Tag Archives: Cincinnati

Barrel Series – Roback’s Stomach Bitters (the smaller ones)

Posted on 19 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

ROBACK’S STOMACH BITTERS (R 74) 19 July 2012 (R•031414) (R•091318) Dr. Roback was neither a Doctor nor a Roback. He was an unsuccessful farmer, turned salesman, who in 1844, escaped debtor’s prison in his native Sweden. He started in Boston … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, Publications | Tagged Astrology, Barrel, bitters, Cincinnati, Figural, Meyer Collection, ohio, Philadelphia, Roback's, Roback's Stomach Bitters, Sweden | Leave a comment

Barrel Series – Roback’s Stomach Bitters (the big boys)

Posted on 18 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

ROBACK’S STOMACH BITTERS (R 73) 18 July 2012 (R•122113) (R•091516) (R•091318) Dr. Roback was neither a Doctor nor a Roback. He was an unsuccessful farmer, turned salesman, who in 1844, escaped debtor’s prison in his native Sweden. The post is about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles | Tagged Barrel, bitters, Charles W. Roback, Cincinnati, Dr. Roback, Earl Patterson, Figural, Meyer Collection, ohio, Prince, Roback's Stomach Bitters, Walton & Company | 1 Comment

Figural Pig Series | Berkshire Bitters

Posted on 16 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BERKSHIRE BITTERS | AMANN & COMPANY | CINCINNATI, O Berkshire Pigs 16 May 2012 (R•090516) (R•110816) Berkshire pigs are a rare breed of pig originating from the English county of Berkshire. Herds of the breed are still maintained in England by … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles | Tagged Amann & Company, Anthony Amann, Berkshire Bitters, Cincinnati, Cowan's, Edmund Amann, Edward Gerdes, Glass Works Auctions, hog, hoggish, Kentucky, Kirkpatrick, Pig, Skinner, Suffolk Bitters, Whiskey | 1 Comment

Bennett’s Stomach Bitters – A real puzzler

Posted on 22 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

In from my friend, Civil War authority Jim Schmidt: see: CIVIL WAR MEDICINE (AND WRITING) * Thanks to Rick DeMarsh for token, and newspaper submissions. Stomach Bitters 1.75 Sure Death to Rats 2.00 1866 D.M. Bennett bill-head from … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Poison Bottles, Tax Stamps | Tagged Bennett's, billhead, bitters, Cincinnati, Civil War, DeRobigne, Druggist & Drugstore, Jim Schmidt, Mortimer, Proprietary Stamp, Quaker, Rick DeMarsh, Stomach | 1 Comment

S.S. SMITH. JR & CO / CINCINNATI. O. – A Semi-Cabin in Sapphire

Posted on 26 March 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

S.S. SMITH. JR & CO / CINCINNATI. O. – A Semi-Cabin in Sapphire Sometimes life repeats itself… 26 March 2012 (R•121218 – Info on Samuel Sherwood Smith) (R•040119 – Aprill example) In this post I would like to explore the commonalities … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, Gin, Liquor Merchant, Spirits | Tagged bitters, Bombay, booth, Bottle, Cincinnati, Edwin F. Smith, Gin, Glass Works Auctions, John Wilkes Booth, Jr., liquor, Meyer Collection, ohio, S. S. Smith, S.S., Samuel Sherwood Smith, sapphire, semi-cabin, Smith & Co. | Leave a comment

Bavarian Bitters – Two Examples worth Comparing

Posted on 21 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bavarian Bitters Two Examples worth Comparing 21 February 2012 Last May 2011, I was able to add the elusive B 34 Bavarian Bitters in the single line typographic arrangement, to my Bitters collection. Photography of this bottle was completed last … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, History | Tagged Bavaria, Bavarian Bitters, bitters, Brad Francis, Carlyn Ring, Cincinnati, Glass Works Auctions, Hoffheimer Brothers, Jim Hagenbuch, Memphis Daily Appeal, Meyer Colection, St. Louis | Leave a comment

Some Information on New England and Midwestern Pitkin Flasks

Posted on 16 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Some Information on New England and Midwestern Pitkin Flasks 16 February 2012 *Post amended 21 February 2012 with Dana Charlton-Zarro information and Dave Maryo image. * Post amended 09 April 2012 with additional Pitkin Ruins image of archway. Jeff Noordsy (visit … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Flasks, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, History | Tagged American Collector, Cincinnati, Connecticutt, Dana Charlton-Zarro, George S. McKearin, half-post, Harry Hall White, Holly Noordsy, Jeff Noordsy, Kent, Manchester, Mantua, Moscow, New Geneva Glassworks, ohio, pattern mold, Pitkin, Pitkin Glass Works, Ravenna, Rhea Mansfield Knittle, Rick Ciralli, Steubenville, W.T.D. Howe, Zanesville | 3 Comments

Morning Call Bitters – Unlisted and Recently Dug

Posted on 28 April 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

March 19, 2011, From Memphis Diggers web site. We finally got to dig on a lot that we had been eyeballing for about 12 years. This street is loaded with history. Many of the residents on the street were steamboat captains. Unfortunately … Continue reading →