Tag Archives: Elizabeth

Some other pictures from our 2015 West Coast Bottle Trip

Posted on 4 April 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Some other pictures from our 2015 West Coast Bottle Trip San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay, Big Sur, Carmel & Monterey 04 April 2015 This is a follow-up post to the “Salutes to the 2015 San Luis Obispo Antique Bottle Show – Morro … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, News, Photography | Tagged bay, Big Sur, bottles, california, Carmel, Edward, Elizabeth, Formes, Garrapata, Helen, Jerry, Ken, mission, Monterey, Morro, San Luis Obispo, Weathersbee | Leave a comment

2015 Baltimore Bottle Experience

Posted on 11 March 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

2015 Baltimore Bottle Experience Snow, Cold Weather and a Warm Time 11 March 2015 Towards the middle of last week, Elizabeth and I started getting alerts from the airlines that our scheduled flight from Houston to Baltimore might be delayed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, News | Tagged 2015, Baltimore, Bottle, cold, crab, Dellis, Drakes, Elizabeth, essex, expanded, fohbc, Forbes, hagenbuch, maryland, Meyer, show, snow, weather | Leave a comment

More on C.H. Ebbert & Co’s OUR OWN SOUTHERN BITTERS

Posted on 30 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

More on C.H. Ebbert & Co’s – OUR OWN SOUTHERN BITTERS 30 January 2014 Ferdinand, I read with great interest your piece on C.H. Ebbert & Co’s OUR OWN SOUTHERN BITTERS. I can totally understand why this bottle would be … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Article Publications, Bitters, Civil War, History, Questions | Tagged bitters, Cameron, Confederate, Davis, Ebbert, Elizabeth, Folger, Hostetter, Jackson, jefferson, McGuire, Memphis, ohio, OOSB, Southern, Stonewall, Tennessee | 1 Comment

Some Nice Congress & Empire Spring Bottles – Shags to Riches

Posted on 23 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

SHAGS TO RICHES (not by far) When Elizabeth and I first moved into the long vacant house on property we now affectionately call Peach Ridge, it had shag carpet (see above), an old decrepit boat in the garage and had … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Art & Architecture, Article Publications, Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Humor - Lighter Side, Mineral Water, Peachridge Glass, Water, Whimsies, Windows | Tagged Buddy L, Columbian, Congress, Congress Park, delmarva, Drinking, Elizabeth, Empire, Glass Works Auctions, Houston, Mineral, New York, Peach Ridge, Saltillo, Saratoga, shag, Springs, water, Whimsie | Leave a comment

A Summer Day at Peachridge in 2007

Posted on 29 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

In 2007, Elizabeth and I commissioned our friend and professional photographer, Steve Harris, to spend the morning in our home taking pictures of windows and bottles. We gave him free reign and left him alone. A few of the photographs … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Figural Bottles, Insulators, Lightning Rod Balls, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Pickle Jars, Poison Bottles, Windows | Tagged Bears, bitters, Elizabeth, HP Herb Wild Cherry Bitters, Insulators, Ladies Legs, Lightning Rod Ball, Peachridge, photographer, Skilton Foote Bunker Hill Pickles, Victorian Room, Violins | Leave a comment

Christmas 2012 – Peachridge Glass

Posted on 21 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Read More: The Best Merry Christmas Bottle Tree Read More: A Collection of Vintage Christmas Bulbs Read More: Christmas Themed Glass Post Read More: Christmas 2011 – Peachridge Glass

Posted in Figural Bottles, Holiday, Peachridge Glass | Tagged Christmas, Elizabeth, Ferdinand, Meyer, Peachridge Glass | Leave a comment

Rick Ciralli – Comedic Genius Bottle Guy

Posted on 26 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Rick Ciralli – Comedic Genius Bottle Guy 26 August 2012 The Urban Dictionary describes Comedic Genius as “the most intensely, legit, bad-ass on the planet; a comedic genius misunderstood in his era”. In the antique bottle and glass world, where … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Facebook, Humor - Lighter Side | Tagged Baltimore Antique Bottle Show, Charles Flint, comedic, comedy, Elizabeth, genius, Humor, Jerry Lewis, Rick Ciralli | 1 Comment

Christmas 2011 – Peachridge Glass

Posted on 21 December 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Posted in Holiday, Peachridge Glass | Tagged 2011, Elizabeth, Ferdinand, Merry Christmas, Meyer, Peachridge Glass | Leave a comment

New Way to Look at Bottles?

Posted on 29 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

As you may know, Elizabeth and I live in Bottle ‘Siberia’ here in Southeast Texas meaning we are off the beaten track for visitors. Wouldn’t you know it, Jerry and Helen Forbes visited us prior to the four of us … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Humor - Lighter Side | Tagged blind folded, bottle Siberia, Elizabeth, fohbc, Jerry Forbes, National Show | Leave a comment

Ferd gets a new Trophy!

Posted on 3 April 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Elizabeth created this photograph in Photoshop as a joke for Jeff Wichmann, owner of American Bottle Auctions, who posted a similar altered image of me holding my new Bryant’s Bitters cone. We jokingly spoofed the FOHBC and stated we wanted … Continue reading →