Category Archives: Utility Bottles

Tom Doligale collection of Colored Squares

Posted on 7 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Not to be Undone.. I recently did a post on some killer unembossed colored squares from the Mike McKillop (Roseville, California) collection. Read: I happen to collect unembossed applied top squares. Embedded in the post was a cryptic.”Tom Doligale..are you looking?” … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Color, Color Runs, Schnapps, Utility Bottles | Tagged Color, Mike McKillop, square, Tom Doligale, unembossed | 1 Comment

I happen to collect unembossed applied top squares

Posted on 4 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“I happen to collect unembossed applied top squares and knife edge flasks. The squares are ‘hands down’ the toughest to find, not sure why.” Hey Ferdinand, I am sorry that I didn’t get the chance to invite you over to see … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Utility Bottles | Tagged 49er, Aubirn, Color, cylinder, Mike McKillop, square, Tom Doligale | 2 Comments

Rose Water – Lime Juice – Olive Oil whats-it-hold bottles!

Posted on 3 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Rose Water – Lime Juice – Olive Oil whats-it-hold bottles! 03 December 2012 This past weekend at the El Nina – Monsoon, 49er Antique Bottle Show in Auburn, California I was able to put together a color run of some … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Cologne, Color Runs, Utility Bottles, Water | Tagged Auburn, california, cylinder, Florida Water, Ken Edward, Matthew Levanti, Olive Oil, Rose, Scott Selenak, Utility, water | Leave a comment

Haller, Beck & Co., Bromine and the Johnstown Flood

Posted on 17 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Haller, Beck & Co., Bromine and the Johnstown Flood 17 October 2012 “The date and place of the letter is Johnstown, Pa., July 3rd, 1889, so that works out to just about a month after the devastating Johnstown flood of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottling Works, Ephemera, History, Peachridge Glass, Questions, Utility Bottles | Tagged !889, Allegheny City, Beck & Co., Bromine, Clara Barton, Conemaugh Valley, disaster, Haller, Janet Lynch, John A. Beck, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, salt, South Fork Dam, Union Salt Works Company | 1 Comment

Snuff Bottle Question?

Posted on 17 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand: I recently acquired a (very) large snuff and have been searching the internet to find some info on it. Your Peachridge website is great but of all the wonderful snuffs pictured, none are the like the one I have. … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Questions, Snuff, Utility Bottles | Tagged Bottle, jar, Michael George, New England, Rick Ciralli, Snuff, Tom Lines | 1 Comment

Looking at some of the Bitters Bottles on the steamboat Bertrand – Part 1

Posted on 13 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

James Campiglia, in a series of recent emails, embedded the following statement within one portion of his commentary which inspired this post: “Also found a picture of a shard you may want to post. “Kintzing” early, beautiful green square is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Civil War, Digging and Finding, Diving, Early American Glass, Figural Bottles, History, Museums, Publications, Spirits, Treasure, Utility Bottles, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Alder Gulch, Bertrand, C.S. Kintzing, Captain James Yore, cargo, Deer Lodge, Department of Interior, DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, Drake's Plantation Bitters, gold, Hostetters Celebrated Stomach Bitters, Iowa, James Campiglia, Jesse Pursell, John J. Roe, Kelly's Old Cabin Biters, Missoula, Missouri, Missouri River, Missouri Valley, Montana, nebraska, omaha, OuthousePatrol.com, Sam Corbino, shard, Sioux Indians, St. Louis, Steamboat, Stuart & Company, Virginia City, Vivian and Simpson, West Virgini, Wheeling | 2 Comments

Michael George: Manchester Chairman & New England Tour de Force

Posted on 31 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Tour de Force is defined as “a feat demonstrating brilliance or mastery in a field”. Now if this does not describe the role and backbone of the Chairman of our FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Blown Glass, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Decanter, Demijohns, Early American Glass, Flasks, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Historical Flasks, News, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Sarsaparilla, Snuff, Utility Bottles, Whimsies | Tagged 2013, bitters, contract, Decanters, Demijohn, fohbc, Janet George, Manchester, Merrimack Valley Bottle Club, Michael George, national, New Boston, New Hampshire, Pitkin, Sarsaparilla, Snuff, Stoddard | 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

Gotta’ be strong to collect Demijohns – Dale & Barbara Santos

Posted on 12 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

B a l a n c i n g A c t Gotta’ be strong to collect Demijohns Dale & Barbara Santos 12 August 2012 (R•041815) It is time to look at Dale and Barbara Santos from Foresthill, California. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Early American Glass, History, Utility Bottles | Tagged Barbara Santos, california, cylinder, Dale Santos, Expo, Foresthill, Franklin Pierce, George Washington, James Buchanon, Mount Vernon, Reno, Wheatfield | 4 Comments

Blue Wells Miller & Provost & blue cathedral pepper sauce question?

Posted on 5 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Blue Wells Miller & Provost & blue cathedral pepper sauce question? 05 August 2012 Dr. Charles Aprill (New Orleans), saw the picture above in another post, and commented, “In the top row, there are two blue bottles. Is the left … Continue reading →