Category Archives: Whimsies

Some Nice Congress & Empire Spring Bottles – Shags to Riches

Posted on 23 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

SHAGS TO RICHES (not by far) When Elizabeth and I first moved into the long vacant house on property we now affectionately call Peach Ridge, it had shag carpet (see above), an old decrepit boat in the garage and had … Continue reading →

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Glass Batons and Canes at Glass Works Auction #96

Posted on 18 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Back in May and June of 2012, PRG did a series on Whimsies which concluded with glass canes and batons. Read: Glass Cane Whimsies. After the post I was tipped off by a reader to look for some great canes … Continue reading →

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Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont

Posted on 27 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferdinand, Here is a little teaser for those who might be heading to next summer’s FOHBC event in Manchester, New Hampshire. We shot these images this fall while visiting the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont (just south of Burlington, … Continue reading →

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Civil War Soldier’s Folk Art Carved Whimsy Bottle & Letter

Posted on 29 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

From my friend Jim Schmidt …“check out this lovely folk art in a bottle”. I think this is pretty cool. Think you will too. Please take the time to visit the listing, look at all of the pictures, read the wonderful … Continue reading →

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Michael George: Manchester Chairman & New England Tour de Force

Posted on 31 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Tour de Force is defined as “a feat demonstrating brilliance or mastery in a field”. Now if this does not describe the role and backbone of the Chairman of our FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire, … Continue reading →

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Incoming Questions about Finds

Posted on 19 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I continually get emails and pictures about recents finds and questions about bottles and glass. Though I field the Bitters questions, I typically send the questions outside of my area of speciality to others. Here are a few questions I … Continue reading →

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Glass Cane Whimsies

Posted on 5 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

In my continued effort to stay ahead of the curve and to look at other examples of Glasshouse Whimsies or End of the Day Glass, I developed this post and dedicate it to a rather unique whimsy and that is … Continue reading →

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The Charles & Jane Aprill Blue Gallery

Posted on 1 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

You can be sure of two things when you come across a picture from the collection of Charles and Jane Aprill from New Orleans. The first is that the glass piece will be extrtaordinary. The second, it will most likely … Continue reading →

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Small collection of 13 hat and salt (pontil) Whimseys

Posted on 27 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I like when I do a general post about a specific topic and I get comments and additional information and pictures. The beauty of this site and the digital age in general, is that I can update, modify and correct … Continue reading →

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Toppin’ it off with a few Glasshouse Hat Whimsies

Posted on 26 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

There has been some interesting dialog over at Early American Glass on facebook prompted by a posting by Jeff Noordsy (visit Jeff and Holly Noordsy) of a rather nice Hat Whimsey (see green example that Jeff picked up at the … Continue reading →

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