Tag Archives: Augusta

Chattanooga National Bitters Spotting

Posted on 19 August 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Chattanooga National Bitters Spotting 19 August 2015 (R•082015) As busy as I was at the FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show, I certainly had the opportunity to see some nice bitters on the floor, under the tables, in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Display, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, Medicines & Cures, News, Tonics | Tagged Apple, Arabia, Argyle, auction, Augusta, Barrel, Beatty, bitters, cabin, Chattanooga, Crowe, Dexter, display, Domingo, Eagle, Ebbert, Figural, fish, Forbes, Francis, Gilbert's, golden, Highland, Holis, Hostetter, IXL, jaundice, Kimball's, Leriemondie, Lippman's, Loveridge, Meyer, Mississippi, Missouri, national, Old, OOSB, Queen, Rivaud's, rock, rolling, Russ, Rye, Sachem, Savannah, show, Shultis, Solomons, Southern, spotting, thunder, Toneco, Tonic, Victoria, Wahoo, Wiggins, Wiggs, Wigwam, Winfree | 1 Comment

Ponce De Leon Bitters

Posted on 25 May 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ponce De Leon Bitters George Jefferson Howard and the Coca-Cola Connection 25 May 2015 Here another great bitters square that John Pastor has in his current American Glass Gallery Auction 14 which is now online. The picture at the top of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Milk & Creamers | Tagged Asa, atlanta, Augusta, bitters, Candler, Civil, Coca-Cola, De Leon, Druggist & Drugstore, fountain, George, Georgia, Howard, jefferson, Ponce, war, youth | Leave a comment

W. A. Carlton’s Anti-Dyspeptic Tonic Bitters – Athens, Georgia

Posted on 17 March 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

W. A. Carlton’s Anti-Dyspeptic Tonic Bitters – Athens, Georgia 17 March 2015 Jim Hagenbuch with Glass Works Auctions has this really neat and extremely rare Carlton’s Anti-Dyspeptic Tonic Bitters square from Athens, Georgia in his “Winter Classic” Auction #106 that closes on March 23rd. … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Civil War, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged Alexander, anti, Athens, Augusta, Barnett, Carlton, Civil War, Clarke, college, Doctor, Dyspeptic, Georgia, hagenbuch, Henry, Hull, James, Joseph, Philadelphia, physician, Tonic, university, William | Leave a comment

Golden Eagle Bitters – Augusta & New York

Posted on 29 January 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Tutt’s Golden Eagle Bitters – Augusta & New York William H. Tutt 29 January 2015 Back in August 2011, I had the opportunity to visit with Mike Newman and his extraordinary bottle collection outside of Augusta, Georgia. You can read … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Postage, Sarsaparilla, Tonics | Tagged Augusta, Baab, bitters, Bon Air, Druggist & Drugstore, drugs, Eagle, expectorant, golden, Ham, hill, Hotel, Land, Medicine, New York, Newman, Patent, pills, Remsen, Sarsaparilla, Tutt, William | Leave a comment

Rees’ Orange Tonica – The Best Bitters in the World

Posted on 19 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Rees’ Orange Tonica The Best Bitters in the World Risley Co. Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers – New York PART OF THE ORANGE BITTERS SERIES 19 February 2014 (R•082519) Well, this is the last advertising trade card from authority Joe Gourd … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged advertising, Augusta, bitters, Chamber, Charles, Charleston, Druggist & Drugstore, Georgia, Gourd, Harral, Haviland, Hubbell, Keyes, Kitchen, Mobile, New York, Orange, Philotoken, Rees, Risley, Series, Tonic, tonica, trade | Leave a comment

Summer Tree – Winter Tree Historical Flasks

Posted on 16 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Summer Tree – Winter Tree Historical Flasks 15 May 2013 What a wonderful day here in Augusta, Georgia as I have my morning coffee on the porch of the historic Partridge Inn. As I look out, I see all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Color Runs, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks | Tagged Augusta, Baltimore, Flask, Georgia, Historical, maryland, Partridge, summer, winter | Leave a comment

A Thought Provoking and Inspirational Communication

Posted on 30 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

By 14 I had my own bottle shop in our cellar, a sign on the tree out front, had a table at the local flea markets, went to several major auctions at Bob Skinner’s, was advertising in Old Bottle magazine … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, FOHBC News, History, Mailbox Letters, Miniatures, Peachridge Glass, Questions | Tagged Allan Watts, Applied Lip, Augusta, Bob Skinner, Charlie Gardner, Digging, Doug Watts, East Corinth, finding, fohbc, Hentz, Maine, Norman Heckler, Old Bottle Magazine, shards, Tim Watts, Vermont | Leave a comment

U.S. Gold Bitters – Augusta, Maine

Posted on 16 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

U.S. GOLD BITTERS – Augusta, Maine 16 January 2013 (R•010319) (R•012019) Yesterday all started innocently enough with an email from my friend and fellow bitters collector Jeff Burkhardt (Froggy) from Cedarburg, Wisconsin telling me he might take a U.S. Gold Bitters … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Currency, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged $20, Apothecary, Augusta, bitters, Bryan Grapentine, Charles F. Potter, Charles Kimball Partridge, coin, Druggist & Drugstore, Eagle, Eben Fuller, Frank R. Partridge, General J. L. Hodsdon, gold, Henry Dearborn, Jeff Burkhardt, Kennebec River, Liberty, Maine, Ruger & Stoner, Sam Fuller, Tom Phillips, U.S., United States, W. T. Phillips & Co. | 7 Comments

Emerson’s Excelsior Botanic Bitters – Augusta, Maine

Posted on 28 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

EMERSON’S EXCELSIOR Botanic Bitters 28 October 2012 A Tonic that Promotes Digestion, Improves the Appetite, Invigorates the Nervous System and Purifies the Blood. E. H. B U R N S, AUGUSTA, MAINE I have taken a renewed and heightened … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, eBay, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Augusta, bitters, Botanic, Brian Wolff, E.H. Burns, eBay, Emerson's, Excelsior, Maine | 2 Comments

Cool Bottle Embossings

Posted on 13 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Cool Bottle Embossings 13 June 2012 The recent post for RADAM’S MICROBE KILLER (read: From Texas – Wm. Radam’s Microbe Killer) with the uniquely embossed patient beating off death and a skeleton, I started to think about other bottles and jars that … Continue reading →