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Tag Archives: John April
The Color Yellow – A wide range of shades
Y E L L O W (above) Yellow figural whiskey bottle and Suffolk Bitters from the Meyer Collection Yellow is an important color in bottle collecting but is usually, for some odd reason to some, less desirable than the ‘prettier’ … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters Bottles, Color, Figural Bottles, Inks, Questions
Tagged Glass Works Auctions, Ink, John April, Meyer, yellow
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Daily Dose – April 2013
A p r i l 2 0 1 3 Just some ramblings and thoughts that are not on the home page. Tuesday, 30 April 2013 Ahhh, last posts of the month today. Look for another unlisted find, a Burnham’s … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Dose, Inks, News, Peachridge Glass, Photography
Tagged Chattanooga, Dave Kyle, DeWitts Bitters, Ink, Jack Stecher, John April, LAHBC, Nicolas Scull, Philadelphia, sandor fuss, Tennessee
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Daily Dose – January 2013
J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 3 Section dedicated to daily thoughts and interests Thursday, 31 January 2013 Wow, this month just went by so fast. Christmas seems so long ago. Back in Houston, dodged … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters Bottles, Bottles and Extras, Daily Dose, Figural Bottles, Flasks, FOHBC News, History, Humor - Lighter Side, Museums, News, Postage, Spirits, Tax Stamps, Whiskey
Tagged Baltimore, Bill Taylor, bitters, Daily Dose, Drakes, fohbc, Galveston, Jeff Burkhardt, John April, Kansas City, Kentucky, Lexington, Michael Stresau, National Postal Museum, news, Pittsburgh
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Pictures of the Week – 12 – 30 – 12
This is the fourth weekly round-up of some really nice photography from various facebook and other glass web sites that have caught my eye. Of course this is subjective, but it is fun to see the composition, lighting and topic … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters Bottles, eBay, Figural Bottles, Hair Tonics, Medicines & Cures, Photography
Tagged bitters, Bromo-Seltzer, Brown's Indian Queen, Charles Flint, Cindy Suter, Cram's Vegetable Hait Tonic, Daffy's Elixir, Dave Kam, Drakes, Eric Richter, Figural, Fisher's Seaweed Extract, Handyside's Rheumatic Cure, John April, John Panella, Joseph Bottone, Kilmers, Mike Holzwarth, photography, Price's Patent Candle Company, Randy Cobb, Steven Harris, Tom Marshall
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This Week in Pictures
A weekly round-up of some really nice photography from various facebook glass sites. These pictures are amazing. It is so nice to see such great care with topic selection, composition and lighting. Kudos folks. P H O T O … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Demijohns, Display, Flasks, Inks, Insulators, Medicines & Cures, Photography
Tagged Church's Cough Drops, Dana Charlton-Zarro, David Jackson, Dawid Utrecht, Flask, Flint, Hemingray, Jeff Noordsy, Jeremy Kemp, John April, Lanes Gout Specific, Matthew Tigue Levanti, Michael George, Mike Dolcini, Mold warmers, Norris's Drops for Fevers, photography, pictures, Poland, Shaun Kotlarsky, Sibly's Solar Tincture, Solomon's Balm of Gilead, Steven Harris, Stoddard, strap-sided, Turlington's, Woody Douglas
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What is Puce or ‘Pooce’ as some call it?
T H E C O L O R P U C E “Puce is the French word for flea” Puce (often misspelled as “puse”, “peuse” or “peuce”) is a color that is defined as ranging from light grayish … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Color
Tagged Color, Dyottville, Eagle, Fells Point, flea, John April, juice, Michael George, plum, Puce, raspberry, Rick Weiner, strawberry
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Looking at Labeled Carter’s Cone Inks
It seems like a good time to switch gears and look at some conical inkwells. There has been a lull in the action since the flurry of posts earlier this year on small inks. Starting off today, I was inspired … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, eBay, History, Inks
Tagged BottleBooks.com, Carter's, cone, conical, Covill, Dovell's, Edward Carter, Faulkner, fountain, Gene Ainsworth, Ink, inkwell, John April, John Hinkel, McKearin & Wilson, Munsey, Nathan Wood, New York, Thaddeus Davids & Co, William Carter, writing
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Gallery of Unembossed Utility and Salve Bottles & Jars
The group over at facebook on Bottle Collectors and Early American Glass Collectors have been posting some great pictures of unembossed bottles and jars. I have created this gallery to celebrate these beautiful glass pieces primarily from New England. As usual, … Continue reading
Posted in Medicines & Cures, Salve, Snuff, Utility Bottles
Tagged blacking, Bottle, Connecticut, E. Waters, Eric Correla, jar, Jeff Noordsy, Joe Zarro, John April, Keene, Lee and Pappas, Mark Yates, Michael George, New Hampshire, salve, Stoddard, Tom Marshall, unembossed, Utility, W.C. Woodworth
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Bottle and Glass Shards – Pieces of Wisdom
John Akers (see more of John’s Cartoons) produced some artwork for the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) for their signature magazine Bottles and Extras. This art appears each issue as a header for a section with special news, finds … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters Bottles, Bottles and Extras, Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, Facebook, Glass Companies & Works, History, Pottery
Tagged Boo Morcom, Bottles and Extras, Brian Wolff, Chris Rowell, fohbc, Glastonbury, Hostetter's, Jeff Noordsy, John Akers, John April, Ken Wilson, Michael George, Mount Vernon Glass Works, New England Glassworks, Pitkin Glass Works, Pottery, Richard Strunk, Shards of Wisdom, Victorian, Wistarburgh
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