EC&M from Dennis Eastley to Dennis Bray in Reno

Posted on 5 August 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dennis Bray (left) and Dennis Eastley (right)

Dennis Bray sent me this email and pictures of a great EC&M addition to his collection. That is Dennis Eastley and Dennis Bray in the picture above with the EC&M.  This occurred at the Reno Bottle Show a few weeks back.

Ferd;

Here’s the piece itself. It’s a beautiful emerald green, full of seed bubbles and a small nail embedded in the glass. It has a milky transparency which insulator collectors refer to as jade or jading. Simply a spectacular one of kind piece. For a figural bitters collector, you could liken this to the cobalt fish.

Thank you!

DB

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Dennis Bray’s EC&M Insulators

Posted on 5 August 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

At the National Insulator Association (NIA) show last month in San Jose, a professional photographer took photos of all the show displays, including Dennis Bray’s EC&M Insulator display. Denny Bray has been kind enough to share some pictures below. The EC&M’s have to be one of my favorite insulators. It’s just crazy to see so much character in each glass piece. Fantastic!!

EC&M Insulators

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Mike Newman Bottles – Upstairs Sodas

Posted on 4 August 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Mike Newman Bottles – Upstairs Sodas

04 August 2011

Apple-Touch-IconAI am in Augusta, Georgia for three days of business and was able to sneak away yesterday evening to see the fantastic bottle collection of Mike Newman from Martinez, Georgia. This is an important collection of a wide variety of the best of Georgia and South, Carolina pottery and soda bottles. Mike also has a remarkable collection of inks, flasks and bitters bottles. The presentation and lighting is museum quality. I will post in three (3) listings. This is Post 3, Upstairs Sodas…WOW!

(Click Here for Post 1 – Downstairs)

(Click Here for Post 2 – Upstairs Flasks)

Upstairs Bottles – Sodas

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Mike Newman Bottles – Upstairs Flasks

Posted on 4 August 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Mike Newman Bottles – Upstairs Flasks

04 August 2011

Apple-Touch-IconAI am in Augusta, Georgia for three days of business and was able to sneak away yesterday evening to see the fantastic bottle collection of Mike Newman from Martinez, Georgia. This is an important collection of a wide variety of the best of Georgia and South, Carolina pottery and soda bottles. Mike also has a remarkable collection of inks, flasks and bitters bottles. The presentation and lighting is museum quality. I will post in three (3) listings. This is Post 2, Upstairs Flasks…WOW!

(Click Here for Post 1 – Downstairs)

(Click Here for Post 3 – Upstairs 3)

Upstairs Bottles – Flasks

Window Box Display of Historical Flasks

Gorgeous Aqua Historical Flasks in Window Box Display

Gorgeous Colored Historical Flasks in Window Box Display

Colored Quart Scroll Flasks

Quart Corn for the World Historical Flasks

Quart Washington | Taylor Historical Flasks

Natural Light and LED Illumination

Firecrackers

Newman Standout Flask

Lafayette Flask

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Mike Newman Bottles – Downstairs

Posted on 4 August 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Mike Newman Bottles – Downstairs

04 August 2011

Apple-Touch-IconAI am in Augusta, Georgia for three days of business and was able to sneak away yesterday evening to see the fantastic bottle collection of Mike Newman from Martinez, Georgia. This is an important collection of a wide variety of the best of Georgia and South, Carolina pottery and soda bottles. Mike also has a remarkable collection of inks, flasks and bitters bottles. The presentation and lighting is museum quality. I will post in three (3) listings. This is Post 1. Wait until you see Upstairs…WOW!

(Click Here for Post 2 – Upstairs Flasks)

(Click Here for Post 3 – Upstairs Sodas)

Downstairs Bottles

Matching Graphics | Union Glass Works

XR Half Gallon Fleur de lis Scroll Flask

Jenny Lind Calabash & Concentric Ring Eagle Flask

 Mineral Water Color Run

Stafford’s Master Inks – Color Group

Master Ink Color Run

Saratoga Mineral Waters

Mineral Water Color Run

Grouping of Pint Historical Flasks

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Stronger than Steel: the Evolution of Glass

Posted on 2 August 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dave Maryo sent me this really informative video on glass. I design in glass when I am not collecting and realize the power and beauty of glass. It is amazing how far glass has come. Thanks Dave….I will also be putting the video on my FMG blog.

Stronger than Steel: the Evolution of Glass 

A five-thousand-year-old material gets new life and super strength thanks to new technology. From the 103rd story of the Willis Tower in Chicago to Apple’s future headquarters to a Corning research lab, we see how tough glass can get while maintaining its timeless beauty. (click to see video)

Note: Unfortunately you need to watch the 30 second advetisement to see video. Please be patient.

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E. Kauffeld Pikes Pike Flask

Posted on 1 August 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Received this email and pictures from Jim Bender….

Hi Ferd,

I am sending you a few photos of what is believed to be the rarest mold of a Pikes Peak flasks GX1-49. I had the rare chance to have this flask for a few days before I delivered it to it’s new owner a good friend of mine. The bottle is a quart with a light pink tint to it. It has only been in the hands of a few collectors over the past 100 years. It is know resting in its new home where it will be a very long time to come. It is believed to be a one of a kind. Thought it would be nice to share it with others who will never get to see it. Feel free to post it on your site as well as the FOHBC site.

 Jim Bender, Sprakers, NY

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Cathedral Pickle Picture Page

Posted on 31 July 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers and Posted it on The Peachridge Cathedral Pickle Picture Page

It was really a great experience to see the Cathedral Pickle display at the FOHBC York Show (was it York or Wilmington?)…I believe it was displayed by Terry Gillis. This glass is incredible in it’s form and beauty. The various sizes and aqua colors really make for great groupings. Anyway, I thought I would create a page of great pictures. Please send me some killer group shots so I can post.

Cathedral Pickles - Mitchell Collection

Cathedral Pickles - Gray Collection

Cathedral Pickles - Rogers Collection

Cathedral Pickles with Natural Light - Errera Collection

Cathedral Pickle Grouping - Dolcini Collection

Four Willington Cathedral Pickle Jars - Charles Aprill

61 Cathedral Pickle Jars on eBay in one lot - May 2012

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What!!! Pontiled Green Highland Bitters and Scotch Tonic

Posted on 31 July 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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What!!! Pontiled Green Highland Bitters and Scotch Tonic

31 July 2011

You Have Got to Be Kidding!

  • Apple-Touch-IconAThis past Wednesday started off innocently enough until I received an eBay alert from Jeff (Froggy) Burkhardt about a pontiled Highland Bitters and Scotch Tonic. Jeff is great in spotting anomalies. See below..

Jeff states ‘Did you see this HIGHLAND? Only on for 24 hours & therefore never went the distance. VERY suspicious! Hope the buyer isn’t screwed. Have never seen a pontiled Highland in GREEN. If so, cheap at the price…if the buyer gets the bottle’.

A follow-up email from Marke Warne stated ‘I agree with Jeff. A one day auction says alot and no seller feedback did it for me’

The Ring/Ham listing is as follows:

H 117  HIGHLAND BITTERS (au) / AND / SCOTCH TONIC ( ad ) // c // 9 5/8 x 2 1/8 (8), Barrel, 10-10, NSC, Applied mouth, Yellow, Amber and Olive green – Rare; Amber and Olive green and Metallic pontil mark – Extremely rare, The Mansfield Drug Company, Memphis, Tennessee, Circa 1865 – 1875

Then I get this email and pictures from David Reed last night…

Hi Ferdinand, I met you at the Memphis National. I just snagged the super rare pontiled Memphis barrel a couple days ago. I’ve talked to many people about the Highland Bitters, and noone Ive talked to in the past few years have ever seen a green one with a pontil. I have talked to the go to Memphis guys and they told me it’s the only pontiled green one known. They tell me that the ones with a pontil are all amber and they are a iron or graphite and not open like this one. Its not a tubular pontil, but that like a Townsend sarsaparilla. This bottle is just KILLER! crudity, color, and condition are all great. It has millions of seed bubbles. Nice and clean too. Its green in all natural lights. Its a darker shade of green also. It’s the same color as a couple case gins I have. Get back with me and let me know what you think. Thanks, David Reed

OK…I just spoke to David and got the Jimmy…Story is that the bottle came from a 90 year old lady and showed up at a flea Market in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The eBay guy who bought it paid a couple of bucks.

This is certainly BIG NEWS! I thought my example was nice (see below)…it doesn’t even compare…

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Connecticut – The Willington Glass Works Colors

Posted on 31 July 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

From New England glass collector Michael George:

Visit Mike’s Web Site BottleShow.com

The Willington Glass Works in CT was in business for an astounding 57 years from 1815-1872. The earlier production was most earthy tone olive and olive-amber colors. Here are 3 earlier pieces, all appear to have been made from the same dip mold and have very similar pontil scars.

Later Willington products offered a wider range of colors… here are 4 Willington quart flasks in very diverse colors.

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