Category Archives: Water

Top Saratoga “Wanted” List Update

Posted on 27 August 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Top Saratoga “Wanted” List Update 27 August 2015 A couple of weeks before the FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National, I received a simple e-mail from Neil Moore from Milford, Delaware that is represented below. Good morning, I read your comments regarding … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, FOHBC News, Mineral Water, News, Water | Tagged Bernie, Chattanooga, etna, fohbc, Glacier, Hyperion, Lake, Mineral, Moore, Neil, New York, Paradise, Puckhaber, round, Sans, Saratoga, Seltzer, Souci, spring, Triton, Union, Wanted, Washington | 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

Is the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle a bitters bottle?

Posted on 1 February 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Is the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle a bitters bottle? 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Bottling Works, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Postage, Trade Cards, Water | Tagged Andreas, Aperient, Bitterquelle, bitters, Bottle, Buda, Budapest, card, French, Hungary, Hunyadi, Janos, Laxative, Mineral, postal, Saxlehner, spring, water | Leave a comment

Avon Mineral Springs – the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y.

Posted on 31 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

AVON MINERAL SPRINGS the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y. by Jack Stecher 31 August 2013 “Grimace was the prevailing feature on the face of the new-comer when swallowing the beverage of the fountain” Back in 2005 I published an article on … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, History, Mineral Water, Water | Tagged American Hotel, avon, Avon Cure, Bath, Canawaugus, Capt. Asa Nowlen, Congress Hall, Congress Park, Don Tucker, Dr. Derick Knickerbocker, Dr. O. D. Phelps, Genesee River, Jack Stecher, Knickerbocker Hall, Les Buell, Livingston Inn, Longs, Lower, Magnesia, Maureen Kingston, Mineral, Nehemiah Houghton, New Spring, New York, Seneca, Springs, The Sanitarium, Tucker, United States Hotel, Upper | Leave a comment

Florida Water – Murray & Lanman – New York

Posted on 9 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

F L O R I D A W A T E R M U R R A Y & L A N M A N N E W Y O R K 09 August 2013 One … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cologne, History, Perfume, Scents, Trade Cards, Water | Tagged cologne, David Trumbull Lanman, Eau de Cologne, florida, Florida Water, Fountain of Youth, Lanman & Kemp, Murray & Lanman, New York City, perfume, Robert I. Murray | Leave a comment

Gerald and his labeled Missisquoi Bottle

Posted on 29 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

When I get back after a big bottle show like the 2013 Manchester National, I have to sift through my mind and Iphone pictures as so many folks stop by my table with bottles they are excited about. Many want … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, FOHBC News, History, Mineral Water, Questions, Water | Tagged Colonel Elisha Sheldon, Gerald Dexter, Missisco, Missisquoi, Missisquoi Spring, Samuel B. Sheldon, Sheldon, Vermont | Leave a comment

Some Nice Congress & Empire Spring Bottles – Shags to Riches

Posted on 23 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

SHAGS TO RICHES (not by far) When Elizabeth and I first moved into the long vacant house on property we now affectionately call Peach Ridge, it had shag carpet (see above), an old decrepit boat in the garage and had … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Art & Architecture, Article Publications, Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Humor - Lighter Side, Mineral Water, Peachridge Glass, Water, Whimsies, Windows | Tagged Buddy L, Columbian, Congress, Congress Park, delmarva, Drinking, Elizabeth, Empire, Glass Works Auctions, Houston, Mineral, New York, Peach Ridge, Saltillo, Saratoga, shag, Springs, water, Whimsie | Leave a comment

Historical Canteens – Canteen Figural Bottles

Posted on 19 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

HISTORICAL CANTEENS Canteen Figural Bottles 19 July 2013 (R•102913) (R•012415) (R•022115) (R•082615) Jim Hagenbuch has one of the finest H. A. GRAEF’S SON N.Y. CANTEEN bottles I have ever seen at his Glass Works Auction #96 “Cabin Fever” auction that … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Civil War, Figural Bottles, Flasks, Folk Art, History, Museums, Pottery, Stoneware, Water | Tagged A. S. Campbell Co. Boston, Acoma, Bulgari, Canteen, Chinese Ming Dynasty, Civil War, Cowan's, Eugene Smith, Glass Works Auctions, H.A. Graef, Holmegaard Glasværk, Hopi, Isaac Whitehead, Jim Hagenbuch, Kentucky, Korean War, Louisville, New York, Norman C. Heckler, Revolutionary War, Seigler | Leave a comment

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

Looking at a few of my favorites in ABCR Auction 10

Posted on 10 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A B C R A U C T I O N 10 Closing Saturday November 17th, 2012 at 8:00 PM AEST Visit Auction Travis Dunn with ABCR Auctions announces their Auction 10: The catalogue is now available for viewing – Auction … Continue reading →