Category Archives: Whiskey

Whiskey Bottle and Spirit Bottle news

Casper Whiskey Four-Cities Variant

Posted on 28 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Made by Honest North Carolina People” Jim Hagenbuch and crew had two nice examples of cobalt blue Casper Whiskey bottles in their Glass Works Auction #97 that closed this past Monday night. What I liked was that one example was … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Casper, Casper's Whiskey, chicago, Jim Hagenbuch, New York, North Carolina, St. Louis, Winston-Salem | Leave a comment

Label Under Glass Flasks at ABA Auction 57

Posted on 8 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Richmond P. Hobson Label Under Glass Flask Jeff Wichmann had a nice assortment of Label Under Glass flasks and bottles in his recent American Bottle Auctions | Auction 57 that closed this past Sunday evening. It was very nice to … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Flasks, History, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged alabama, American Bottle Auctions, back bar, Cuba, Dennis Humphrey, Franklin D. Rooselvelt, Glass, Greensboro, Hanlen Brothers, Harrisburg, Jam Rum, label, Maine, Merrimac, Richmond P. Hopson, Santiago, Santiago De Cuba, under | Leave a comment

Looking back at Deadwood, South Dakota

Posted on 6 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Usually, I do not get much time to watch television, but when Elizabeth and I do, we usually sit together on Sunday evenings and tune in on the latest HBO series. Award winning drama and documentaries are the norm, all … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Al Swearengen, Battle of Little Big Horn, Bella Union Saloon, Black Hills, Bodega Saloon, Calamity Jane, Charlie Utter, Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Dakota Territory, David Milch, Deadwood, Deadwood Central Railroad, E. B. Farnum, Gem Variety Theater, General George Crook, George Crook, George Hearst, Gold Rush, HBO, Homestake Mine, J.K.P. Miller, Jack McCall, Jeff Wichmann, Madam Dora DuFran, Madam Mollie Johnson, Martha Jane Canary, prostitude, Seth Bullock, Sioux Indians, Sol Star, South Dakota, spirits, Tom Miller, Treaty of Laramie, Whiskey, Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp | Leave a comment

Whiskey Cylinders Looking Strong in ABA Auction 57

Posted on 5 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Bottle Fiends Ranch in Deadwood, Black Hills.” Jeff Wichmann over at American Bottle Auctions recently wrote about Deadwood’s Bottle Bonanza which is a fantastic circa 1876, Deadwood stereo view titled in period manuscript “Bottle Fiends Ranch in Deadwood Black Hills.” With … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, History, Liquor Merchant, News, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, Black Hills, Bourbon, Deadwood, G.W. Chesley, J.C. Nixon, Jeff Wichmann, Jockey Club, Kelloggs, Kentucky, R.T. Carroll, Renz, San Francisco, Seattle, Teakettle, Whiskey | Leave a comment

Mailbox Letters – February 2013

Posted on 23 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Haven’t emptied out the mailbox until this morning. Here are a few incoming pieces. Let me know if you have any info or are interested. 5-Log Drake’s Find Hello Ferdinand, On Thursday, myself and a few buddies were relic hunting … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Figural Bottles, Mailbox Letters, Milk & Creamers, Pitchers, Questions, Vases, Whiskey | Tagged Drakes, Letters, mail, mailbox, Plennert, questions, Warner's | Leave a comment

Two XR Tombstone Flasks containing Bitters (uh Whiskey)

Posted on 9 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.” Two XR Tombstone Flasks containing Bitters (uh Whiskey) 09 February 2013 (R•122117) It was nice to see two very … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Flasks, Trade Cards, Whiskey | Tagged Arkansas, bitters, coffin, Corn Juice, duck, Elvin Moody, Ferdinand Meyer V, Fitzpatrick, Helena, Joe Gourd, Judge McKenzie, Kentucky, Kris Kernozicky, Louis Alexander Fitzpatrick, Louisville, R. A. Robinson & Co., Richard Alexander Robinson, Whiskey | Leave a comment

Whiskey Bottle Tombstone – Clayton, Alabama

Posted on 6 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A wife told her husband that she’d make him a whiskey bottle-shaped tombstone if he didn’t stop drinking. He didn’t. Thank you to Dennis Humphrey for post inspiration. Bottle pictured above is a Dr. J. S. Woods Elixir medicine bottle … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Folk Art, Humor - Lighter Side, Medicines & Cures, Whiskey | Tagged alabama, Clayton, Dennis Humphrey, Gravestone, Tombstone, Whiskey, William T. Mullen | Leave a comment

Daily Dose – January 2013

Posted on 3 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 3 Section dedicated to daily thoughts and interests Thursday, 31 January 2013 Wow, this month just went by so fast. Christmas seems so long ago. Back in Houston, dodged … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Daily Dose, Figural Bottles, Flasks, FOHBC News, History, Humor - Lighter Side, Museums, News, Postage, Spirits, Tax Stamps, Whiskey | Tagged Baltimore, Bill Taylor, bitters, Daily Dose, Drakes, fohbc, Galveston, Jeff Burkhardt, John April, Kansas City, Kentucky, Lexington, Michael Stresau, National Postal Museum, news, Pittsburgh | Leave a comment

Bininger Gallery

Posted on 1 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

B I N I N G E R G A L L E R Y 01 February 2013 (R•091515) (R•090516) (R•041317) (R•100618) (R•022219) I have been nesting some great images of Bininger bottles for the past year or so waiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Early American Glass, Figural Bottles, Flasks, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Tonics, Whiskey | Tagged 19, A.M. BININGER, Apple, Banana, Bininger, Bourbon, Broad, Broadway, Denzin, golden, juice, Kentucky, New York, Old Dominion, Tonic, Urn, Wheat | 2 Comments

Photographs of People Drinking – Part V

Posted on 15 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Photographs of People Drinking – Part V PART V of a Series 15 January 2013 Presenting the Fifth Gallery of vintage pictures of “People Drinking”. This is a continuation of a series. See bottom of post for index. If you have … Continue reading →