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A Coca-Cola Hutch story from Alabama
Sometimes I get emails and posts on my Peachridge Glass facebook page with little more than just a photograph, which happened in this case. It parked for a day or so until I really looked at the rather nice photograph … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters Bottles, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Facebook, Figural Bottles, Hutches, Soda Bottles, Tonics
Tagged alabama, Birmingham, bitters, Bobby McGraw, Coca-Cola, Coke, Coleman's, Cullman, Dennis Humphrey, Ensley, hutch, Mobile, Northport, Pineapple, Tonic, W & Co
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More on Harrison’s Columbian Inks
When it rains ‘ink’ it Pours! The Aprils (that is John April and Charles Aprill (2 l’s) have continued to dominate the airways with their phenomenal INK posts of late. It has really been hard for me to keep up … Continue reading
Glasshouse Turtle Whimsies
Recently on facebook, one of our more advanced collectors of early American glass posted a picture of some glass turtles in a garden setting (see below). It reminded me of some of the more whimsical glass pieces that I have … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Facebook, Figural Bottles, Glass Companies & Works, Whimsies
Tagged doorstop, fun, Glass, glasshouse, molten, slag, South Jersey, Stoddard, turtle, Whimsey, Whimsies, Woody Douglas
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The big star in Hollywood, Mississippi is the Imperial Levee
An absolute favorite bottle of mine is the ‘Imperial / Levee / J. Noyes / Hollywood / Miss.‘ figural wine or whiskey bottle. This bottle comes embossed with the typography noted above and un-embossed. The bottle was made somewhere between … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Facebook, Figural Bottles, History, Whiskey Bottles, Wine & Champagne
Tagged amber, Casper's Whiskey, Charles Aprill, cluster, cobalt, collection, grapes, Hollywood, Imperial, Levee, Meyer, Mississippi, New Orleans, stump, Tunica, Vicksburg, Whiskey, Wine
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Umbrella Inks in the News
Umbrella Inkwells have been in the news lately with the announcement of the FOHBC Reno Expo 2012 shoot-out including Drakes Plantation Bitters, Circle Cutter Whiskies and Umbrella Inks. Read Further: Shoot-out Update – FOHBC Reno Expo 2012. There has also been some … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Facebook, FOHBC News, Inks
Tagged Ed Gray, Expo, Ink, inkwell, John April, Kathy Gray, pontil, Reno, Umbrella
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Prickly Ash Bitters – Meyer Brothers Drug Company
Dana Charlton-Zarro asked the following question over on facebook. How many have a bottle with their name embossed? This got me thinking about the Meyer Brothers Prickly Ash Bitters. One of my other brothers is Charles Meyer (Chuck) who is … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters Bottles, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Facebook, History, Questions, Trade Cards
Tagged Ash, bitters, Charlton-Zarro, Christian F. G. Meyer, Chuck Meyer, Dana, Ferdinand Meyer V, Fort Wayne, Germany, Hanover, indiana, Kansas City, Meyer Brothers, Prickly, St. Louis
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Meet John Akers – A Collector and his Cartoons
I would like everyone to meet John Akers (pictured above) who is one extraordinary collector with a sense of humor. I really get a chuckle because John seems to know exactly which funny button to push for us passionate and sometimes crazy … Continue reading
Use a Penny for Scale
Some time ago, and we still laugh about it now, we had an interesting and unexpected learning experience on eBay when my wife bid on what she thought were some large (12” tall or so) dinosaurs for my grandson Nicholas … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, eBay, Facebook, Humor - Lighter Side, Photography
Tagged Dalby's Carminarive, Dinosaurs, Drake's Plantation Bitters, penny, photography, scale
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Braille Dots on a DeWitts Stomach Bitters
Bark Bitters over on facebook posted these two (2) pictures below of DeWitts Stomach Bitters from E.C. DeWitt & Co. in Chicago with raised dots and asked if anyone was familiar with the mold. Wow, this is an odd bird. Reminds me … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters Bottles, Facebook, Questions
Tagged chicago, De Witts Stomach Bitters, Meyer Collection
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