Tag Archives: Wine

The old but sexy, Brown & Drake Catawba Bitters lady’s leg

Posted on 25 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BROWN & DRAKE CATAWBA BITTERS The old but sexy, Brown & Drake Catawba Bitters lady’s leg 25 January 2013 (R•030319) The first in the series of Lady’s Leg figural bottles is a ‘doozie’ as it is the predecessor brand to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Alan Spear, Binghamton, Brown & Drake's, Catawba, Chebala, Corning Journal, Figural, Jeff Burkhardt, Jimmy Chebalo, lady's leg, New York, P.H. Drake, Patrick Henry Drake, Roger Sweetland, Wine | 2 Comments

XR Clarke’s Vegitable Sherry Wine Bitters sells on ebay

Posted on 25 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

ONLY 70 CTS, CLARKE’S VEGITABLE SHERRY WINE BITTERS Vegetable is misspelled 25 December 2012 [Jeff Burkhardt] You might consider a posting on Bob Strickhart’s superb run of CLARKE’S SHERRY WINE BITTERS per last month’s Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine. … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, eBay, News | Tagged Antique Bottle and Glass Collector, Bob Strickhart, Clarke's. Vegitable, eBay, Jeff Burkhardt, Sherry, Vegetable, Wine | Leave a comment

A mysterious little Reeds Bitters Vial

Posted on 13 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

R E E D ‘ S B I T T E R S A mysterious little Reed’s Bitters Vial 13 December 2012 (R•102518) (R•082619) Incoming question about a Reed’s Bitters sample vial. I haven’t seen this before. Most bitters … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Digging and Finding, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Miniatures, Questions, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged bitters, clock, cocktail, Connecticut, Cure, Edge, George W. M. Reed, Gilt, horehound, Joe Gourd, lady's leg, liquor, Medicine, merchant, New Haven, New York, Plainfield, Reed's, Stomach, Tonic, Vermont, vial, Wine | Leave a comment

XR Bottle Find in St. Louis – Catawba Bitters

Posted on 12 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

XR Bottle Find in St. Louis – Catawba Bitters Extremely rare Catawba Bitters found under floorboards in 1874 St. Louis building 12 December 2012 (R•120613) Received an interesting email about a square bitters bottle I was unfamiliar with. A quick … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding | Tagged A. Ehlert, bitters, C. Moller, Catawba, St. Louis, Wine | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, liquor, Liquor Merchant | Tagged Barto, Barto's Great Gun, bitters, Cannon, Charles Aprill, Charles Barto, dealer, Figural, general, John Barto, John Feldmann, Joseph F. Tobias, Keystone, liquor, militia, Pennsylvania, Reading, sandor fuss, Tobias Barto, Wine | 1 Comment

Cut Decanter and Wine Glasses in Fisher Diamond Pattern

Posted on 20 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

[Incoming email and pictures from Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club president and early American glass collector Dave Maryo] Hi Ferd, I recently purchased an early cut glass decanter and would like to share some pictures. The decanter was cut in … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Decanter, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Museums, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Bakewell, brilliant cut, Corning Museum of Glass, cut glass, Dave Maryo, Decanter, Fisher Diamond, Glass, LAHBC, Mount Washington, Page & Bakewell, Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, Wine | Leave a comment

Western Bitters Survey 2012

Posted on 8 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Western Bitters Survey 2012 THE TOP 20 WESTERN BITTERS 08 May 2012 The western Bitters collectors, which is a strong, passionate group, have reactivated their desire to determine the TOP 20 WESTERN BITTERS. This task was done some years ago … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Glass Companies & Works, Questions | Tagged African Stomach Bitters, Alpine Herb Bitters, Asher S. Taylor, AT&C0, bitters, Brandy, Byrne & Castree, california, California Bitters, Cassins, Catawba, Chalmers, Chappas, Chittum, Cundurango, Dale Mlasko, Dr. Boerhaave's, Dr. Henley, E.G. Lyon's, Eye Opener, Grand Prize Bitters, Grape, Hall's California Pepsin Wine Bitters, Marcus Sass, Maristany, Miller's, Old Man's Stomach Bitters, oregon, Orizaba, Peruvian, Ratafia, Rosenbaums, sacramento, Salutaris, San Francisco, V. Squarza, Wideman, Wine | Leave a comment

Early American Blown Three Mold Decanters

Posted on 30 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The objects were produced by blowing molten glass into a mold, thereby causing the glass to assume the shape and pattern design of the mold. Early American Blown Three Mold Decanters 30 April 2012 (R•031414) An area of high interest to … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Decanter, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History | Tagged Boston and Sandwich, flint glass, George S. McKearin, GI-29, GII-28, GII-3, GII-7, GIII-16, GIII-2, GIV-7, Glassmaking, glassworks, Helen McKearin, Holly Noordsy, Jeff Noordsy, Keene, Marlboro Street, Michael George, Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, richard tucker, Scotch, Wine, Woody Douglas | 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 →

Posted in Civil War, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Facebook, Figural Bottles, History, Whiskey, Wine & Champagne | Tagged amber, Casper's Whiskey, Charles Aprill, cluster, cobalt, collection, grapes, Hollywood, Imperial, James Noyes, John April, Levee, Meyer, Mississippi, New Orleans, Plantation, stump, Tunica, Vicksburg, Whiskey, Wine | 7 Comments

Dr. J. Boveedods Imperial Wine Bitters

Posted on 25 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. J. Bovee Dods’ Imperial Wine Bitters 25 April 2012 (R•072014) (R•122314) John Bovee Dods (1795 – 1872) was a spiritualist and former clergyman. He settled in Brooklyn, New York in 1850, and remained there until his death. His Imperial … Continue reading →