Tag Archives: Scroll

2014 Lexington National | FOHBC “Run for the Roses” Bottle Competition Event

Posted on 8 August 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

2014 Lexington National | FOHBC Run for the Roses Bottle Competition Event 08 August 2014 The next group of pictures come from the “Run for the Roses” bottle competition event at the Lexington National. Participants were prompted to bring and enter their favorite Wax … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Decanter, Display, Flasks, FOHBC News, Fruit Jars, Historical Flasks, News, Photography | Tagged Bottle, Cable, competition, Decanter, Flask, Fruit, jar, judging, Kentucky, Lexington, Midwest, national, roses, run, Scroll | Leave a comment

A Stroll through the Scrolls

Posted on 22 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A Stroll through the Scrolls Charles and Jane Aprill 22 February 2014 (R•040419 – Heckler Aprill Auction) Charles Aprill recently posted some outstanding examples of various sized blue scroll historical flasks over on Bottle Collectors on Facebook. I thought I … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Early American Glass, Facebook, Flasks, Historical Flasks, Miniatures, Photography | Tagged Aprill, blue, Charles, Flask, gallery, Historical, Jane, miniature, pint, quart, Scroll | Leave a comment

Heckler Auction 105 – Looking at Paint on Bottles

Posted on 9 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Heckler Auction 105 – Looking at Paint on Bottles From the late Carl Sturm Collection 09 September 2013 The folks at Heckler have another outstanding auction that closes this Wednesday evening. This is one of their ‘Opportunity’ auctions meaning it … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Flasks, Historical Flasks, News, Questions | Tagged Carl Sturm, Flask, Heckler, paint, Scroll | Leave a comment

Looking at some great Kentucky Flasks in the Glass Works Auction #98 – “The Summer Sizzler Auction”

Posted on 12 June 2013 by ahanshew21

Not too long ago I was looking for some strong representative Kentucky bottles for a marketing piece I was developing for the FOHBC 2014 National Antique Bottle Show in Lexington, Kentucky. Of course I immediately thought of pieces attributed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bottle Shows, Early American Glass, Flasks, FOHBC News, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, History | Tagged Cumberland Gap, Daniel Boone, David Whitten, Eagle, George Caleb Bingham, GII-24, GII-26, GII-28, GII-35, GIX-7, GIX-8, GIX-9, Kentucky, Kentucky Glass Works, Lexington, Louisville, Louisville Glass Works, Randee Kaiser, Scroll, Sheldon Baugh | Leave a comment

Look at Cody’s new Scroll Flask

Posted on 3 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Look at Cody’s New Scroll Flask Hi Ferdinand, Cody Zeleny here, just wanted to share a unique flask I acquired. I believe the flask to be a GIX-14, but as you can see, has quite an odd feature. The lip … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Display, Flasks, Historical Flasks | Tagged Cody Zeleny, Flask, GIX-14, photography, Scroll, shelves | Leave a comment

Who doesn’t love Scroll Flasks?

Posted on 21 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Who doesn’t love Scroll Flasks? 21 November 2012 (R•052915) Being a color run ‘kinda-guy’ I just gotta’ say ‘‘Who doesn’t love Scroll Flasks?” Don’t cringe, I guess I coulda’ called this “Scrolling thru some Scrolls.” Anyway, credit for this post … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks | Tagged American Glass Gallery, Arabia, Clevenger Brothers, Color, Cowan's, Dana Charlton-Zarro, Flask, Fleur-de-lis, Glass International, Glass Works, Historic Bottles, Historic Glasshouse, Ian Simmonds, lancaster, McKearin, Mike Stephano, Mitchell, Newman, Norman C. Heckler, Saxe, Scroll, Vanderbilt | 1 Comment

Historical Flasks worth watching in American Glass Gallery Auction #9

Posted on 2 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

American Glass Gallery | Auction #9 Just getting a notification today that American Glass Gallery has opened the Internet portal for their exciting Auction #9. I was also able to closely look at the auction catalog during my 3+ hour … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, News | Tagged American Glass Gallery, Anchor, Baltimore, Blaske, circled the folowing, Connecticut, Coventry, Eagle, flasks, Fleur-de-lis, George McKearin, GI-83, GI-84, GII-31, GIV-13a, GIV-14, GIX-41, GVIII-25, Historical, Jeff Noordsy, John Pastor, John Robinson, Kentucky, Lafayette, Louisville, Mark Vuono, maryland, Masonic, Moulded, Pattern, Paul Richards, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, sandor fuss, Scroll, Spiller, sunburst, Terry Gillis | Leave a comment

The McKearin Historical Flask Groups

Posted on 5 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I have created a list of the McKearin Historical Flask Groups. This chart will help in identifying the major flask groupings. I also keep the BLASKE COLLECTION, The Edmund & Jayne Blaske Collection of American Historical Flasks handy for reference. … Continue reading →

Posted in Early American Glass, Flasks, Historical Flasks, Questions | Tagged american, Baltimore, Blaske, Clapsed Hand, collection, Companion, Cornucopia, Eagle, Edmund Blaske, Flask, Historical Flask, Jayne Blaske, Lettered, Masonic, McKearin, monument, Pictorial, Pikes Peak, Portrait, Railroad, Scroll, shield, sunburst, Traveler's, Violin | Leave a comment

GIX-6 Louisville Glass Works Scroll Flask

Posted on 14 July 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Watching this Louisville, Kentucky Glass Works embossed Scroll Flask on Glass Works ‘Summer Sizzler’ Auction #92….WOW! Unusual to see an embossing on a scroll flask. Lot 59. Scroll Flask, “LOUISVILLE, KY. – GLASS WORKS“, (GIX-6), Louisville Glass Works, Louisville, Kentucky, … Continue reading →