Tag Archives: New York

Fenner’s Capitol Bitters – Fredonia NY

Posted on 2 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Fenner’s Capitol Bitters Fredonia N.Y. 02 October 2013 Always nice to open your e-mails each morning to see what ‘bottle’ surprises’ might be waiting for you. In today’s case it was an e-mail from my Houston bottle friend and Civil … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Ephemera, Remedy, Tax Stamps, Tonics | Tagged billhead, bitters, Capitol, Fenner, Fredonia, Jamestown, Michigan, Morton, New York, Schmidt, Virginia | Leave a comment

The Celebrated Magendie’s Bitters – New York

Posted on 1 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

CELEBRATED MAGENDIE’S BITTERS WADLEY & WELLS – NEW YORK SOLE AGENTS 01 October 2013 (R•072019) Bitters trade card and ephemera authority Joe Gourd sent in this gorgeous Celebrated Magendie’s Bitters label from his collection made by Sarony, Major & Knapp, the superb … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant | Tagged Gourd, Joseph A. Wells, Knapp, lithography, Magendie, Major, Moses S. Wadley, New York, Sarony, Wadley, wells | Leave a comment

Russ’ St. Domingo Bitters – New York

Posted on 16 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Russ’ St. Domingo Bitters New York 16 September 2013 (R•21 Sep 2013) (R•01Oct13) (R•050914) (R•021815) I was able to pick up a ‘peachie puce’ (how do you like that for a color description?) Russ’ St. Domingo Bitters at the Downieville Bottle Show … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Cordial, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Schnapps, Syrup | Tagged Courtlandt, Domingo, Gourd, J. Calvin Shafer, John A. Russ, Jr., New York, Russ, Russ' St. Domingo Bitters, Shafer Manufacturing Co., Weeks & Potter | Leave a comment

The Dowesburgh/Albany Glass House 1785-1815

Posted on 11 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Dowesburgh | Albany Glass House 1785 – 1815 Part 4 of a Series by Stephen Atkinson 11 September 2013 Leaving the town of Albany, New York, heading west on Route 20, you will arrive in Guilderland, about six miles west … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Blown Glass, Demijohns, Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Utility Bottles, Windows | Tagged Abraham Staats, Albany, Amsterdam, Anti-Rent War, Christopher Batterman, Demijohn, Dowesburgh, Ferdinand Walfahrt, Guilderland, Hamilton, Hamilton Manufacturing Society, Hungerskill, James Caldwell, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Johannes Heefke, John Adams, John Sanders, Leenert De'Nuefville, McClallen, McGregor, McGregor & Co., New York, Stephen Atkinson, Thomas Mather & Co. | Leave a comment

Brooklyn (Glass House Co.) 1754-1758

Posted on 9 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Brooklyn (Glass House Co.) 1754 – 1758 Part 2 of a Series by Stephen Atkinson 09 September 2013 A glass works was founded on what would become State Street in the present day Brooklyn, NYC in 1754 by the Glass … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Black Glass, Blown Glass, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Holiday, Questions | Tagged Black, Brooklyn, English, Frederick Hunter, Fredrick Van Cortlandt, Gary Katzen, Glass, Glass House Company, Johan Martin Greiner, Lodewyk Bampers, New Netherland, New York, Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus Stuyvesant, seal, Sidney Breese, Stephen Atkinson, Van Cortlandt Museum, Wistarburgh | Leave a comment

Our Most Celebrated Alpine Stomach Bitters

Posted on 4 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Our Most Celebrated” Alpine Stomach Bitters GEHRMANN, AHRENS & CO. | NYC 04 September 2013 (R•081919) Good grief, this is a tough one. All I can find is a Ludwig Gehrmann and a John Ahrens in New York City in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Ahrens, Alpine, Barnum, bitters, Canal, Collect Pond, Distiller, Gehrmann, New York, rectifying | Leave a comment

Here are my findings on the Southern Alterative

Posted on 3 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Here are my findings on the Southern Alterative by James Viguerie 03 September 2013 [read first: Two rare and early ‘Southern’ Bottles] Here are my findings on the Southern Alterative (pictured above) embossed New Orleans. I am attaching a number of advertisements. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tonics | Tagged A. Kendall & Co., Canal, Dr. A. Kendall, electrical, Febrifuge, James Viguerie, Jimmy Bray, Magazine, N. W. Seat, New Orleans, New York, S. E. Kendall, Southern Alterative, texas | Leave a comment

Avon Mineral Springs – the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y.

Posted on 31 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

AVON MINERAL SPRINGS the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y. by Jack Stecher 31 August 2013 “Grimace was the prevailing feature on the face of the new-comer when swallowing the beverage of the fountain” Back in 2005 I published an article on … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, History, Mineral Water, Water | Tagged American Hotel, avon, Avon Cure, Bath, Canawaugus, Capt. Asa Nowlen, Congress Hall, Congress Park, Don Tucker, Dr. Derick Knickerbocker, Dr. O. D. Phelps, Genesee River, Jack Stecher, Knickerbocker Hall, Les Buell, Livingston Inn, Longs, Lower, Magnesia, Maureen Kingston, Mineral, Nehemiah Houghton, New Spring, New York, Seneca, Springs, The Sanitarium, Tucker, United States Hotel, Upper | Leave a comment

Labeled Wyoming Cordial Bottle

Posted on 2 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Wyoming Cordial – Wyoming Remedies The Great Life Preserving Tonic and Blood Purifier C. H. Nearing and Mr. Wakefield of Homer, were in the place Monday selling patent medicines, salves, etc. Here is another bottle that a person at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cordial, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics | Tagged C. H. Nearing, Homer, Horton Nearing, Mark Yates, New York, Pompey, Wyoming Cordial, Wyoming Remedies | Leave a comment

Mailbox Letters – July 2013

Posted on 1 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Please feel free to send any antique bottle or glass questions to ferdinand@peachridgeglass.com. The information will be posted if relevant or of interest to the readers. I will try to answer or wait for another reader to respond. Quality images … Continue reading →