Tag Archives: Stomach

Unlisted Dr. Cropper’s Bitters spotted at ABA table at Reno Expo

Posted on 7 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Unlisted Dr. Cropper’s Bitters spotted at ABA table at Reno Expo 07 August 2012 “Example found in a barn in Iowa” A number a people alerted me to a square, green bitters bottle that they spotted with Jeff Wichmann at … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Digging and Finding, FOHBC News, Questions | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, barn, Bill Ham, bitters, Bottle, Carlyn Ring, Dr. Cropper's, Iowa, Jeff Wichmann, Stomach, unlisted | 3 Comments

Two Bryant’s Stomach Bitters cones at Reno!

Posted on 6 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Two Bryant’s Stomach Bitters cones at Reno! 06 August 2012 (Updated 12 August 2012) It seems like a good time to corral the various known specimens of Bryant’s Stomach Bitters. Two examples were seen at the FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, History, News, Questions | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, Bill Ham, bitters, Bob Kaiser, Bryant's, cone, Ferdinand Meyer V, gazebo, Jeff Wichmann, Jimmy Chebalo, ladies leg, Richard Siri, Robert Frank, Stomach, Ted Siri | 1 Comment

Labeled Theller’s Bitters Lady’s Leg – New York

Posted on 1 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Labeled Theller’s Bitters Lady’s Leg – New York 01 July 2012 Just snagged this bottle on eBay. I think I would have paid the same amount for the photographs, they were so well done. Here is how you photograph a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, eBay, Figural Bottles | Tagged A. H. Clarke, bitters, eBay, George W. Smith, Hostetter, Hostetter's, James Watson, labeled, lady's leg, Meyer Auerbach, St. George, Stomach, Theller, Theller's | Leave a comment

St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters – Gentry & Otis – New, York

Posted on 20 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters – Gentry & Otis – New, York 20 June 2012 (R•052814) (R•102318) My friend and Civil War medicine authority Jim Schmidt (visit Civil War Medicine (and writing) found this great advertisement for St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, History, liquor, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Bill Ham, bitters, Charles Aprill, Gentry, Gentry & Otis, Jim Schmidt, JRN & CO, Meyer Collection, New York, St. Nicholas, Stiles & Co., Stomach | 2 Comments

The Crookes’s Neck

Posted on 7 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Crookes’s Neck Crookes’s Invigorating Aromatic Vegetable Stomach Bitters 07 June 2012 (R•120314) Posted on eBay now you will see a wonderful example of a Crookes’s Stomach Bitters from New Orleans. The seller, who has provided some nice pictures, is turnitup38 … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, eBay, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged bitters, Crooke's, Crookes's, eBay, New Orleans, Stomach | Leave a comment

Schnerr’s Wild Cherry Tonic Compound Bitters on eBay

Posted on 24 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Schnerr’s Wild Cherry Tonic Compound Bitters on eBay 24 May 2012 (R•041117) Watching this oddball on eBay. I cleaned the pictures up as the background was a bit competitive with the nice bottle. With about 1 day left in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, eBay, History, Tonics | Tagged bitters, bottling, california, Carpenter, chemist, eBay, Emigrant Gap, Hostetter's, Meyer, re-used, recycled, sacramento, Schnerr's, Stomach | 5 Comments

Bennett’s Stomach Bitters – A real puzzler

Posted on 22 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

In from my friend, Civil War authority Jim Schmidt: see: CIVIL WAR MEDICINE (AND WRITING) * Thanks to Rick DeMarsh for token, and newspaper submissions. Stomach Bitters 1.75 Sure Death to Rats 2.00 1866 D.M. Bennett bill-head from … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Poison Bottles, Tax Stamps | Tagged Bennett's, billhead, bitters, Cincinnati, Civil War, DeRobigne, Druggist & Drugstore, Jim Schmidt, Mortimer, Proprietary Stamp, Quaker, Rick DeMarsh, Stomach | 1 Comment

Thad Waterman “Warsaw” Stomach Bitters – Figural Cannon Barrel, Lighthouse or House Roof?

Posted on 21 March 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Thad Waterman “Warsaw” Stomach Bitters – Figural Cannon Barrel, Lighthouse or House Roof? 21 March 2012 (R•053015) Today I add the next bottle to my series of Figural Cannon Barrels or Transitional Cannon Barrels that are thought by some to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History | Tagged bitters, Brooks & Co., Cannon, chicago, Colomb, Eric McGuire, Figural, Gdansk, New Orleans, New Orleans Times Picayune, Poland, Polish, Series, Stomach, Thad, Thaddeus, Warsaw, Waterman | 2 Comments

Edward Wilder and his Building Bottles

Posted on 12 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Edward Wilder and his Building Bottles 12 February 2012 (R•012614) (R•010919) This weekend I was cataloging a bottle from Edward Wilder, who was a wholesale druggist in Louisville, Kentucky. I purchased the bottle from John Pastor (Antique Bottle & Glass … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Legal, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Sarsaparilla, Tonics | Tagged Antique, Bashford, bitters, Bottle, Bourbon, Brian Shultis, brother, building, Chaptico, chill, clerk, Compound, Druggist & Drugstore, drugs, Edward Wilder, Egerton, Frank Wicker, Graham Wilder, hob-nail, J. Murray Percival, James Bennett Wilder, Joe Gourd, John Bull, Kentucky, legal, Louisville, Main, marble, maryland, Medicine, merchant, Oscar, partnership, pills, potash, proprietary, retail, Robert L. Egerton, Sarsaparilla, Stamps, Stomach, Syrup, tax, Thomas O'Mara, Tonic, wholesale, Wild Cherry, worm | 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 →