Tag Archives: Reading

Keeping an eye out for H.P Herb and Barto’s Great Gun Bitters at Hopewell Furnace

Posted on 19 November 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Keeping an eye out for H.P. Herb and Barto’s Great Gun Bitters at Hopewell Furnace 19 November 2015 I spent the past few days in Reading, Pennsylvania for business. Much of it in the downtown historic district. I could not … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, History, Museums | Tagged Barto's, Bird, bitters, Furnace, great, gun, H.P., Herb, History, Hopewell, Pennsylvania, photography, Reading, restored | Leave a comment

Mishler’s Herb Bitters and The Mishler Family

Posted on 14 October 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Mishler’s Herb Bitters and the Mishler Family 14 October 2015 (R•031319) (R8042919 – information Dale P. Mishler). (R•051119 – Swanson covers) If you are a bitters collector, you probably possess a bottle or two of the celebrated Mishler’s Herb Bitters … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tax Stamps, Trade Cards | Tagged Ben Swanson, Benjamin, bitters, Dale P. Mishler, Doctor, Evan, Germany, Hartman, Henry, Herb, Isaac, John, Joseph, Keystone, lancaster, Mishler, Mishler's, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Reading, Reamstown, Remedy, Samuel, Tonic | 1 Comment

Dr. Stoever’s Bitters – Lancaster & Philadelphia

Posted on 12 October 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Stoever’s Bitters – Lancaster & Philadelphia THE OLD STANDARD ! 12 October 2015 (R•101615) (R•111015) (R•031119) (R•090219) (R•031220) I was able to add an extremely rare “Lancaster, PA.”, Dr. Stoever’s Bitters to my collection this past weekend from the Nolt … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Whiskey | Tagged 1837, auction, Bailey's, Benjamin, Charles, Christ, Doctor, established, Evan, Huey, Kryder, lancaster, Manheim, Meyer, Mishler, Nolt, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, plate, Reading, Rye, slug, Stoever, variant, Whiskey | Leave a comment

S.O. Richardson’s South Reading Mass Bitters Bottle + letter Civil War 34th Reg

Posted on 18 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

S.O. Richardson’s South Reading, Mass Bitters Bottle with Civil War Letter 18 January 2014 Interesting bitters bottle closing on ebay tomorrow that being the S.O. Richardson’s with the attached Civil War letter. See Listing. The description by nqac (99.7 Positive … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, eBay, History, Questions | Tagged Ballard, bitters, Civil, letter, Massachusett, Reading, regiment, Richardson, South, Volunteer, war | Leave a comment

Determining bottle color standards with Peachridge 6-Log Drakes

Posted on 14 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Determining bottle color standards with Peachridge 6-Log Drakes 14 September 2013 Michael Seeliger (Brooklyn, Wisconsin) recently visited us at Peach Ridge where Mike took exacting color measurements of my 6-log Drakes Plantation Bitters run and various other bottles using a color … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Color, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, Technology | Tagged Color, Drakes, Michael Seeliger, Reading, spectrophotometer | Leave a comment

Dr. S.O. Richardson’s Jaundice Bitters – South Reading

Posted on 21 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

So…Who is S. O. Richardson? Dr. S. O. Richardson’s Jaundice Bitters – South Reading, Mass. 21 March 2013 (R•013115) (R•050719) (R•082519) So who is S. O. Richardson? I have been wondering all these years. As it turns out, Solon Osmond Richardson was … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, eBay, History, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards | Tagged Asenath, Ben Swanson, bitters, Boston, Massachusetts, Nathan Richardson, Reading, Richardson Light Guard, S.O. Richardson, Sherry, Solon Osmond Richardson, South Reading, Susan Barnard, W.L. Richardson, Wakefield, Wine, Winslow Richardson | 1 Comment

Barrel Series – W.C. Bitters

Posted on 25 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

W. C. BITTERS | BROBST & RENTSCHLER Here is a figural bitters barrel that takes a back seat to the other heavy hitter barrels such as the Old Sachems, Greeley’s and Roback’s (see bottom of page). It a later bottle … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles | Tagged Barrel, bitters, Brobst, Carl Fisher, Figural, Glass Works Auctions, Meyer Collection, Penn Street, Pennsylvania, Reading, Rentschler | Leave a comment

Tobias Barto and his Great Gun Bitters – Reading, PA

Posted on 21 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Tobias Barto and his Great Gun Bitters Reading, PA 21 June 2012 (R•031314) (R•020919) One could buy a Barto’s Bitters, a concoction of whiskey and herbal flavorings, from 1872 to 1892 at the family-run store at 437 Penn Street. A … Continue reading →