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E.G. Booz and North American Log Cabins Too!

Posted on 13 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

D I S P L A Y S E R I E S E.G. Booz and North American Log Cabins Too! 13 October 2012 Now that I have been able to catch my breath with the summer ending and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Figural Bottles, Flasks, FOHBC News, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, Photography, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged David Hall, display, E.G. Booz, Expo, Figural, fohbc, log cabin, Reno, Scott Selenak | Leave a comment

EC&M Insulator Display at the FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo

Posted on 13 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Alan DeMaison (FOHBC Business Manager and pictured on the left) was able to provide some great video coverage of the many displays at the 2012 FOHBC … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, FOHBC News, Insulators, News, Photography | Tagged Alan DeMaison, Dennis Bray, EC&M, Expo, fohbc, Insulators, Reno, Scott Selenak, video | Leave a comment

Looking at some Labeled Bottles from the Reno Expo

Posted on 12 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

With the great bottles that Jack Stecher has been posting recently, it prompted me to go back to some of the Scott Selenak (FOHBC photographer) pictures from the 2012 FOHBC Reno Expo this past July. These pictures are great. Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, Photography, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Expo, fohbc, Jack Stecher, photography, Reno, Scott Selenak | Leave a comment

The Many Layers of the FOHBC

Posted on 6 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Here is the new cover design for the exciting next issue of Bottles and Extras that will be arriving in members mail boxes by 01 November 2012. This issue will feature the great John Feldmann Bitters collection. Just another reason … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, News, Publications | Tagged bitters, Bottles and Extras, fohbc, John Feldmann, membership | Leave a comment

Stagecoach Stops and Bartletts Excelsior Bitters

Posted on 3 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Bartletts Excelsior Bitters – the only known example was found in the attic of a Stagecoach stop in Texas” Stagecoach Stops and Bartletts Excelsior Bitters 03 October 2012 As some of my closest bottle amigos know, I was fortunate enough … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Collectors & Collections, FOHBC News, History, Postage, Questions | Tagged Arkansas, Bartlett Brothers, Bartletts, bitters, Bottles and Extras, Butterfield, california, Carey's Grecian Bend, Chickahominy Bitters, Excelsior, fohbc, Fort Smith, John Feldmann, mail, Memphis, Missouri, New York, Overland, San Francisco, St. Louis, Stagecoach, Tennessee, texas | Leave a comment

Barber Bottles and my Father

Posted on 2 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

NEWS FROM THE FOHBC SOUTHERN REGION Barber Bottles and my Father Ferd, I had an interesting thing happen a few weeks ago and I thought it would be good for the monthly southern region report. Here is what happened. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Barber Bottles, Collectors & Collections, Cologne, Digging and Finding, FOHBC News, Hair Tonics, Tonics | Tagged auction, Barber Bottles, fohbc, Jack Hewitt, Kim Hewitt, news, Regional, Southern | Leave a comment

Class of 1846 – West Point Bottle

Posted on 25 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Class of 1846 – West Point Bottle? This gentleman told me that it is indeed documented in a cadet memoir that the father of one of the cadets supplied liquor for the graduation party which they called “Fandango.” [Fascinating incoming … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Glass Companies & Works, History, Museums, Questions, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged 1846, Brownsville, Charles Gardner, Class, cylinder, Dr. Dyott, Dyottville, Eric M. Richter, Fandango, fohbc, Galloway, George B. McClellan, George E. Pickett, John Waugh, McKearin, Mexican American War, Port Isabel, Ruth Contu, texas, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Tom Hartz, University of Texas, West Point, Whiskey, Zachary Taylor | 3 Comments

Bibliography of Glass – Willy Van den Bossche

Posted on 9 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Incoming email about a new book from the legendary Willy Van den Bossche: To Mr. Ferdinand Meyer V, President of the “Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors” (FOHBC) Dear Sir, Please could you be so kind to announce the mail hereunder with … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Ancient Glass, Article Publications, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, History, News, Publications | Tagged Antique Glass Bottles, Bibliography of Glass, fohbc, Willy Van den Bossche | Leave a comment

Swirls, Whirls, Twists & Twirls

Posted on 2 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Swirls, Whirls, Twists & Twirls” D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Dwayne Anthony won the Most Educational Award at the FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo with his outstanding “Swirls, Whirls, Twists & Twirls” … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Flasks, FOHBC News, Insulators, News, Photography | Tagged Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, Bottles and Extras, Dwayne Anthony, fohbc, Insulators, NIA, Reno Expo, Swirls, Twirls, Twists, Whirls | 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 →