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Looking at Dr. Gottlieb Fisch’s Bitters and The Fish Bitters

Posted on 31 August 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking at Dr. Gottlieb Fisch’s Bitters and The Fish Bitters Ware & Schmitz, Philadelphia 31 August 2018 I can not believe that I have not definitively written about the original figural fish bitters bottles before so I thought I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Cod Liver Oil, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged Berlin, bitters, Bottle, Color, Doctor, Figural, Fisch, fish, Germany, Gottlieb, Joe Gourd, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Prussia, Schmitz, Tonic, Ware | Leave a comment

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

Corn n’ Fish at the 2014 Houston Antique Bottle Show

Posted on 19 July 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Corn n’ Fish at the 2014 Houston Antique Bottle Show 19 July 2014 Read from 2012: I brought a few of my Drakes to the Houston Show Read from 2013: Houston 2013 Antique Bottle Show – Showing Off Some of you may … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Display, Figural Bottles | Tagged corn, display, Figural, fish, Houston, light, Rohrer | Leave a comment

Early Cod Liver Oil Bottle

Posted on 16 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Early Cod Liver Oil Bottle 16 April 2014 Ron Krupa sent in these great pictures of a rare oddity found at a flea market on 13 April 2014. This early Cod Liver Oil bottle is probably the nicest example I have ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Cod Liver Oil, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, Medicines & Cures, News | Tagged Cod, Emulsion, Figural, fish, Liver, oil, Ron Krupa, Scott | Leave a comment

My ex Callahan’s Old Cabin Whiskey – The Big Fish that Got Away

Posted on 8 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“The Big Fish that Got Away” 08 August 2012 (Updated 13 August 2012 with Greg Price email) (R•060614) We all know about, and have probably experienced, “The Little Fish that Got Away” syndrome. Well, how about “The Big Fish that … Continue reading →