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Category Archives: Insulators
Mailbox Letters – June 2013
Please feel free to send any antique bottle or glass questions to ferdinand@peachridgeglass.com. The information will be posted if relevant or of interest to the readers. I will try to answer or wait for another reader to respond. Quality images … Continue reading
Posted in eBay, Insulators, Mailbox Letters, Medicines & Cures, Questions
Tagged Letters, mailbox
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Pole Top Discoveries & Glass Discoveries | Auction #68 Review
Pole Top Discoveries & Glass Discoveries Auction #68 Review Just sitting here in amazement at how many great, diverse and gorgeous insulators Ray Klingensmith has put in his Auction #68 that just went online last night. The colors are just … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Auction News, Insulators
Tagged california, CD 130.1, CD 151, CD 162, CD 199, CD 266.5, CD 317.5, CD 731, CD 735, CD 737, CD 737.5, CD 740, CD 740.4, CD 740.7, Chambers, H.G. CO., Insulators, Mulford & Biddle, N.R. Woodward, Ottawa & Prescott Railway, Pilgrim Hat, Pole Top Discoveries, Ray Klingensmith, Richard Gay, Tillotson, U.P.R.R.
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The Color Purple or Amethyst in Antique Glass
T H E C O L O R P U R P L E Purple, Amethyst, Plum, Violet, Lilac, Grape, Bishop’s Purple, Aubergine, Eggplant, Royal Purple Not too long ago I did a post on the color Puce. … Continue reading
Posted in Apothecary, Bitters, Color, Early American Glass, Flasks, Historical Flasks, Insulators
Tagged amethyst, aubergine, Bishop, Color, Danny Catherino, Dwayne Anthony, manganese, plum, purple, Roman, sandor fuss
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Pictures of the Week (06 January 2013)
This is the first weekly round-up of some really nice photography from various antique bottle and glass web sites that have surfaced in the previous week. It seems that winter sunlight and new snow has influenced many of still life … Continue reading
Posted in Apothecary, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Display, Early American Glass, Historical Flasks, Inks, Insulators, Medicines & Cures, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Windows
Tagged Dale Mlasko, Dave Kam, Ferdinand Meyer V, Herbert Cable, James Campiglia, Jeff Noordsy, John Panella, Larry Baumann, Mark Rose, Mark Yates, Michael George, Rick Ciralli, Tom Marshall, Utah Antique Bottle Cliche
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A Summer Day at Peachridge in 2007
In 2007, Elizabeth and I commissioned our friend and professional photographer, Steve Harris, to spend the morning in our home taking pictures of windows and bottles. We gave him free reign and left him alone. A few of the photographs … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Figural Bottles, Insulators, Lightning Rod Balls, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Pickle Jars, Poison Bottles, Windows
Tagged Bears, bitters, Elizabeth, HP Herb Wild Cherry Bitters, Insulators, Ladies Legs, Lightning Rod Ball, Peachridge, photographer, Skilton Foote Bunker Hill Pickles, Victorian Room, Violins
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Pictures of the Week 12-16-12
This is the second weekly round-up of some really nice photography from various facebook and other glass sites. These pictures are amazing. It is so nice to see such great care with topic selection, composition and lighting. Well done to … Continue reading
Posted in Black Glass, Blown Glass, Demijohns, Early American Glass, Flasks, Historical Flasks, Insulators, Medicines & Cures, Photography, Sarsaparilla, Schnapps, Whiskey
Tagged Aaron Hanshew, black glass, Charles Flint, Chris Rowell, Dale Murschell, Dale Santos, David Jackson, Demijohn, Dr. Townsends, Edward Brown, Ferdinand Meyer V, Flask, H Chapman Chemist, Insulators, James Campiglia, Jeff Noordsy, Martin Rodriguez, Mustard, Paul Joseph Goodwin, Phil Edmonds, Robert Creech, Schnapps, Simon Hunter, sunburst, Woody Douglas
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This Week in Pictures
A weekly round-up of some really nice photography from various facebook glass sites. These pictures are amazing. It is so nice to see such great care with topic selection, composition and lighting. Kudos folks. P H O T O … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Demijohns, Display, Flasks, Inks, Insulators, Medicines & Cures, Photography
Tagged Church's Cough Drops, Dana Charlton-Zarro, David Jackson, Dawid Utrecht, Flask, Flint, Hemingray, Jeff Noordsy, Jeremy Kemp, John April, Lanes Gout Specific, Matthew Tigue Levanti, Michael George, Mike Dolcini, Mold warmers, Norris's Drops for Fevers, photography, pictures, Poland, Shaun Kotlarsky, Sibly's Solar Tincture, Solomon's Balm of Gilead, Steven Harris, Stoddard, strap-sided, Turlington's, Woody Douglas
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Could we have a 2016 Mega Expo and a 2020 International Antique Glass Festival?
Hi Ferdinand, I went to the Springfield Insulator show last weekend and was approached by three different high end insulator people about exploring the possibility of the Federation and NIA getting together in the future to collaborate on a national … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Breweriana, Club News, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, Fruit Jars, Insulators, News, Perfume, Poison Bottles, Questions, Soda Water
Tagged APBCA, Event, Expo, festival, fohbc, international, Jamie Houdeshell, NAMBC, national, NIA, Quilt, show, VBCA
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Is it finally time to tackle bottle colors?
B O T T L E C O L O R S “There is no reference guide a collector can use to denote color to a fellow collector in advertisements or in conversation.” Hello Ferdinand, First of all let … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Color Runs, Fruit Jars, Insulators, News, Peachridge Glass, Questions, Sea Glass
Tagged Color, Ferdinand, fohbc, gel, guide, Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club, North American Glass, Reggie Lynch, Roscolux, Shawn McAlister
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EC&M Insulator Display at the FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo
D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Alan DeMaison (FOHBC Business Manager and pictured on the left) was able to provide some great video coverage of the many displays at the 2012 FOHBC … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, FOHBC News, Insulators, News, Photography
Tagged Alan DeMaison, Dennis Bray, EC&M, Expo, fohbc, Insulators, Reno, Scott Selenak, video
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