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The puce London Medicated Health Restorer circles back

Posted on 12 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The same medium strawberry puce, London Medicated Health Restorer bottle is making an encore appearance as Lot #161 in American Glass Gallery Auction #10. This bottle first made an appearance, not to long ago, in American Glass Gallery Auction #2 in November … Continue reading →

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The Color Yellow – A wide range of shades

Posted on 2 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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 →

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Dr. Sherman’s Prickley Ash Bitters from Kansas City?

Posted on 28 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

It appears that Dr. Sherman went into a drug store to get a drink of whiskey, and being familiar with the place went behind the prescription case and helped himself, but by mistake took from the wrong bottle something of … Continue reading →

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Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters – The Real McCoy

Posted on 19 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

CURTIS CORDIAL CALISAYA STOMACH BITTERS Quite a bit of excitement of late with the scam involving a ‘doctored’ emerald green Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters. You see, there is no record of that yellow green color but it was sure … Continue reading →

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Dr. Flint’s Rhode Island Bitters Products

Posted on 9 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Try this and thou shalt be benefitted!! Norman Heckler had a stellar example of a labeled Dr. Flint’s Stomach Bitters in his Auction 102 that closed earlier in the week. Actually it had a label over a label (see above). … Continue reading →

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The Dave & Jean Acker collection of colorful Fluid Lamps.

Posted on 20 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Dave & Jean Acker Collection of Colorful Fluid Lamps I remember, as a child, all of the decorative oil lamps at my grandparents Meyer house in Baltimore, Maryland. One night my father gathered them all up and compared all … Continue reading →

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Big Bill Best Bitters

Posted on 10 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BIG BILL BEST BITTERS STOMACH-MAGEN Alcohol 21% Guaranteed by Liebenthal Bros. & Co. under The Food and Drugs Act, June 30th 1906 As a companion post to the Royal Flush Bitters article (Read: The Ultimate Hand – Royal Flush Bitters), I … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2012 – Peachridge Glass

Posted on 21 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Read More: The Best Merry Christmas Bottle Tree Read More: A Collection of Vintage Christmas Bulbs Read More: Christmas Themed Glass Post Read More: Christmas 2011 – Peachridge Glass

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Log Cabin Series – Old Homestead Wild Cherry Bitters

Posted on 24 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

OLD FOLKS AT HOME! O L D    H O M E S T E A D W I L D    C H E R R Y    B I T T E R S Patronized by the medical … Continue reading →

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The Tippecanoe Bitters Figural Log and Mushroom

Posted on 19 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Lance and Brianna Westfall (San Diego, California) were in H-Town (Bayou City) visiting family over the weekend. Lance said he was able to get in a few probes in Old Town Spring (north of Houston) and to visit a few … Continue reading →

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