Category Archives: Technology

Jacob Youngblood and the Bernhard Soda Water Apparatus

Posted on 25 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hello Sir, my name is Daniel and I have been collecting bottles for a few years now. I have recently acquired a very nice blob top bottle that is greenish and says YOUNG.BLOOD (see above) in big lettering around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottling Works, History, Mineral Water, Questions, Soda Water, Technology | Tagged Apparatus, Daniel Zern, Jacob Youngblood, Joseph Bernhard, Jungblut, Mineral Water, New Jersey, Philadelphia, pony, Red Bank, Soda, Tod von Mechow | Leave a comment

Color Measurement – Latest from Michael Seeliger

Posted on 23 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Michael Seeliger (Brooklyn, Wisconsin) has been periodically updating me with his progress on his work for a color spectrophotometer for use in determining the color for a particular bottle. This is really cutting edge work for our hobby. I included one … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Color, News, Questions, Technology | Tagged Color, Michael Seeliger, spectrophotometer | 2 Comments

Leading up to Baltimore Glass Works

Posted on 11 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

LEADING UP TO BALTIMORE GLASS WORKS Looking for some answers… 11 December 1012 (R•091515) Baltimore flasks, Mr. Pollard says flatly, “come in the widest range of colors, the choicest tones of all.” WILLIAM C. POLLARD In Baltimore, glassmaking ranked as … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Blown Glass, Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Technology, Windows | Tagged Adam Kohlenberg, Alexander Furnival, Amy Reed, Baltimore Glass Works, bitters, Chris Rowell, Corn For The World, Federal Hill Works, Frederick County, Frederick M. Amelung, Hughes-Street Works, Jacob Anhurtz, Jacob Frederick Dannwolf, John Amelung, John Frederick Magnus, Lewis Reppert, New Bremen Glassmanufactory, Patapsco River Glass House, Peter Engel, Phil Edmonds, Tom Lines, William C. Pollard | Leave a comment

W.H. Hutchinson Display – Reno Expo

Posted on 14 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

D I S P L A Y S E R I E S W.H. Hutchinson – Zang Wood Read More: Three HutchBook Milestones Here is the next in the series of expanded coverage of the wonderful displays at the 2012 FOHBC Reno … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Bottling Works, Club News, Collectors & Collections, FOHBC News, Hutches, Soda Water, Technology | 2 Comments

Medicines from Lynn, Massachusetts

Posted on 10 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I must say, it is always nice to receive a complimentary email from someone I have not met before. Especially if someone is so close to me geographically. In this case the email is from Andy Rapoza in The Woodlands, … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, History, Medicines & Cures, Peachridge Glass, Technology | Tagged Andy Rapoza, Ferdinand, Houston, John Tarbox, King's Lynn, labeled, Lynn, Massachusetts, Medicine, Mrs. Dinsmore's Balsam, Mrs. Leonard's Dock and Dandelion Bitters, Peachridge Glass, shoe-making, tannery, texas, The Woodlands | Leave a comment

The great work of Sarony, Major & Knapp Lithographer – New York

Posted on 6 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The great work of Sarony, Major & Knapp Lithographer – New York 06 September 2012 (R•01Oct13) When looking at the great antique bottle brands, I periodically come across some great lithography used to market the product. I guess my favorite … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Art & Architecture, Article Publications, Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, History, Photography, Spirits, Technology | Tagged Bininger, chromolithograph, Cleopatra, Currier and Ives, Gourd, James Major, Lithographer, Major & Knapp, music, Napoleon Sarony, New York, Old Sachems Bitters, patriotism, photographer, portraits, Quebec, Sarah Bernhardt, Sarony, sheet music, Tokay, Union Square | Leave a comment

How we Transported our Goods, Beer and Liquor Back Then

Posted on 30 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

How we Transported our Goods, Beer and Liquor Back Then 30 August 2012 (R•040915) (R•041815) (R•061617) (R•102618) (R•040119 – Moxie Wagon) As you may have noticed of late, I have been developing a number of posts dealing with historical photographs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ales & Ciders, Bottling Works, Breweriana, Ephemera, History, Milk & Creamers, Photography, Technology | Tagged Beer, Bower & Company General Store, Budweiser Clydesdales, Charles Mayer, Eller Wagon Works, FMG Design, Galveston Brewing Company, Green Brewer's Hops, J.R. Watkins Remedies, Joplin, Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company, Louis Gluntz, Mayer, Missouri, Moxie, photograph, Prohibition, Texas Wagon Works, transport, transportation, wagon, Wagon Works, Wells Fargo | 1 Comment

Could this be a Texaco Gasoline Bottle?

Posted on 24 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Incoming question about a bottle. Thank you for the kind reply. Here are some pics of the Water Jug. Thick green, lots of bubbles, mold marks and striations and a nice deep Olive Green. It’s approx 18 and a half … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Questions, Technology, Utility Bottles | Tagged Arnold Schlaet, Beaumont, Brad Seigler, Chevron, gasoline, Houston, Joseph S. Cullinan, oil, Spindletop, Star, Texaco, texas, Thomas J. Donoghue, Walter Benona Sharp, Walter Dorwin Teague | Leave a comment

D&C | Dealers & Collectors unveils at the FOHBC Reno Expo

Posted on 26 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

PRG: Folks, this has been hard to keep under my hat as this new web site and book could change everything! I am not even going to tell you who is behind this ground-breaking endeavor, as you can find out … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Auction News, Bitters, Flasks, Historical Flasks, Medicines & Cures, News, Poison Bottles, Price Guides, Publications, Soda Bottles, Technology, Whiskey | Tagged Antique Bottles, auction, Collectors, D.C., Dealers, Glass, Price Guide | Leave a comment

Cullet and Slag Glass Information

Posted on 8 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Put this in the “Learn something new every day” file… Incoming email this morning. I put the question up on Early American Glass on facebook and quickly received the following comments from Charles Flint and Steven James Anderson. Howdy Ferd … Continue reading →