Tag Archives: Philadelphia

Glass Works and Glass Factories – Hell on Earth?

Posted on 8 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

To a little sand, a little alkali, and a little limestone, add considerable heat and a still greater amount of skill, might be taken as a brief recipe for the manufacture of a glass bottle. Popular Science Monthly/Volume 36/December 1889/Glass-Making … Continue reading →

Posted in Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History | Tagged Acme Glass Works, American Flint Glass Works, Appert Glass Company, bottles, Clyde Glass Factory, Coshocton, Dyott, Ellensville Glass Works, Fostoria Glass Works, glass making, Glassboro, Graham Glas Works, Libbey Glass Works, Manitoba Glass Works, New Jersey, Pacific Coast Glass Works, Philadelphia, Popular Science, sand, Schram Glass Factory, Smethport, Smethwick Glass Works, Sneca, Whitall Tatum, Whitney Glassworks | Leave a comment

Three Killer Historical Portrait Flasks close at Heckler Last Night

Posted on 2 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Three (3) killer Historical Portrait Flasks closed last evening at Session III of The Thomas McCandless Collection auction. Call backs are now. Look at the prices for these three top shelf specimens. Lot: 183 Washington – Classical Bust Portrait Flask, Bridgeton Glass Works, … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, News | Tagged Alan Coffman, auction, Bridgeton Glass Works, Dyottville, George Austin, Historical Flask, Norman Heckler, Pardoe, Philadelphia, Taylor, Thomas McCandless, Washington | Leave a comment

The triangular Hagan’s Bitters – Philadelphia & Atlantic City

Posted on 2 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The triangular Hagan’s Bitters –Philadelphia & Atlantic City 02 January 2012 (R•122318 – Token and earlier information on John Hagan) (R•051119 – Swanson material) My second post for triangular bitters bottles (see first post: The Triangular O.H.P. Rose’s Peruvian King Bitters) leads … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Aromatic, Atlantic Ciry, bitters, Boardwalk Empire, Dyspepsia, Hagan's, HBO, invoice, John Hagan, letterhead, Meyer Collection, New Jersey, Noordsy, Philadelphia, Stomach, strawberry, token | Leave a comment

A couple of Petite Chestnuts

Posted on 21 November 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferd, good to see you at Keene – brief as always it seems, but bottles, bottles, bottles. Find the e-mail below which I sent back in May but appears to have slipped through your “net”. In case you did see … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Glass, Chestnut, Digging and Finding, Miniatures, Utility Bottles | Tagged Chestnut, Connecticut, Hartford, hemp, Ken Previtali, New England, Philadelphia | Leave a comment

“R & G. A. Wright / Philada” Miniature Figural Bottle

Posted on 23 October 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“I am the star of this show” During the recent Heckler Columbus Day Weekend Event, I had the opportunity to sneak a peak at some of the fine items in the Thomas McCandless Sessions II and III Auctions. You had … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Figural Bottles | Tagged Norman Heckler, Philadelphia, R & G A Wright, Thomas McCandless | 1 Comment

Medium Pink Lilac “The Father of His Country” / Bust of Washington – “Gen. Taylor Never Surrenders” / Bust of Taylor Historical Flask

Posted on 1 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

American Glass Gallery’s Auction 6 Opens today. I am in-between meetings here in Nashville today and sneaked a peak only to be stopped and stunned on the first auction page with this beautiful pink lilac G140c, Washington | Taylor pint … Continue reading →