Category Archives: Soda Water

No Fizz? Less Bizz!

Posted on 24 October 2017 by Ferdinand Meyer V

by Ken Previtali 24 October 2017 In reading the Saving the Fizz post, a number of things came to mind. Keeping CO2 bubbles sealed in a bottle until they were set free to tickle the senses was indeed a challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bottling Works, Ephemera, Ginger Ale, Soda Bottles, Soda Water | Tagged Beer, Bizz, bubbles, closure, CO2, Codd, David Graci, David Jones, Fizz, Ginger Ale, Ken Previtali, Soda, Stopper | Leave a comment

The back story to Saving the Fizz

Posted on 8 July 2017 by Ferdinand Meyer V

How an interest that started almost 50 years ago manifested into a book on patent bottle closures The back story to Saving the Fizz 09 July 2017 My name is David Jones, a name that has always brought some comment … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, History, Hutches, Mineral Water, News, Patents, Publications, Soda Bottles, Soda Water, Soft Drinks | Tagged Antique, Australia, beverage, book, Bottle, carbonated, closures, David Jones, Fizz, Glass, Mineral Water, Patent, Soda, soft drink, Sydney | Leave a comment

“Up and Going” Excelsior Ginger Ale

Posted on 20 February 2016 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Up and Going” Excelsior Ginger Ale 20 February 2016 (R•022116) I received the following “Need Help” message from Troy Beck (Xenia, Ohio) over on PRG Facebook. I get a lot of these types of questions and I am usually … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ginger Ale, Questions, Soda Water, Soft Drinks | Tagged dayton, Excelsior, Ginger Ale, John Klee, label, O. P. Klee, question, Steve Greene, Troy Beck | Leave a comment

Everything’s better with bitterquelle. . .

Posted on 4 March 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Everything’s better with bitterquelle… by Ken Previtali 04 March 2015 (R•071415) Reading the recent post on Hunyadi Janos reminded me of how the details of what we might consider commonplace can be intriguing. What could be more commonplace than water? … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, Ginger Ale, History, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Painted Label, Soda Bottles, Soda Water, Soft Drinks, Water | Tagged Ale, Andreas, Baltimore, Belfast, bell, Bergman, bitter, Bitterquelle, bottler, Crook, Ginger, Greenbrier, Hunyadi, Janos, Manitou, Mineral, Previtali, Ross, Salutaris, Saxlehner, Scherer, Seaman, Shasta, spring, Stockton, Sulphur, Virginia, water, White | Leave a comment

The E. Julin – ABO football sized torpedo

Posted on 23 August 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The E. Julin – ABO football sized torpedo 23 August 2014 (R•091814) Incoming e-mail from prominent west coast bottle collector, Dale Mlasko. We’ve seen many of Dale’s great western bitters pictures before. He had this oddity needing identification. I quickly … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Soda Water, Spirits | Tagged ABO, agent, Baltimore, Chris, Dale, E. Julin, football, forwarding, Germany, John Bull, London, Mlasko, Rowell, San Francisco, Shroyer, Swedish, Torpedo, Turku, Western | 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

California Aromatic Orange Bitters – San Francisco

Posted on 11 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

California Aromatic Orange Bitters – San Francisco PART OF THE ORANGE BITTERS SERIES 11 February 2014 (R•052119) Here is another, what appears to be, unlisted “Orange” bitters from San Francisco, California. The California Aromatic Orange Bitters was put out by … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Postage, Questions, Soda Bottles, Soda Water, Soft Drinks, Syrup | Tagged Abernathy, Aromatic, bitters, california, Coca-Cola, Irish, market, Mulhern, Orange, Orange-Kist, San Francisco, Soda, Watson | 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

J. Boardman & Co. – New York – Mineral Waters

Posted on 21 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

J. Boardman & Co. – New York – Mineral Waters 21 October 2013 Over the last decade or so, I have only seen two examples that came out of the ground in New York City (and heard of a third … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Facebook, Mineral Water, Questions, Soda Water | Tagged Biro, Boardman, Broadway, Goldfrank, Kramerich, Mineral, New York, Pastor, Tim Henson, water, Wilmington | 1 Comment

Xavier Bazin, Steam Fancy Soap Works and Perfumery

Posted on 30 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hello Ferdinand: Have enclosed some pictures of an interesting bottle that I dug in St. Louis. I dug this large flint glass pictured hair bottle from a pontiled era privy. It is a large bottle 8 1/2″ tall and 4″ … Continue reading →