Tag Archives: Historical

Historical Flasks worth watching in American Glass Gallery Auction #9

Posted on 2 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

American Glass Gallery | Auction #9 Just getting a notification today that American Glass Gallery has opened the Internet portal for their exciting Auction #9. I was also able to closely look at the auction catalog during my 3+ hour … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, News | Tagged American Glass Gallery, Anchor, Baltimore, Blaske, circled the folowing, Connecticut, Coventry, Eagle, flasks, Fleur-de-lis, George McKearin, GI-83, GI-84, GII-31, GIV-13a, GIV-14, GIX-41, GVIII-25, Historical, Jeff Noordsy, John Pastor, John Robinson, Kentucky, Lafayette, Louisville, Mark Vuono, maryland, Masonic, Moulded, Pattern, Paul Richards, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, sandor fuss, Scroll, Spiller, sunburst, Terry Gillis | Leave a comment

FOHBC 2009 Pomona National Display Videos

Posted on 25 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

F O H B C D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Alan DeMaison (FOHBC Business Manager pictured to left) has been working hard of late putting together videos of the displays … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Bottling Works, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Demijohns, Digging and Finding, Display, Early American Glass, Flasks, FOHBC News, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, Hutches, Jelly & Jam, News, Photography, Pottery | Tagged Alan DeMaison, american, Bob Ferraro, Bottle, california, Carboys, Covered, David Hall, Demijohns, Denver, Dick Homme, display, Elaine DeMaison, flasks, fohbc, Graveyard, Historical, hutch, Hutchinson, jars, Jelly & Jam, Lance Westfall, national, Native, Nevada, Pomona, Pottery, Richard Siri, richard tucker, video | Leave a comment

American Bottles in the Charles B. Gardner Collection

Posted on 15 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Lure of the Empty Bottle As the Norman C. Heckler Auction 100 – The Warren C. Lane, Jr. Esquire Collection of Historical Flasks winds down and ends this Wednesday evening, 17 October 2012, I thought it might be appropriate to … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Flasks, Historical Flasks, History, News | Tagged Bill Baab, Charles B. Gardner, Connecticut, Flask, Historical, Jared Spencer, Manchester, Norman C. Heckler, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Warren C. Lane | 4 Comments

Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club Show Report & Newsletter

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I would like to applaud Dave Maryo (FOHBC Western Director, Prez Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club) and the LAHBC for being on the forefront in the Antique Bottle and Glass world with their club newsletter The Whittlemark, the dissemination of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Club News, FOHBC News, News | Tagged Bottle, club, Dave Maryo, Historical, LAHBC, Los Angeles, newsletter, Pam Selenak, Randy Selenak | Leave a comment

Post Office against Diggers? Hmmmm

Posted on 30 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Incoming email from James Campaglia. See Outhouse Patrol On Friday Aug 24th, a friend and I went to the state run historical society (McFarland Curatorial Center) in Virginia City, Montana to see what they could show us that had been … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, History, News | Tagged artifacts, Digging, Historical, James Campiglia, McFarland Curatorial Center, Montana, outhouse, Outhouse Patrol, Post Office, Society, Virginia City | 1 Comment

Eagle embossed flasks for Independence Day

Posted on 3 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The boys and girls are really letting the eagles fly over on Early American Glass on facebook. Look at these GREAT pictures. I will continue to add pictures throughout the day as I suspect more will leave their perches. Have … Continue reading →

Posted in Early American Glass, Facebook, Flasks, Historical Flasks, Holiday, Photography | Tagged 4th of July, Cody Zeleny, Dale Santos, Dana Charlton-Zarro, Double Eagle, Eagle, Eric Correla, Flask, GI-14, GI-26, GII-62, GII-70, GII-79, GIV-1, Greg Sweet, GV-10, GV-8, Historical, Independence, Michael George, Mike Brauser, Pantaloon, Rick Ciralli, sandor fuss, Willington | Leave a comment

GIV-26 found…Maybe I should have been an Electrician?

Posted on 24 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand, I thought I would share some pictures with you of a rare find. To my knowledge, none of these have shown up in over 20+ years. Very few examples of this bottle are known to exist. An old house … Continue reading →

Posted in Blown Glass, Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, Flasks, Historical Flasks, News | Tagged electrical, Flask, GIV-26, Historical, Maine, Marlborough, Masonic, Massachusetts, McKearin, Mike in Maine, New England Glassworks, New Hampshire | Leave a comment

Privy Digging – The Hole Story

Posted on 2 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The purpose of privy digging is the salvage of antique bottles and everyday household artifacts from the past. Privy Digging – The Hole Story 02 June 2012 Privy digging is the process of locating and investigating the contents of defunct … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Digging and Finding, History, Questions | Tagged bottles, brick, Chris Rowell, Digging, dipped, finding, Historical, holes, Jeff Mihalik, John Nicholson, Matthew Tigue Levanti, Mike Singleton, Nic Meyer, outhouse, pits, privy, privy digging, salvage, Steven Greene, stone, vault, wells, wood | 4 Comments

FOHBC January | February 2012 Issue Now On Stands!

Posted on 14 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The latest issue of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) signature magazine Bottles and Extras is now available to members! This is a great magazine. In addition to other benefits, members of The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) will receive a full … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Club News, FOHBC News, News, Publications | Tagged Bottle Collectors, Bottles and Extras, Federation, fohbc, Historical, membership | Leave a comment

Liking this Color for a Lafayette/Masonic Historical Flask

Posted on 18 December 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Lot #94 LAFAYETTE/MASONIC. GI-89 Half-pint, 6 ½”. 1815-30. Pontil. Another bottle from the West Virginia cache, this is an unusual light to medium green and entirely outside the standard olives or ambers. We’ve seen a fair amount of Lafayette flasks … Continue reading →