Category Archives: Wine & Champagne

Alfred Speer and his Raised Sidewalk & Standard Wine Bitters

Speer’s Standard Wine Bitters Speer’s vineyard and wine business started on a small scale, with the vineyard expanding until it was “the largest in the State, containing over five miles of driveways, and over five hundred miles of wire.” The … Continue reading

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What was here, Early Houston Advertisements – Part IIA

THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1860 I was able to locate another issue of The Weekly Telegraph in Houston. The day was Tuesday, 20 April 1860. This is nine years prior to the previous issue of The Houston Telegraph … Continue reading

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Those West Coast Megaphone Bottles

W E S T   C O A S T   M E G A P H O N E S THE SPEAKING TRUMPET [Wikipedia] A megaphone or speaking-trumpet is a portable, usually hand-held, cone-shaped acoustic horn used to amplify … Continue reading

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1865 San Francisco Directory – All Quiet before the Quake

SAN FRANCISCO – 1865 Interesting to look at the innocence of an 1865 San Francisco business directory right before the first great earth quake. With all of the great advertisements, the city must have been prospering and booming. I wonder … Continue reading

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Looking at some of the Bitters Bottles on the steamboat Bertrand – Part 1

James Campiglia, in a series of recent emails, embedded the following statement within one portion of his commentary which inspired this post: “Also found a picture of a shard you may want to post. “Kintzing” early, beautiful green square is a … Continue reading

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Painted Bottles – Old & New

“We’re still painting on bottles as an art form of expression” David Walker Barker posted some neat pictures yesterday on Bottle Diggers and Collectors on facebook that I though were pretty cool and wanted to be nested in a post. … Continue reading

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H F & B = Holtz Freystedt & Brothers – New York

Anyone into crude PUCE colored sided embossed whiskey bottles? Michael George posted a picture the other day on facebook (Antique Bottles for Sale) of an example of one of my favorite, non-bitters bottles. The H F & B New York. … Continue reading

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Photographs and Images of People Drinking – Part II

Drinking Gallery It is time to open the second gallery of vintage drinking pictures as the first galley filled to volume. This is a continuation of Photographs of People Drinking - Part I). If you have any candidates for inclusion, please forward. … Continue reading

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Cut Decanter and Wine Glasses in Fisher Diamond Pattern

[Incoming email and pictures from Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club president and early American glass collector Dave Maryo] Hi Ferd, I recently purchased an early cut glass decanter and would like to share some pictures. The decanter was cut in … Continue reading

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James Noyes – Hollywood, Mississippi & the Imperial Levee

“Three variations are known to exist: one in green and a number in amber, one of which was altered with a “doughnut” on the shoulder and with lip flared to form a sort of decanter“ For the past few months … Continue reading

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