Category Archives: Milk & Creamers

2013 National Antique Bottle Show Seminars Announced

Posted on 31 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Manchester, NH Seminars Michael George, show chair and Rick Ciralli, seminar coordinator for the 2013 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire just announced officially, an exciting line-up of seminars and presenters that will want to be added … Continue reading →

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Mailbox Letters – February 2013

Posted on 23 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Haven’t emptied out the mailbox until this morning. Here are a few incoming pieces. Let me know if you have any info or are interested. 5-Log Drake’s Find Hello Ferdinand, On Thursday, myself and a few buddies were relic hunting … Continue reading →

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Working Dogs

Posted on 13 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

W O R K I N G   D O G S Many of us antique bottle and glass collectors have dogs as pets and consider them family members. We certainly do here at Peachridge. Coco, my running mate and … Continue reading →

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Shipping Crates

Posted on 7 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

How about those old bottle boxes. The stories they might tell? Tami Barber Tami Barber attached the above picture of a stacked Richardson Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Lead, South Dakota and Anheuser Busch St. Louis, Mo. beer shipping crate to the … Continue reading →

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Burnable Bottles – Hand Crafted Antique Bottle Candles

Posted on 30 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Rick Meech Burchfield (Flaschenjager@aol.com) recently updated his great web site AntiqueBottleHunter.com and added an interesting retail component for Burnable Bottles. I think he has done a fine job here. The photographs are excellent too. Just in time for the holidays! … Continue reading →

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How we Transported our Goods, Beer and Liquor Back Then

Posted on 30 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

As you may have noticed of late, I have been developing a number of posts dealing with historical photographs. It started earlier this year with glass houses and factories, boys that worked in glass houses and then moved on to … Continue reading →

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Photographs of People Drinking

Posted on 3 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Drinking Gallery I wanted to create a gallery of my favorite vintage drinking pictures. Some are in my collection. If you have any candidates for inclusion, please forward. Thanks.

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Greenbrier TN: Fire destroys over $400,000 in antiques.

Posted on 31 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Updated 26 June 2012 with Donation Information (see bottom of post) [PRG: Incoming from multiple sources] Subject: Tragedy in Tennessee On Monday, Memorial Day, the 7,000 square foot building owned by Claude Bellar in Greenbrier, TN, burned to the ground. … Continue reading →

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Some historical glass pictures from the Philadelphia Museum Of Art

Posted on 16 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Sandor Fuss visited me at Peach Ridge recently in Houston and said he was headed east during the following week for business. Sandor, like myself, builds glass adventures around business trips and in this instance, he was planning on visiting … Continue reading →

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My First Bottle Tattoo – Nic Queen

Posted on 13 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I am working on a feature article in the next FOHBC Bottles and Extras for the recent Baltimore Bottle Show and was remembering the really cool tattoo that Nic Queen had on his leg. He even had it on the … Continue reading →

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