Category Archives: Wine & Champagne

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

Painted Bottles – Old & New

Posted on 12 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“We’re still painting on bottles as an art form of expression” David Walker Barker posted some neat pictures yesterday on Bottle Diggers and Collectors on facebook that I though were pretty cool and wanted to be nested in a post. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Architecture, Black Glass, Facebook, History, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Andy Goldfrank, art, bottles, David Walker Barker, Jeff Noordsy, masterpiece, naval, painting, Renaissance | Leave a comment

H F & B = Holtz Freystedt & Brothers – New York

Posted on 2 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Anyone into crude PUCE colored sided embossed whiskey bottles? Michael George posted a picture the other day on facebook (Antique Bottles for Sale) of an example of one of my favorite, non-bitters bottles. The H F & B New York. … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Facebook, History, Spirits, Uncategorized, Whiskey, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Bruno Freystedt, Charles F. Holtz, Christian F. Holtz, Christian P. F. Holtz, Germany, Hamburg, Henry Koennecke, Hoboken, merchant, Michael George, New Jersey, New York, Paul Freystedt, restaurant | Leave a comment

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

Cut Decanter and Wine Glasses in Fisher Diamond Pattern

Posted on 20 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

[Incoming email and pictures from Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club president and early American glass collector Dave Maryo] Hi Ferd, I recently purchased an early cut glass decanter and would like to share some pictures. The decanter was cut in … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Decanter, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Museums, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Bakewell, brilliant cut, Corning Museum of Glass, cut glass, Dave Maryo, Decanter, Fisher Diamond, Glass, LAHBC, Mount Washington, Page & Bakewell, Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, Wine | Leave a comment

James Noyes – Hollywood, Mississippi & the Imperial Levee

Posted on 13 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

James Noyes – Hollywood, Mississippi & the Imperial Levee 13 June 2012 (R•032319) For the past few months I have been tracking down leads on some extremely rare Mississippi Bitters bottles where I am developing separate posts thru a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Club News, Figural Bottles, History, Publications, Wine & Champagne | Tagged April, bitters, bottles, Bristol, England, George Chatham, Heckler, Hollywood, Imperial Levee, J. Noyes, Jackson, James Noyes, Jugs, Justin McClure, Mississippi, Natchez, Richard Kramerich, Sim Callon, Washington | 2 Comments

The big star in Hollywood, Mississippi is the Imperial Levee

Posted on 26 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

An absolute favorite bottle of mine is the ‘Imperial / Levee / J. Noyes / Hollywood / Miss.‘ figural wine bottle. This bottle comes embossed with the typography noted above and un-embossed. The bottle was made somewhere between 1845 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Facebook, Figural Bottles, History, Whiskey, Wine & Champagne | Tagged amber, Casper's Whiskey, Charles Aprill, cluster, cobalt, collection, grapes, Hollywood, Imperial, James Noyes, John April, Levee, Meyer, Mississippi, New Orleans, Plantation, stump, Tunica, Vicksburg, Whiskey, Wine | 7 Comments

What did the Architect have in mind when Designing this Building?

Posted on 30 December 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Prohibition Champagne: Now the Hard Rock Hotel, the Carbide and Carbon Building was built during the Prohibition in Chicago by Daniel and Hubert Burnham to resemble a champagne bottle with a foil top. While most buildings in Chicago at the … Continue reading →