Tag Archives: New York

To Smoke Opium is to get out of the Train (while it is still moving)

Posted on 14 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Snuff | Tagged Chinatown, Chinese, Dr. Munn, Jean Cocteau, McCormick & Co, New York, opium, San Francisco, Snuff | Leave a comment

The Amazing 7 Sutherland Sisters

Posted on 10 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Amazing 7 SUTHERLAND SISTERS Niagara County, New York Tami Barber posted this really great picture (see top above) of the 7 Sutherland Sisters over on Bottle Collectors on facebook. This really caught my eye as I was intrigued by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Hair Tonics, History, Humor - Lighter Side, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged 7 Sisters, Barnum and Bailey's, Cambria, Dora Sutherland, Fletcher Sutherland, Grace Sutherland, Hair, Isabella Sutherland, Mary Sutherland, Naomi Sutherland, New York, Niagara County, Sarah Sutherland, Sisters, Sutherland, Tami Barber, Victoria Sutherland | Leave a comment

Bininger Gallery

Posted on 1 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

B I N I N G E R G A L L E R Y 01 February 2013 (R•091515) (R•090516) (R•041317) (R•100618) (R•022219) I have been nesting some great images of Bininger bottles for the past year or so waiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Early American Glass, Figural Bottles, Flasks, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Tonics, Whiskey | Tagged 19, A.M. BININGER, Apple, Banana, Bininger, Bourbon, Broad, Broadway, Denzin, golden, juice, Kentucky, New York, Old Dominion, Tonic, Urn, Wheat | 2 Comments

The old but sexy, Brown & Drake Catawba Bitters lady’s leg

Posted on 25 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BROWN & DRAKE CATAWBA BITTERS The old but sexy, Brown & Drake Catawba Bitters lady’s leg 25 January 2013 (R•030319) The first in the series of Lady’s Leg figural bottles is a ‘doozie’ as it is the predecessor brand to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Alan Spear, Binghamton, Brown & Drake's, Catawba, Chebala, Corning Journal, Figural, Jeff Burkhardt, Jimmy Chebalo, lady's leg, New York, P.H. Drake, Patrick Henry Drake, Roger Sweetland, Wine | 2 Comments

Some Nice Congress & Empire Spring Bottles – Shags to Riches

Posted on 23 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

SHAGS TO RICHES (not by far) When Elizabeth and I first moved into the long vacant house on property we now affectionately call Peach Ridge, it had shag carpet (see above), an old decrepit boat in the garage and had … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Art & Architecture, Article Publications, Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Humor - Lighter Side, Mineral Water, Peachridge Glass, Water, Whimsies, Windows | Tagged Buddy L, Columbian, Congress, Congress Park, delmarva, Drinking, Elizabeth, Empire, Glass Works Auctions, Houston, Mineral, New York, Peach Ridge, Saltillo, Saratoga, shag, Springs, water, Whimsie | Leave a comment

Historical Canteens – Canteen Figural Bottles

Posted on 19 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

HISTORICAL CANTEENS Canteen Figural Bottles 19 July 2013 (R•102913) (R•012415) (R•022115) (R•082615) Jim Hagenbuch has one of the finest H. A. GRAEF’S SON N.Y. CANTEEN bottles I have ever seen at his Glass Works Auction #96 “Cabin Fever” auction that … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Civil War, Figural Bottles, Flasks, Folk Art, History, Museums, Pottery, Stoneware, Water | Tagged A. S. Campbell Co. Boston, Acoma, Bulgari, Canteen, Chinese Ming Dynasty, Civil War, Cowan's, Eugene Smith, Glass Works Auctions, H.A. Graef, Holmegaard Glasværk, Hopi, Isaac Whitehead, Jim Hagenbuch, Kentucky, Korean War, Louisville, New York, Norman C. Heckler, Revolutionary War, Seigler | Leave a comment

Barrel Series – B.M. & E.A. Whitlock & Co. – New York

Posted on 9 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

B. M. & E. A. WHITLOCK & CO. – NEW YORK 09 January 2013 (R•01Oct13) (R•031318) The figural barrel series from 2012 is for the most part, 95% or so complete meaning posts were developed for most of the great … Continue reading →

Posted in Early American Glass, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Barrel, Benjamin M. Whitlock, Bronx, Edward A. Whitlock, Figural, New York, Whitlock & Co. | 1 Comment

Walker’s Vinegar Bitters bottled in Pastel Shades to “conceal the mess”

Posted on 3 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters “This ‘Bitters’ is one of the nastiest nostrums, introduced and largely sold by the most extensive and brazen advertising under the false pretense of being free from alcohol.” Walker’s Vinegar Bitters bottled in Pastel Shades … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Color Runs, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy | Tagged bitters, Brenton, california, Dr. Gibbon’s, Dr. Walker, Indian Vegetable Bitters, John Campbell Spence, John Harvey Kellogg, Joseph Walker, London, New York, pastel, R.H. McDonald & Company, Richard H. McDonald, Rick Hall, San Francisco, Stockton, Temperance, Vinegar | Leave a comment

Log Cabin Series – Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters

Posted on 22 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Log Cabin Series – Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters 22 December 2012 (R•052714) KELLY’S OLD CABIN BITTERS Kelly Brand Development The Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters is a dramatic example of a figural cabin with a story. With a number of great … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Tax Stamps, Whiskey | Tagged Belle Memphis, Bertrand, bitters, cabin, Colorado, Figural, Ft. Benton, Glassboro New Jersey, J. H. Garnhart & Co., James B. Kelly, John H. Garnhart, Kelly's, Log, Montana, New York, Old Cabin Bitters, President Grant, Ronald R. Switzer, St. Louis, Steve Sewell, Washington D.C., Whiskey, Whitney Glass Works | Leave a comment

Looking at Dr. Pierce’s Barn Advertising

Posted on 20 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

DR. PIERCE’S FAMILY MEDICINES Dr. PIERCE’S FOR WEAK WOMEN Looking at Dr. Pierce’s Barn Advertising 20 December 2012 Tami Barber (certainly not a weak woman) posted a few really cool pictures and information on DR. PIERCE’S advertising on barns, including the … Continue reading →