Category Archives: Sarsaparilla

Dr. John Bull and Louisville at that time

Posted on 4 July 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. John Bull and Louisville at that time 04 July 2014 (R•080914) (R•102014) (R•022219) (R•032119) “Louisville has a population of 140,000 or 150,000 and its population supports thousands of drinking saloons. Go in whatever direction, you will hardly be able … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Sarsaparilla | Tagged Cable, Digging, drug, John Bull, Kentucky, Louisville, Sarsaparilla, Wilder | Leave a comment

Lead-off Hitters in the Glass Works “Festival of Color’ Auction #102

Posted on 18 June 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Lead-off Hitters in the Glass Works “Festival of Color’ Auction #102 18 June 2014 Jim Hagenbuch, Glass Works Auctions chief, wisely led off with three spectacular pontiled medicine bottles in his Glass Works “Festival of Color’ Auction #102 that closed this past Monday evening. Lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Medicines & Cures, Sarsaparilla, Syrup | Tagged Albany, Arthur, auction, Guysott, New York, pontil, renovating, Sarsaparilla, Syrup, Wilcox, Yellow Dock | Leave a comment

Kentucky’s Top 25 Rarest Bottles

Posted on 20 May 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

In honor of and in preparation for the upcoming FOHBC 2014 National Antique Bottle Show in Lexington, Kentucky, I thought it would be nice to look at the Top 25 Kentucky’s Rarest Bottles. I will try to add pictures if I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Black Glass, Bourbon, Breweriana, Display, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, History, Inks, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, News, Pottery, Sarsaparilla, Soda Water, Spirits, Target Balls, Whiskey | Tagged 25, Barrel, Berling, bitters, Blake, Bottle, Bourbon, Bruce, Burkesville, Clark, columbus, Crescent, Cynthiana, DePont, Duffy, Evans, Farley, Farley & Taylor, Fenian, Figural, Frankfort, French, Glass, Greenup, Hall, Jenkins, Keene, Kentucky, Lexington, list, Louisville, Lupe, Maysville, MetCalfe, Nelson, New Castle, O'Marras, Pasdquier, Paul Van Vactor, Phoenix, Pig, Pottery, Richmond, Rickerson, Rivaud, Rucker, Sarsaparilla, Shaker, Sheldon Baugh, Steve Keith, Taylor, top, Universe, Walker, Whiskey, Works | Leave a comment

Dr. Wood’s Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters

Posted on 7 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Wood’s Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters 07 April 2014 (R•11.12.15) Here is a nice and early, aqua, Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters from New York City. For the most part, the brand was sold throughout New York State … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Sarsaparilla | Tagged bitters, cherry, Easterly, Ketcham, Meyer, New York, Sarsaparilla, Skinner, wild, Woods, Wyatt | Leave a comment

A Frog’s Eye View of Glass Works Auction 100

Posted on 27 November 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A Frog’s Eye View of Glass Works Auction 100 27 November 2013 by Jeff Burkhardt (Froggy) Just as most of us are stepping off to start Christmas shopping, Glass Works Auctions invites us to buy ourselves an early Christmas present in … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Auction News, Bitters, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, News, Sarsaparilla, Soda Water, Spirits | Tagged auction, Barenco, Barry & Patten, Burkhardt, Chapmans, Christmas, Crescent, Dr. Swetts, Dr. Wheeler, Duffy, froggy, General Scott, Glacier, Glass, Greer, Guysott's, high, Howards, Jeff, Jenny Lind, Kohl, Paget, Pavilion, Pike and Osgood, rock, Saloon, Saratoga, Stephen Jewett's, Stoddard, Strubel, Townsends, Triton, Works | Leave a comment

Unknown New England Glass factory’s contract with Clapp & Townsend July 15, 1848

Posted on 16 November 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Unknown New England Glass factory’s contract with Clapp & Townsend July 15, 1848 16 November 2013 (R•112413) I agree to make for Clapp & Townsend and deliver at the Boston Rail Road Depot at Greenbush (NY) between the first of … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, Ephemera, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Questions, Sarsaparilla | Tagged Albany, Clapp & Townsend, Don Carpentier, Dr. Dyott, dumpster, Greenbush, New England, New York, Ruell Clapp, Sarsaparilla, Townsend, Wheeler, Wolff, Wood and Co. | 1 Comment

Dr. Wynkoop’s Sarsaparilla – New York

Posted on 7 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

DR. WYNKOOP’S SARSAPARILLA New York Dr. Wynkoop’s Katharismic Honduras Sarsaparilla Wynkoop’s Tonic Mixture Warranted to Cure Fever and Ague Wynkoop’s Iceland Pectoral Lyon’s Kathairon 07 October 2013 (R•031619) With the recent posts on the New York ‘big bottle’ sasparallia’s (Masury’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Collectors & Collections, Hair Tonics, History, Medicines & Cures, Perfume, Questions, Sarsaparilla, Tonics | Tagged Albany, Dr. Richard Cannon, Heath, Henry Heath, Honduras, Katharismic, New York, perfume, Robert Dunbar Wyncoop, Sarsaparilla, Wynkoop, Wynkoop & Co. | 1 Comment

Sands’ Sarsaparilla – New York

Posted on 6 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA ABRAHAM B. SANDS & CO. CHEMISTS & APOTHECARIES GRANITE BUILDINGS 273 BROADWAY, CORNER OF CHAMBER STREET, NEW YORK 06 October 2013 (R•032514) (R•042219) While working on the Masury’s Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla and Wau-A-Hoo post, I came across another … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Sarsaparilla | Tagged A. B. Sands & Co., Abraham, David, New York, Sand's, Sarsaparilla, William | Leave a comment

Masury’s Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla and Wau-A-Hoo

Posted on 5 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Masury’s Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla and Wau-A-Hoo ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 05 October 2013 (Rev•101113) (Rev•101213) (Rev•101613) A number of us bitters collectors have sarsaparilla bottles in our collection and of course there are others that specialize in collecting sarsaparilla. Up … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, eBay, History, Medicines & Cures, Sarsaparilla, Stoneware | Tagged Cathartic, eBay, J. & T. Hawk, Mark Yates, Masury, Masury's, New York, Robert Hinely, Rochester, Sand's, Sarsaparilla, Wau-A-Hoo, Wynkoop | Leave a comment

Lippman’s Great German Bitters – Savannah, Georgia

Posted on 11 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Lippman’s Great German Bitters The Standard Bitters of Germany Savannah, Georgia and New York 11 June 2013 (R•013119) A great square bitters closed Monday on ebay (see top picture and further below) and it also sold for a song. Fortunately, I … Continue reading →