Category Archives: Whiskey

Whiskey Bottle and Spirit Bottle news

Cool Embossings 2

Posted on 28 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Cool Embossings 2 28 August 2012 This is the second post in the series titled “Cool Embossings”. See Cool Bottle Embossings 1. As a designer, I just love seeing these images on bottles. So cool. This is a living and breathing post, meaning … Continue reading →

Posted in Spirits, Water, Whiskey | Tagged ABCR, Barrel, Boomerang, Brad Seigler, Brian Shultis, Chalmer's Catawba Wine, Cod, Codd, columbus, devil, eBay, Glass Works Auctions, Greyhound, Jerry Forbes, Judge Blaske, Kangaroo, Meyer Collection, Michael Dolcini, Mikes Bottle Room, Moonface, Moore, Pennsauken, Rampant Lion, Ratafia, rooster, Scott's, sphinx | 1 Comment

Hentz’s Curative Bitters – Unlisted Variant Found

Posted on 23 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hentz’s Curative Bitters – Unlisted Variant Found 23 August 2012 (R•040919) Incoming email and pictures from Bill Ham, author of Bitters Bottles and Bitters Bottles Supplement. Ferdinand: Here is an unlisted variant of the HENTZ’S CURATIVE BITTERS. It looks like H … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, History, Questions, Whiskey | Tagged Bill Ham, bitters, Curative, Ferdinand, Henry Hentz, Hentz, Hentz's, Jules Mumm, Percy Hentz, Philadelphia, Scheetz's, Stylus Club, Whiskey, William Hentz, William Wilkinson | Leave a comment

Photographs and Images of People Drinking – Part III

Posted on 23 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Photographs and Images of People Drinking – Part III PART III of a Series – Ketcham Drinking Gallery 23 August 2012 With record speed I am opening the third gallery of vintage drinking pictures from up North as new material has … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ales & Ciders, Breweriana, History, Humor - Lighter Side, Photography, Spirits, Tobacco, Whiskey | Tagged Antique Bottle Depot, Appetine, bar, bitters, Chippewa Falls, cigar, dog, Drinking, gallery, George Benz, Grain Belt, Hamm's, Kaiser, Lash's, liquor, milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Ulm, Old Blue Ribbon, people, photography, Pickwick Rye, Pikes Peak, Saloon, Schmidt's, spittoon, St. Paul, Steinmeyer, Steve Ketcham, Washburn, Whiskey, Wisconsin | 2 Comments

Photographs and Images of People Drinking – Part II

Posted on 19 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Photographs and Images of People Drinking – Part II PART II of a Series 19 August 2012 It is time to open the second gallery of vintage drinking pictures as the first galley filled to volume. This is a continuation … Continue reading →

Posted in Breweriana, Civil War, Fruit Jars, Photography, Spirits, Tobacco, Whiskey, Wine & Champagne | Tagged bootleg, Civil War, Confederate, Dennis Fox, Dennis Humphrey, Drinking, Jeff Wichmann, photograph, Prohibition, soldiers, Sutler, tent, Union, Whiskey, whisky | Leave a comment

Buchanan Brass Printing Plate – Figural Cannon Series

Posted on 19 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Buchanan Brass Printing Plate – Figural Cannon Series 19 August 2012 Really phenomenal new material coming in from Abel Da Silva regarding my recent post on the Buchanan Cannons. This information pretty much closes the door on my questions about … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Digging and Finding, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Abel Da Silva, advertising, canada, Cannon, copper, Figural, Glass Works Auctions, Hotel Bourges, Hughes and Kimber, James Buchanan & Co., James McNeill Whistler, Malt Whiskey, plate, printing, Toronto, Whiskey, whisky, Yorkville | Leave a comment

Buchanan’s Black & White Scotch Whisky Advertising

Posted on 17 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Yesterday I was writing and posting pictures of figural Buchanan cannon bottles (read: “the Buchanan Cannons”). During my research to determine the source of the Buchanan name I was led to the James Buchanan Company which is a scotch whisky “merchant”- a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ephemera, History, Holiday, Humor - Lighter Side, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Black & White, Elizabeth Meyer, Glascow, James Buchanan & Co., London, Mac, Magee, Maggie, maryland, Mia, Murphy, Scotch, Scottie, Scottish, Terrier, Towson, West Highand, Westie, Whiskey, whisky | Leave a comment

“the Buchanan Cannons”

Posted on 16 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“the Buchanan Cannons” 16 August 2012 Buchanan’s Malt Whiskey Buchanan Sour Mash Whiskey Buchanan’s Extract of Sugar Corn In late June of this year, I felt like I was wrapping up the Figural Cannon Series (see bottom of page) with … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, Questions, Stained Glass, Whiskey | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Bob Ferraro, Buchanan, canada, Cannon, Charles Aprill, Charles Gardner, Connie Ferraro, corn, England, Eric McGuire, Figural, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan & Co., James K. Polk, King Edward VII, liquor, London, Malt, merchant, Millard Fillmore, President, Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria, Scotch, Scottish, Series, sugar, Whiskey | 1 Comment

Barrel Series – Chapin & Gore – Chicago – Sour Mash

Posted on 15 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

CHAPIN & GORE CHICAGO SOUR MASH 1867 15 August 2012 (R•041519) Gardner Spring Chapin & James Jefferson Gore Next in the figural barrel series is the Chapin & Gore Sour Mash whiskey from Chicago. Chapin & Gore were major liquor merchants with … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Architecture, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, Shot Glasses, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Barrel, Chapin & Gore, chicago, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Figural, Gardner Spring Chapin, George Ade, GreatAntiqueBottles.com, Hugh M. G. Garden, illinois, James Jefferson Gore, Orson Collins Wells, Richard Schmidt, Sour Mash, wholesaler, William Herman Schmedtgen | Leave a comment

Barrel Series – Brent, Warder & Co. – Louisville

Posted on 14 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BRENT, WARDER & CO – LOUISVILLE KY 14 August 2012 Pictured above is the only example I could find of the elusive Brent, Warder & Company figural barrel. This small, 6 3/4″, amber-copper figural barrel, embossed BRENT, WARDER & CO. … Continue reading →

Posted in eBay, Figural Bottles, Questions, Whiskey | Tagged Barrel, Brent, company, eBay, Elmore D. Warder, Figural, John P. Warder, Kentucky, Louisville, Series, thebottlevault, Warder, Whiskey | Leave a comment

Bininger Advertising Art & Labels

Posted on 10 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Abraham M. Bininger Bininger Advertising Art & Labels 10 August 2012 (R•022419) As a designer and artist, I really admire the wonderful advertising art for Bininger products such as the fully labeled A.M. Bininger & Co. figural cannon pictured above, … Continue reading →