirable original to copy. I think us bitters collectors especially … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Figural Bottles, Fruit Jars, News, Questions, Reproductions, Scams & Frauds, Utility Bottles | Tagged Bruce Silva, Drake's Plantation Bitters, Fruit Jar, Jim Bender, Mason, red flag, reproduction, Stephen Youker, USA Hospital | 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

1970’s Suffolk Pig reproductions, but way cool…

Posted on 22 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

AMERICA’S / SUFFOLK BITTERS / LIFE PRESERVER 1970’s Suffolk Pig reproductions, but way cool… 22 January 2013 Eric Matthew Richter posted these rather nice pictures of the reproduction SUFFOLK BITTERS figural pig over at Bottle Collectors on facebook. Nice color … Continue reading →