Tag Archives: Whiskey

FOHBC Reno Expo Shoot-Out Pictures

Posted on 30 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

We are writing a big article on the FOHBC Reno EXPO for Bottles and Extras which will be delivered to FOHBC members by 01 September 2012 and hopefully sooner. I know some of you have been asking for pictures and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, Inks, News, Photography, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged bitters, Bottle, Circle Cutter, Drake's Plantation Bitters, Expo, fohbc, Ink, JH Cutter, Jim Jakobitz, Norman C. Heckler, Reno, Shoot-out, Whiskey | 3 Comments

Barrel Series – I. Nelson’s Old Bourbon

Posted on 26 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I. NELSON’S OLD BOURBON MAYSVILLE, KY Isaac Nelson 26 July 2012 (Updated 23 August 2013) (R•091516) In my determination to leave “no stone uncovered” in the Figural Barrel Series (see far below), I now write on the I. NELSON’S OLD BOURBON … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Bourbon, Digging and Finding, eBay, Figural Bottles, Museums, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, Barrel, Bourbon, Brad Seigler, Figural, FOHBC Reno Expo, I. Nelson's Old Bourbon, Isaac Nelson, Jerry Forbes, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Reggie Lynch, Stillman & Breen, W. Wolf, Whiskey | 2 Comments

Barrel Series – Stillman & Breen

Posted on 24 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

STILLMAN & BREEN | MEMPHIS, TENN Brandies, Wines, Teas And Cigars 24 July 2012 • 28 July Update: See comment from Robert Cutchins below. I guess this weeks figural barrel posts are about extremely rare bottles found in thrift shops. Why not? … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Barrel, Bob Ferraro, Brandies, bunghole, Faulkenberry, Figural, Memphis, Memphis Daily Appeal, Memphis Diggers, Pittsburgh, Robert Cutchins, Stillman & Breen, Teas, Tennessee, Thrift Shop, W. Wolf, Whiskey, Wines | 3 Comments

Barrel Series – Wormser Bros San Francisco

Posted on 13 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

WORMSER BROS | SAN FRANCISCO OK, let’s knock out this great Wormser Brothers figural barrel that I have posted about before on Peachridge Glass. This “belly button”, “bulls-eye” or “bunghole” barrel, with the much desired San Francisco embossing, is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, Whiskey | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, Barrel, bitters, Don Dwyer, Figural, Isaac Wormser, Jeff Wichmann, Lewis Wormser, Rick Simi, San Francisco, Whiskey, Wormser Brothers | Leave a comment

Fourth of July 2012 Patriotic Pictures

Posted on 4 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.” Dwight D. Eisenhower … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Breweriana, Early American Glass, Figural Bottles, History, Holiday, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged 4th of July, American Brewing, Betsy Ross, bitters, Dwight D. Eidenhower, Father of his Country, freedom, Golden Eagle, Independence, New York Hop Bitters, Noel Thomas, Pam Selenak, Randy Selenak, Rick DeMarsh, Rob Girouard, San Francisco, Sandwich Glass Works, Simon's Centennial, United we Stand, Washington, Whiskey, whisky | Leave a comment

Advertising pieces provided by Michael Dolcini

Posted on 27 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Michael Dolcini is an interesting character. To me, he seems to know just about everything, and has ‘been there and done-it’ with western bottles and glass. He passes off his knowledge in a very unassuming and casual way that always … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Soda Bottles, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged A.P. Hotaling, Bourbon, Ebner Bros, J H Cutter, Michael Dolcini, Old Kirk, San Francisco, Sherwood and Sherwood, Sole Agent, tin signs, Townsend & Hostetter Co., Western, Whiskey | Leave a comment

Figural Pig Series – Something Good in a Hogs … – Drink While it Lasts from this Hogs …

Posted on 19 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Using the cork to seal the contents at the rear allowed crude and rude jokes or slogans to enhance the product” The next segment in the Figural Pig Series will focus on three whiskey nips that are embossed with slogans … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, Humor - Lighter Side, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Ass, Bourbon, Figural, Glass Works, Glenn Poch, hog, Meyer Collection, Pig, Whiskey, whiskey nip | Leave a comment

Figural Pig Series | Beiser & Fisher – NY Figural Whiskey Pig

Posted on 18 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BEISER & KEISER N.Y “This rare whiskey bottle is among the very rarest of the figural pigs and it is the key bottle that many collectors are missing in their “run” of piggies”. Jeff Noordsy Not much is know about … Continue reading →

Posted in Figural Bottles, Whiskey | Tagged Beiser & Fisher, Figural, Jeff Noordsy, Live Auctioneers, Whiskey | 1 Comment

Figural Pig Series | Berkshire Bitters

Posted on 16 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BERKSHIRE BITTERS | AMANN & COMPANY | CINCINNATI, O Berkshire Pigs 16 May 2012 (R•090516) (R•110816) Berkshire pigs are a rare breed of pig originating from the English county of Berkshire. Herds of the breed are still maintained in England by … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles | Tagged Amann & Company, Anthony Amann, Berkshire Bitters, Cincinnati, Cowan's, Edmund Amann, Edward Gerdes, Glass Works Auctions, hog, hoggish, Kentucky, Kirkpatrick, Pig, Skinner, Suffolk Bitters, Whiskey | 1 Comment

The big star in Hollywood, Mississippi is the Imperial Levee

Posted on 26 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

An absolute favorite bottle of mine is the ‘Imperial / Levee / J. Noyes / Hollywood / Miss.‘ figural wine bottle. This bottle comes embossed with the typography noted above and un-embossed. The bottle was made somewhere between 1845 and … Continue reading →