Tag Archives: Jerry Forbes

Morro Bay Meat Eaters

Posted on 29 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

So I ask my friend Jerry Forbes (Carmel, CA) for some bottle pictures from the the San Luis Obispo Bottle Society’s 45th Annual Show and Sale in Morro Bay, California this past Friday and Saturday. Here is what I got…. … Continue reading →

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The Forbes Windows – Gallery of Light and Color

Posted on 10 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

My BBB (Best Bottle Friend) Jerry Forbes (Carmel, California) flooded my inbox this afternoon with some simply outstanding pictures of his latest bottle additions from the Baltimore Bottle Show. Read: Balto 2013 – Crab Cakes, Bottles and my Mother – … Continue reading →

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Balto 2013 – Crab Cakes, Bottles and my Mother – Part 2

Posted on 10 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

CRAB CAKES, BOTTLES and my MOTHER Read: Balto 2013 – Crab Cakes, Bottles and my Mother – Part 1 PART II Sunday, 03 March 2013 (Day 4) The Show Saturday Evening Set-Up One of the biggest points about the Baltimore Bottle … Continue reading →

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Cool Embossings 2

Posted on 28 August 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is the second post in the series titled “Cool Embossings”. See Cool Bottle Embossings 1. As a designer, I just love seeing these images on bottles. So cool. This is a living and breathing post, meaning I would like to collect and … Continue reading →

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Barrel Series – I. Nelson’s Old Bourbon

Posted on 26 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I. NELSON’S OLD BOURBON | MAYSVILLE, KY In my determination to leave “no stone uncovered” in the Figural Barrel Series (see far below), I now write on the I. NELSON’S OLD BOURBON figural barrel. This bottle came out of left … Continue reading →

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Barrel Series – The Mysterious Blue Barrel

Posted on 6 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

UNEMBOSSED BLUE FIGURAL BARREL Here is a great figural barrel that many collectors consider very desirable because of the form, size and color. The barrel is larger than most Bitters barrels and really jumps out in a crowd whether an … Continue reading →

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Cassin’s Grape Brandy Bitters Joins the Forbes Collection

Posted on 5 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

One of the greatest Bitters bottles in existence, a Cassin’s Grape Brandy Bitters has changed hands and joined the already wonderful collection of Jerry and Helen Forbes of Carmel, California. I have been asking Jerry for pictures of this bottle … Continue reading →

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Travellers Bitters Travels from Baltimore to Carmel

Posted on 8 March 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

(man on bottle resembles figures on Pike’s Peak flasks, Heckler notes Robert E. Lee with Walking Stick) Jerry Forbes, my good friend, table mate and Bitters Collector from Carmel, California scored big when he purchased a very rare Travellers Bitters … Continue reading →

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Fish Bottles make me Smile

Posted on 1 November 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Jerry Forbes just sent me this picture. Made me smile. Miss my bottles and bottle friends. Cold, gloomy and lonely here in my hotel in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The last time this run was photographed in 2007, the blue fish … Continue reading →

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Top three Bitters Bottles from last weekend

Posted on 13 October 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I have been asked ‘were there any standout Bitters Bottles’ by a number of folks (Bob Ferraro, Sandor Fuss, Bill Taylor etc) that could not attend the Heckler Columbus Day Weekend Event last Saturday in Woodstock, CT or the Yankee … Continue reading →

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