Tag Archives: Civil War

Patent Medicine Proprietary Revenue Stamps

Posted on 2 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Proprietary Stamps The first revenue stamps in United States were produced to collect taxes on liquor in 18th-century America and were known as Supervisors’ Seals. These revenue stamps were embossed and known as the First Federal Issue. Later, new tax laws were … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Civil War, Cordial, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Perfume, Tax Stamps, Tobacco | Tagged B.F.M. Toiuletine, Bennett Pieters & Co, Benton's Pine Tree Tar Troches, Brown's Vegetable Oriental Hair Renewer, cigar, Civil War, Corning & Tappan, Dalley's Galvanic Horse Salve, Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar, Dr. Harter Medicine Company, Dr. M. Lanes Celebrated Liver Pills, Dr. M.L. Byrn's Olio de Flora, Dr. Weaver's Compound Extract of Fireweed, Duponco's Golden Periodical Pills, Edward Wilder Stomach Bitters, Eric Jackson Revenues, Fleming Brothers, Internal Revenue Service, J.C. Ayer & Co., J.W. Campion's Pine Tree Tar Cordial, Jeremiah Curtis & Son Proprietors, L.M. Green, L.Q.C. Wishart, Lactopeptine, Ladd & Coffin, Lundborg's Perfumery, Matches, Medicines, Meyer & Co., Mrs. S.A. Allen's Hair Restorer, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Poland's Magic Powders, Proprietary Stamp, R.V. Pierce, Red Jacket Stomach Bitters, S.D. Howe Proprietor, Schenk's Mandrake Pills, Schenks Pulmonic Syrup, Schenks Seaweed Tonic, Supervisors’ Seals, tax, tobacco, United States, Vogeler, Walker & Taylor, young | Leave a comment

Woods’ Baltimore City Directory – 1864

Posted on 10 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I get asked all the time from collectors, especially in my collecting area of Bitters; “so what is happening?”, “heard about any new bottles?, “anything in the upcoming auction interest you?” or “are you going to the so and so … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Blown Glass, Bottling Works, Breweriana, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Early American Glass, Flasks, Fruit Jars, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Peachridge Glass, Publications, Soda Water, Spirits, Tobacco, Tonics | Tagged A. Hoen & Co., B. G. Tubman & Co., Baker Bros. & Co., Baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore Glass Works, bitters, Boggs, Boyd, Chris Rowell, city, Civil War, Cottman, directory, ferdinand meyer, German, John Boyd, John W. Woods, Tonic, University of Maryland, Woods | 2 Comments

The low down on Submarine Poisons

Posted on 6 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

S U B M A R I N E P O I S O N B O T T L E S “So that it may goe under water unto the bottome, and so to come up … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, Poison Bottles | Tagged Civil War, coffin, Ferdinand Meyer IV, Harper's Weekly, Poison, Skull, Sub, Submarine, Torpedo, William Bourne | Leave a comment

The Bodeker Brothers brand – killer bitters from Richmond!!

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Incoming Peachridge Glass facebook picture (above) and question from Tom Leveille. The Bodeker Brothers brand – killer bitters from Richmond!! Are you familiar with this bitters? TOM LEVEILLE (NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA) 29 October 2012 (R•020214) I like it when I get … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Andrea Mehrlander, Anna Whitehead, August Bodeker, bitters, Bodeker, Brothers, Civil War, Constitution, George H. Bodeker, Germany, Hanover, Henry Bodeker, Joseph K. Lee, Meyer, Phoebe Pember, Richmond, Sally Tompkins, Tom Leveille, Virginia | Leave a comment

Civil War Soldier’s Folk Art Carved Whimsy Bottle & Letter

Posted on 29 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

From my friend Jim Schmidt …“check out this lovely folk art in a bottle”. I think this is pretty cool. Think you will too. Please take the time to visit the listing, look at all of the pictures, read the wonderful … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Civil War, eBay, Ephemera, Folk Art, History, Miniatures, Whimsies | Tagged Civil War, eBay, folk art, Jim Schmidt, Nurse, Soldier, Spinning, Wheel | Leave a comment

Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom

Posted on 1 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Exciting news from Jim Schmidt, my Houston celebrity friend, FOHBC member and historian extraordinaire. Jim joined our antique bottle and glass community ranks a year or so ago and brings major depth to the historical aspect of our collecting. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, FOHBC News, History, Medicines & Cures, News, Publications | Tagged Amazon.com, Civil War, Confederate, fohbc, Galveston, historian, History, Houston, James M. Schmidt, Jim, Lincoln, Notre Dame, texas, Union | 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

Solomon’s Strengthening & Invigorating Bitters – Savannah, Ga.

Posted on 13 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

SOLOMONS’ STRENGTHENING BITTERS SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 13 August 2012 (Post updated 18 December 2012) (R•020219) Sometimes I have bottle posts that take a longer and broader range approach such as the Fancy Square Series and the Figural Barrel Series etc. Other … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Postage, Tonics | Tagged Abraham Alexander Solomons, Apothecary, Charles Aprill, Charleston, Civil War, Crescent City, Druggist & Drugstore, Georgetown, Georgia, Holland, invigorating, Jane Aprill, Joseph, Joseph Solomon, Meyer Collection, Pulaski, Robert E. Lee, Savannah, Solomon Drug Company, Solomons, South Carolina, Strengthening, van Blitz | 1 Comment

The little blue U.S.A. Hospital Bottle

Posted on 1 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The little blue U.S.A. Hospital Bottle 01 August 2012 I thank Brad….he is happy and I am happy. Can’t beat that! Brad Seigler visited with us at Peach Ridge recently, after the Houston Antique Bottle Show, (Read: 2012 Houston Antique Bottle … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Medicines & Cures, Peachridge Glass, Utility Bottles | Tagged army, Baltimore, Brad Seigler, Civil War, Peach Ridge, U.S.A. Hospital Department, Union | Leave a comment

Visit to the Belmont Mansion – Nashville

Posted on 23 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Today I toured Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee as part of a business project with my company FMG Design and had the good fortune to get a personal tour of the center-piece Belmont Mansion. I do not have pictures of … Continue reading →