Tag Archives: Meyer

The big star in Hollywood, Mississippi is the Imperial Levee

Posted on 26 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

An absolute favorite bottle of mine is the ‘Imperial / Levee / J. Noyes / Hollywood / Miss.‘ figural wine bottle. This bottle comes embossed with the typography noted above and un-embossed. The bottle was made somewhere between 1845 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Facebook, Figural Bottles, History, Whiskey, Wine & Champagne | Tagged amber, Casper's Whiskey, Charles Aprill, cluster, cobalt, collection, grapes, Hollywood, Imperial, James Noyes, John April, Levee, Meyer, Mississippi, New Orleans, Plantation, stump, Tunica, Vicksburg, Whiskey, Wine | 7 Comments

E. Baker’s Premium Bitters – Richmond (Virginia Bitters Series)

Posted on 10 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

E. Baker’s Premium Bitters – Richmond (Virginia Bitters Series) R I C H M O N D 10 April 2012 | Post Updated 30 July 2013 (R•120513) At the Baltimore Bottle Show this past March, Virginia digger and collector Tom … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged bitters, collection, E. Baker's, Meyer, Newport News, Premium, Richmond, Tom Leveille, Virginia | 1 Comment

Bunker Hill Monument Figural Colognes

Posted on 5 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bunker Hill Monument Figural Colognes 05 February 2012 (R•111215) (R•022319) Yesterday I spent the day recording and moving some new bottle acquisitions around. One bottle that was a conversation piece on facebook was my new citron, SKILTON, FOOTE & COMPANY … Continue reading →

Posted in Cologne, Figural Bottles, Glass Companies & Works, History, Revolutionary War | Tagged Antique Bottle and Glass Collector, Boston, Breed's Hill, British, Bunker Hill Monument, Bunker Hill Pickles, Cape May, Charlestown, cologne, colonial, Foote, Harold Leonard Krevolin, Lighthouse, Meyer, New Jersey, Revolutionary War, Sandwich Glass Works, Skilton, Trade Mark | Leave a comment

A Pole Full of Beehives

Posted on 3 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I saw this posting by James Bancroft on his facebook page of a large pole full of beehives (see below) of 152’s and 154’s. I thought this was pretty neat. A few weeks ago I also saw miles of old … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Glass Companies & Works, Insulators, News, Peachridge Glass | Tagged Beehive, CD 145, Colorado, Denver, Hemingray, Insulators, Meyer, National Insulator Show, NIA, polecat, railroads, W.G.M.CO., Western Fling Glass Company, Western Glass Manufacturing Company, Yankee | Leave a comment

Dr. Petzold’s Genuine German Bitters – Patent Medicine

Posted on 1 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Petzold’s Genuine German Bitters 01 February 2012 (R•011715) (R•050819) My friend and Civil War author, Jim Schmidt (see Civil War Medicine) sent me a link today for an eBay listing for a Baltimore Letterhead dated 1887 for a Dr. Petzold’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Stoneware, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged Baltimore, Berlin, bitters, Civil War, Dr. Petzold's, eBay, Genuine, German, Jim Schmidt, Meyer, stoneware, Tonic | 1 Comment

Christmas 2011 – Peachridge Glass

Posted on 21 December 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Posted in Holiday, Peachridge Glass | Tagged 2011, Elizabeth, Ferdinand, Merry Christmas, Meyer, Peachridge Glass | Leave a comment

Roped Squares – Russian Imperial Tonic Bitters

Posted on 14 November 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Roped Squares – Russian Imperial Tonic Bitters 14 November 2011 Yesterday I wrote about the National Tonic Bitters which probably is the most ornate of the roped bitters. Read: Roped Squares – National Tonic Bitters It prompted a few responses … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, Tonics | Tagged bitters, corners, Imperial, Meyer, national, roped, Russian, Tonic | 1 Comment

Complete Set of Twelve Quilted Diamond Poisons + Stoppers, 1/2 oz to 1/2 gallon on eBay

Posted on 12 November 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Wow…look at this run of twelve cobalt blue quilted diamond Poison Bottles & stoppers! [eBay Listing reads] We hope you’ll like this phenomenal set of poisons. It is a complete set from 1/2 oz. to 1/2 gallon, including all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, eBay, Figural Bottles, Poison Bottles | Tagged Bottleski, diamond, eBay, George Waddy, lattice, Meyer, Poison, quilted, stoppers | Leave a comment

The ‘Liberace’ of Square Bitters – Steinfeld’s French Cognac Bitters

Posted on 12 November 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

STEINFELD’S FRENCH COGNAC BITTERS 12 November 2011 (R•052914) (R•060614) As part of the Fancy Gent Series we now visit the Steinfeld’s French Cognac Bitters. Without a doubt the fanciest of squares. The ‘Liberace’ of Bitters squares. “Bevels decorated with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections | Tagged bitters, fancy, Ferdinand, French Cognac, Fuss, Gent, Liberace, Meyer, Sandor, Series, Steinfeld's | 1 Comment

A ‘Fancy’ Bitters Square for Headaches

Posted on 9 November 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A ‘Fancy’ Bitters Square for Headaches 09 November 2011 (R•090714) Now here is a great bitters square that I would have probably ordered back in the day. The Dr. F. Woodbridge Headache Bitters is a super, extremely rare bottle. Wait … Continue reading →