Tag Archives: New Jersey

Alfred Speer and his Raised Sidewalk & Standard Wine Bitters

Posted on 18 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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’s the Attraction for You at National Federation Shows?

Posted on 28 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

What’s the Attraction for You at National Federation Shows? By Bill Baab Why are you here? That’s an easy question, but the answer may not be. You might be here because of a chance to buy quality bottles for your … Continue reading →

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Jacob’s Cholera Dysentery and Diarrhea Cordial ensemble

Posted on 10 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

JACOB’S CORDIAL Savannah, Georgia “recommended to females, children, travelers, ships captains and voyagers, laborers, planters as well as the general public.” If you remember a few days back, I did a post on some eye-catching typography and typesetting for Jacobs … Continue reading →

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Spring Jar & Bottle Auction – North American Glass

Posted on 24 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

You can always expect a great grouping of Fruit Jars in the Greg Spurgeon North American Glass Auctions. This next auction, starting tomorrow, is no exception. Right off the bat, when I previewed the pieces this morning, I almost fell out of … Continue reading →

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Dr Zabriskie’s Bitters – Jersey City, New Jersey

Posted on 17 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

New Jersey has certainly been in the news of late with the terrible destruction from Hurricane Sandy which has been just tragic. I now see that the inane show Jersey Shore has run its course too. What a shame. New … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 2 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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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The SAXE Collection – Glass International Auction 24

Posted on 7 March 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

When I was at the Baltimore Antique Bottle Show this past weekend I had the opportunity to meet a wonderful fellow named John E De Caro (Medford, New Jersey) with Glass International. I was also able to see some of the … Continue reading →

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Glass Works and Glass Factories – Hell on Earth?

Posted on 8 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

To a little sand, a little alkali, and a little limestone, add considerable heat and a still greater amount of skill, might be taken as a brief recipe for the manufacture of a glass bottle. Popular Science Monthly/Volume 36/December 1889/Glass-Making … Continue reading →

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Bunker Hill Monument Figural Colognes

Posted on 5 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Yesterday I spent the day recording and moving some new bottle acquisitions around. One bottle that was a conversation piece on facebook was my new citron, SKILTON, FOOTE & COMPANY BUNKER HILL PICKLES / TRADE MARK, (Motif of monument) that … Continue reading →

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Fighting Cocks and Roosters on Bottles

Posted on 24 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Connor Rush posted a neat blob on the FOHBC facebook page… Hello! Anybody have any bottles from Essex County, NJ? Here’s my best and rarest one, a pictorial blob from Montclair. Thomas P. Meyer was in business from 1895 to … Continue reading →

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