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Tag Archives: Bill Ham
Carlyn Ring – An Interview with Martha Stewart
Great Video. “A Complete Collection of Antique Bitters Bottles” – Martha Stewart and Carlyn Ring looks at Carlyn Rings antique bitter bottles collection. The rare and unusual styles in the collection showcase a history of American glass making and early … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, News
Tagged Bill Ham, Carlyn Ring, Jeff Burkhardt, Jim Hagenbuch, Martha Stewart, video
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Unlisted M. S. James Family Bitters – a Flea Market Find
This may be one of the shortest posts yet for a bitters bottle, but in my book it doesn’t matter. This is an important find and a post needs to be developed. Hopefully more information and pictures will be added. … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Medicines & Cures, Questions
Tagged Bill Ham, bitters, Brian Wolff, Brooklyn, M.S. James, Moses S. James, New York, physician, Ron Tetrault
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Unlisted 2-Headed Indian Queen Found!
“A find that has certainly set the figural and bitters world ‘upside down’ rocks the airwaves this morning. I mean, “was it meant to be drunk from two people at once” as Bill Ham questioned? Bitters figural king Bill Taylor … Continue reading
Posted in Art Glass, Early American Glass, eBay, History, Hutches
Tagged April Fools, Bill Ham, Bill Taylor, Bob Ferraro, Figural, Indian, Jeff Burkhardt, Queen
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The elusive Dr. John’s Stomach Bitters
Fundamental Collecting Shift In recent years I have had a fundamental shift in my Bitters bottle pursuits as I have shifted my primary focus from immaculate examples to include broken or damaged examples of elusive, and in many cases, solo … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Museums, News
Tagged Baltimore, Bill Ham, bitters, Digging, Dr. Johns, Glass, Louvre, Paris, shard, Stomach, Venus de Milo
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An Unlisted German Bitters dug in Vicksburg, Mississippi
I received a tip from Bill Ham about an unlisted bitters (pictured above*) on Ebay (see listing) that closes this evening. Bill noted that the seller was from Mississippi and that the bottle was dug near Vicksburg, Mississippi. The listing … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, eBay
Tagged B. E. Mann, Bill Ham, bitters, Dr. M. Bloch, German, Mississippi, Vicksburg
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John Moffat Phoenix Bitters Support
JOHN MOFFAT John Moffat, born 3 August, 1788; died New York City, 3 November, 1863; married in Troy, New York, 10 September 1816 to Rachel Marie Brinckerhoff, (daughter of Isaac Brickerhoff and Sophie Quackenbos). John Moffat invented and first started selling … Continue reading
Jack Stecher and his John Moffat Phoenix Bitters
J O H N M O F F A T P H O E N I X B I T T E R S N E W Y O R K Hi Ferd, Wishing you and all … Continue reading
XR New Orleans bitters bottle on ebay – G. N. Morison
G. N. MORISON’S INVIGORATING BITTERS “This just turned up at the Magazine Antiques Mall on Magazine street” Gene Baudouin “The other one was found about 30 years ago by a woman who decided to dig bottles and crawl under houses … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, History
Tagged Bill Ham, bitters, eBay, Gene Baudouin, invigorationg, Magazine, Morison, Morison's, New Orleans
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