Tag Archives: Hartford

Spring Bitters – John W. Service

Posted on 25 January 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Spring Bitters – John W. Service Hartford, Connecticut 25 January 2019 Bobby Conner sent me the two top-most pictures here and said, “Good morning Ferd. Here’s a bitters you may enjoy seeing. I can’t find any info on it other … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged aqua, Baseball, bitters, Bobby Conner, Bottle, clerk, Connecticut, Druggist & Drugstore, drugs, Edwin Crary, George Robertson, Hartford, James DeLeo, James P. Murray, John W. Service, Lester H. Goodwin, licence, Massachusetts, Medicine, Middlesex, Park, pharmacist, spring, store, Worcester | Leave a comment

The oddly shaped Vigor Bitter & Invigorating Tonic & the Heublein & Brother Bottle

Posted on 5 September 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The oddly shaped Vigor Bitter & Invigorating Tonic & the Heublein & Brother bottle 05 September 2015 Frank Wicker sent the pictures (which I have cropped in Photoshop) of a Vigor Bitter & Invigorating Tonic saying, “Hi Ferdinand, have you ever seen one … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Shot Glasses, Tonics | Tagged bitter, bitters, Cleveland, concave, Connecticutt, convex, Dauphinais, Hartford, Heublein, invigorating, ohio, Provost, Tonic, Vigor, wicker | Leave a comment

Dr. Sperry’s Rheumatic Bitters – Hartford, Connecticut

Posted on 18 February 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Sperry’s Rheumatic Bitters – Hartford, Connecticut One of the first Eclectic Botanic Physicians 18 February 2015 Selling for a song last week at Jeff Wichmann’s American Bottle Auctions Sale Page was this rare, actually I think extremely rare, Dr. Sperry’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Bennett, bitters, Botanic, Connecticut, Doctor, Eclrctic, Hartford, Isaac, Jackson, Medicine, physician, rheumatic, Sperry, Theodore, Waterbury | Leave a comment

Fully labeled Dr. A. S. Hopkins Union Stomach Bitters

Posted on 6 November 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Fully labeled Dr. A. S. Hopkins Union Stomach Bitters 06 November 2014 Glass Works Auctions has this super example of a Dr. A. S. Hopkins Union Stomach Bitters in their “Christmas Comes Early” Auction 105 that opens on 10 November 2014. … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Amidon, auction, bitters, Connecticut, Hartford, Hopkins, labeled, Stomach, Union | Leave a comment

Blacking Bottles & a little more

Posted on 15 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

B L A C K I N G This past week, a number of primarily eastern US collectors have been posting some really great pictures of Blacking bottles. I thought I would take a moment to nest a few images … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Blacking, Ephemera, History, Trade Cards, Utility Bottles | Tagged A.A. Cooley, Bartlett, Black, blacking, Boot, Brian Wolff, Cole, Connecticut, Frank Miller, Gutta Percha, Hartford, Ivory Blacking, J. Healey, Jacquot & Co., James Becker, Japan, Jeff Noordsy, Keene, lampblack, Mark Yates, Masons, Michael George, Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, Paris, Polish, Race & Sheldon, Rockwood, Shoe | 1 Comment

Lester E. Gibb’s Bone Liniment

Posted on 30 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“A cure liniment for external use only: For Skin Inflammations, Soreness, Eye Inflammation, Frost bit, Weeping Sinews, Burns, Cancer Humors, Chilblains, Rheumatic Affections, Itching, Ring Worm, Facial shaving Injuries, Strained Cords etc.” This post is prompted by Connecticut collector and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Digging and Finding, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged A.A. Cooley, Antique-Bottles.net, Bottle, Charles Flint, Connecticut, Coventry, Early Vermont Medicines, Gibb's Bone Liniment, Hartford, Medicine, New England, New England Glass House, Rick Ciralli, Stockbridge, Stoddard, Vermont | Leave a comment

Cocamoke Bitter Co. – Hartford, Conn.

Posted on 29 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Cocamoke Bitter Co. – Hartford, Conn. 29 May 2012 (R•042614) Early American Glass collector and authority, Rich Ciralli (Bristol, Connecticut) contacted me Saturday about a Bitters bottle that he recently obtained. I didn’t have an example so this is always … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards | Tagged bitters, Coca Bitters, Cocamoke Bitter Company, Connecticut, Gibbs Bone Linement, Hartford, Joe Gourd, Meyer Collection, Patrick Donaghue, Rick Ciralli, State Street, Thomaston | Leave a comment

The Charter Oak Historical Flask

Posted on 12 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

John Pastor, pictured with Liz Maxbauer above, had this great little flask called a Charter Oak at the 2012 Baltimore Bottle Show (Read further: A Salute to the 2012 Baltimore Antique Bottle Show) this past March. It was part of a preview … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bottle Shows, Early American Glass, eBay, Flasks, Historical Flasks, History, News | Tagged American Glass Gallery, Baltimore, Charter, Charter Oak, Connecticut, Eagle, Hartford, Holly Noordsy, Independence, Jeff Noordsy, John Pastor, Liz Maxbauer, Oak, Royal Charter, sandor fuss, Wyllys Hyll | Leave a comment

A couple of Petite Chestnuts

Posted on 21 November 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferd, good to see you at Keene – brief as always it seems, but bottles, bottles, bottles. Find the e-mail below which I sent back in May but appears to have slipped through your “net”. In case you did see … Continue reading →