Tag Archives: Meyer Collection

Greeley’s Bourbon Bitters – A Great Boston Bitters Barrel

Posted on 23 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“These popular Bitters possess all the nourishing and invigorating properties of Old Bourbon Whisky” GREELEY’S BOURBON BITTERS 23 February 2012 (R•110414) (R•110814) (R•091516) Wow, what a plug for Greeley’s. While many bitters used an abundance of adjectives describing exotic roots and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bourbon, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles | Tagged A.W. Greeley, Barrel, bitters, Boston, Greeley's Bourbon Bitters, Meyer Collection, Stecher, W.F. Greeley, whisky | Leave a comment

Crescent Bitters from Crescent City

Posted on 16 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Crescent Bitters from Crescent City 16 February 2012 (R•051814) (R•071315) NOLA, The Big Easy, Crescent City, N’awlins…all names for the great city of New Orleans, Louisiana. NOLA: New Orleans, Louisiana, duh. Big Easy: “The Big Easy” became the official nickname for … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections | Tagged Big Easy, bitters, Crescent, Meyer Collection, New Orleans, NOLA | 2 Comments

Peach colored Bourbon Whiskey Bitters added to Color Run

Posted on 12 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Peach colored Bourbon Whiskey Bitters added to Color Run 12 February 2012 (R•110214 update with advertisement above) Yesterday I completed photography for two (2) new peachy coppery barrels that will join my run of the popular figural barrel form of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Bourbon, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles | Tagged Barrel, bitters, Bourbon Whiskey Bitters, Figural, Meyer Collection, Montpelier, Vermont | Leave a comment

Braille Dots on a DeWitts Stomach Bitters

Posted on 26 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Braille Dots on a DeWitts Stomach Bitters 26 January 2012 (R•111514) Bark Bitters over on facebook posted these two (2) pictures below of DeWitts Stomach Bitters from E. C. DeWitt & Co. in Chicago with raised dots and asked if anyone was … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Facebook, Questions | Tagged Bark Bitters, braille, chicago, De Witts Stomach Bitters, dots, Ed Faulkner, Meyer Collection | 1 Comment

A Great Sunday Dig in Saginaw unearths a Steele’s Niagara Star Bitters

Posted on 25 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A Great Sunday Dig in Saginaw unearths a Steele’s Niagara Star Bitters 25 January 2012 In from Michigan diggers Nic Meyer and Bill Heatley. I saw the dig pictures on Nic’s facebook page and asked to do a post..Nic adds… … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding | Tagged Bill Heatley, bitters, Digging, Meyer Collection, Michigan, Niagara. Star, Nic Meyer, Saginaw, Steele's | 1 Comment

The big and robust Monongahela Rye Bitters

Posted on 13 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I did a post the other day on my Bromine – Union Salt Works bottle (read: Bromine – Union Salt Works – Gorgeous Allegheny City Bottle) which led me to Allegheny City which is now part of Pittsburgh on the Monongahela River. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, History | Tagged bitters, Meyer Collection, Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Rye | 2 Comments

Didn’t realize that I possess a probable Stoddard Dr. Townsend’s

Posted on 12 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

With the recent posts on the earlier Dr. Townsend’s, I went back through my digital files to find a bottle that has been resting on a remote window shelf with other Dr. Townsend’s and related “non-bitters” bottles. This fellow was … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Sarsaparilla | Tagged Albany, Dr. Townsends, Meyer Collection, New York, Sarsaparilla | Leave a comment

The beautiful and triangular S (star) C Brown’s Herb Bitters

Posted on 11 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The beautiful and triangular S (star) C Brown’s Herb Bitters 11 January 2012 My continuing effort to document triangular bitters bottles leads us now to the extremely rare, S (star) C Brown’s Herb Bitters from Philadelphia. The Brown’s was an … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, auction, Carlyn Ring, Grapentine, Heckler, McCandless, Meyer Collection, SC Brown's Herb Bitters | 4 Comments

Bromine – Union Salt Works – Gorgeous Allegheny City Bottle

Posted on 7 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bromine – Union Salt Works – Gorgeous Allegheny City Bottle 07 January 2012 Sitting on one of my bottle shelves is this gorgeous Bromine – Union Salt Works bottle from old Allegheny City (today part of Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania. Not knowing too … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, History, Utility Bottles | Tagged Allegheny City, Bromide, Haller Beck & Co., Meyer Collection, Pittsburgh, salt | Leave a comment

The extremely rare, triangular Wahoo Chamomile Bitters

Posted on 6 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The extremely rare, triangular Wahoo Chamomile Bitters 06 January 2012 I have a smaller, extremely rare triangular bitters called the Wahoo Chamomile Bitters which reminds me of other more well known bitters with similar names such as the Jacob Pinkerton … Continue reading →