Category Archives: Publications

Mrs. S. A. Allen’s Worlds Hair Restorer Display…and some more

Posted on 23 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi. Ferdinand – I received an e-mail from a gentleman from Spain recently wanting to sell a Mrs Allen’s Hair Restorer advertising display (see above). I have attached a photo of this rare item. If anybody is interested in purchasing … Continue reading →

Posted in Currency, Decanter, Digging and Finding, Display, Fruit Jars, Glass Companies & Works, Mailbox Letters, Publications, Uncategorized | Tagged Allen's, Frank Wicker, Hair, Mrs. S. A. Allen's Worlds Hair Restorer, SS Republic, Susan A. Allen, zylobalsamum | Leave a comment

A Glimpse at Providence Advertising in 1861-2

Posted on 21 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND I have to admit, I get side tracked real easily when looking up information on Bitters brands. In this case it was looking for information on Barber’s Indian Vegetable Jaundice Bitters put out by Oliver Johnson & … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bitters Bottles, Civil War, Ephemera, History, Publications, Questions | Tagged Barber's Indian Vegetable Jaundice Bitters, Chilson's Patent Cone Furnaces, Corliss Steam Engine Co., Dr. Langley's Root and Herb Bitters, Earl P. Mason & Co., Franklin Foundry, Gardner & Co., Hotel Providence, John W. Greene & Brother, Oliver Johnson & Company, Providence, Rhode Island, Thurston, Welch & Griffith | Leave a comment

Memphis, Yellow Fever and “The Great Bottle Treasure Map of 1880”

Posted on 12 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand, here is the article on “The Great Memphis Bottle Treasure Map of 1880“. The newly founded National Board of Health conducted a Sanitary Survey in the winter of 1879-1880. Yellow Fever hit Memphis hard in 1878, over 5,000 people … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Article Publications, History, Publications, Questions, Regulations, Treasure | Tagged Memphis, National Board of Health, outhouse, Outhouse Patrol, privy, Reggie Shoeman, Sanitary, survey, trash, Yellow Fever | 1 Comment

Hawaii – Unidentified Objects Found! Treasure Hunting 2013

Posted on 18 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Something to look forward to in Bottles and Extras Unidentified Objects Found! Treasure Hunting 2013 Martin & Ferdinand, I wanted to follow up with you about a phone message I left regarding an article for Bottles and Extras and provide … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Publications | Tagged Blake Cousins, Bottle, Bottles and Extras, Brent Cousins, Digging, Hawaii, Michael Polak, show, video | Leave a comment

33rd Annual Baltimore Bottle Show & Sale on 03 March 2013

Posted on 2 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A number of us from across the United States and across the pond are finalizing plans to attend the mega 33rd Annual Baltimore Bottle Show on 03 March 2013. For those of you that are not FOHBC members and do … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Club News, FOHBC News, News, Publications | Leave a comment

20th Century Old Taylor Kentucky Bourbon Advertising

Posted on 20 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

COLONEL E.H. TAYLOR SINGLE BARREL Taylor was one of Kentucky’s original Bourbon aristocrats and was called the “father of the modern bourbon industry.” Old Taylor Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey was named in honor of Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. (E.H. Taylor) (1830-1923). Taylor … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Publications, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged advertising, Bourbon, Colonel, E.H. Taylor, Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr., Kentucky, Old Taylor Castle, Whiskey | Leave a comment

Woods’ Baltimore City Directory – 1864

Posted on 10 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I get asked all the time from collectors, especially in my collecting area of Bitters; “so what is happening?”, “heard about any new bottles?, “anything in the upcoming auction interest you?” or “are you going to the so and so … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Ales & Ciders, Bitters Bottles, Blown Glass, Bottling Works, Breweriana, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Early American Glass, Flasks, Fruit Jars, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Peachridge Glass, Publications, Soda Water, Spirits, Tobacco, Tonics | Tagged A. Hoen & Co., B. G. Tubman & Co., Baker Bros. & Co., Baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore Glass Works, bitters, Boggs, Boyd, Chris Rowell, city, Civil War, Cottman, directory, ferdinand meyer, German, John Boyd, John W. Woods, Tonic, University of Maryland, Woods | 2 Comments

The Sale of The Private Collection of George S. McKearin – 1931 & 1932

Posted on 20 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Recognized as the Finest and Most Comprehensive in Existence Stiegel – South Jersey – New York State – New England – Ohio and Mid-Western – Blown Three-Mold INCLUDING MANY UNIQUE EXAMPLES WITH SOURCES FULLY AUTHENTICATED A Small Group of American … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Blown Glass, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Freeblown Glass, Glass Makers, History, Perfume, Publications | Tagged American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Bill Baab, blown three mold, Diamond Daisy, Early American Glass, George S. McKearin, Helen McKearin, Hoosick Falls, Mid-Western, New England, New York, New York City, New York State, ohio, perfume, South Jersey, Stiegel | Leave a comment

The Many Layers of the FOHBC

Posted on 6 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Here is the new cover design for the exciting next issue of Bottles and Extras that will be arriving in members mail boxes by 01 November 2012. This issue will feature the great John Feldmann Bitters collection. Just another reason … Continue reading →