Tag Archives: Scotland

Congress Bitters – The Great American Tonic!

Posted on 15 January 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Congress Bitters – The Great American Tonic! Dundas Dick & Co. – New York 15 January 2019 I have an amber rectangular embossed Congress Bitters bottle in my collection (pictured at the top of post) that I know nothing about. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Scams & Frauds, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged advertising, american, bitters, Bottle, Brooklyn, Broome, calendar, Capitol, capsules, castor oil, chemist, Congress, croton oil, Cure, Domenico Minneill, Druggist & Drugstore, Dundas Dick, Edinburgh, Fraud, J. C. Saur, Joe Gourd, Medicine, New York, pills, Poison, powders, Quinine, Remedy, Sandalwood, Schumacher & Ettlinger, Scotland, Seidlitine, Seidlitz, Tape worm, Thermaline, Tonic, Wooster | Leave a comment

Surgical Institute Bitters

Posted on 17 March 2016 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Surgical Institute Bitters 17 March 2016 Here is reference to an unlisted bitters called the Surgical Institute Bitters. Yesterday, when I found this advertisement shown above, I immediately thought we might be talking about the same fellows who put out … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Figural Bottles, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged bitters, Dickerson, Figural, Herb, Indian, Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, Queen, Scotland, Stark, Surgical, Western | Leave a comment

Dr. McTaggart’s Liver Bitters – Bridgeton, NJ

Posted on 24 June 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. McTaggart’s Liver Bitters – Bridgeton, NJ Only known example was found in a home of a New Jersey glass blower 24 June 2015 Here is a really cool monogramed bottle sitting long on one of my bitters shelves that hardly … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, History, Legal, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Altoona, bitters, Bridgeton, Franklin, legal, Liver, McTaggart, Miles, monogram, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Scotland, Scranton, stealing, Strickhart, Wilkes-Barre | 4 Comments

Was there really a Dr. Robertson?

Posted on 30 August 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Was there really a Dr. Robertson? 30 August 2014 (R•100318) Read: Check these T. W. Dyott bottles out! Read: Dyottville Glass I received an original newsprint copy from Carl T. Hotkowski of the Connecticut Mirror (Hartford) from Monday, June 26, 1820. Within that … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged bitters, Connecticut, Doctor, Dyott, Edinburgh, grandson, Hotkowski, Patent, Scotland, Stephen Atkinson, Stomach, stomachic | Leave a comment

The Swan Bitters from Meadville, Pennsylvania

Posted on 17 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Swan Bitters from Meadville, Pennsylvania 17 March 2014 Glass Works Auctions, in their “Winter be Gone” Auction 101 that ends this evening, has an interesting bitters square that I have not seen before. The Swan Bitters seems to have … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Bottling Works, History, Liquor Merchant | Tagged Allegheny, Atkinson, banker, bitters, Brothers, Burgess, Crawford, Custaloga, DeMaison, grocer, James, John, liquor, McFarland, Mead, Meadville, merchant, Pennsylvania, Salome, Scotland, swan | Leave a comment

Bernard’s Orange Bitters and a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland

Posted on 14 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bernard’s Orange Bitters and a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland PART OF THE ORANGE BITTERS SERIES 14 February 2014 R•050919) Here we have yet another mysterious and unlisted ‘orange bitters‘ trade card from the Joe Gourd collection (see below). At first I … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Breweriana, Ephemera, Gin, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Trade Cards, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Ale, Bernard, bitters, Edinburgh, Gin, Glascow, Gourd, Harrison, liquor, Old, Orange, porter, Quebec, Richards, San Francisco, Sansome, Scotland, Tom, Wine | Leave a comment

Looking at Scotch Whiskey Museum Images

Posted on 16 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking at Scotch Whiskey Museum Images The Scotch Whiskey Experience – Edinburgh, Scotland 16 January 2014 You may remember the Catedral do Whisky virtual museum link back in October 2013 (top of post). I was looking at it again last night in … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Collectors & Collections, Display, History, Liquor Merchant, Museums, Spirits, Virtual Museum, Whiskey | Tagged Brazil, Catedral, Claive, Diageo, Distillery, Edinburgh, experience, museum, Scotch, Scotland, Strathmill, United Kingdom, Vidiz, Whiskey, whisky | Leave a comment

Old Warwick Aromatic Tonic Bitters – New York

Posted on 3 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

OLD WARWICK AROMATIC TONIC BITTERS J. E. WYLIE & CO. – NEW YORK HEALTHFUL REFRESHING STRENGTHENING 03 October 2013 (R•081519) The incredible Old Warwick Aromatic Tonic Bitters label pictured at the top of this page was sent in … Continue reading →