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    G A L L E R Y

Make sure you visit the Fresh Peach Gallery which represents the best of the best pictures.


Picked up a really nice “soulful” 12 inch Stoddard pan. Love this one! – Michael George


Here’s a little variety in strap-sided flasks – Dana-Charlton Zarro


A small group of some of my favourite flint glass medicines. The bottle in the centre with the heraldic embossing is a Sibly’s Solar Tincture. The others include a Church’s Cough Drops, a Norris’s Drops for Fevers, a Solomon’s Balm of Gilead (Gilead house address), a Lanes Gout Specific, and the obvious Turlington’s. – Jeremy Kemp


Three puce pontiled inks. the one in the middle won 2nd place at the FOHBC Reno Expo shootout – John April


No scale. I call em large – Steven Harris


The hollow stemmed compote is pictured in American Glass and attributed with confidence to Saratoga Mountain. – Jeff Noordsy


Pontils in the mist. A few of my favorites, with natures best natural filter – Matthew Tigue Levanti


This insulator is from Poland. Type: IŁ. NS-80 – Dawid Utrecht


Another glob, a bit different in it’s lip treatment, light green color, and slightly compressed form. Mt. Vernon a possibility? – Woody Douglas


I collect British embossed pontiled bottles: mainly medicines, but with a few foods, hair bottles, etc, thrown in. – Jeremy Kemp


Collecting is fun and I love it but it sure makes me sad when friends leave us. MIKE DOLCINI, “this toast is to you!” – David Jackson


Demi’s in the mist, With the clouds laying low and fog rolling over the hills this morning I took out my New IP demi, (on the left), and my OP demi for some photos. I always feel you get the best representation of color in this type of bright but naturally filtered light… – Matthew Tigue Levanti


I thought it may be fun to post a photo of my Hemingray solid pours AKA “Mold warmers”. CD 122, CD 231, CD 115 and CD 137. These are solid because they use to fill the mold with glass to warm it up to be used for production. Hard to come by I am lucky to have 4 of em’ – Shaun Kotlarsky


A couple of Washington / Taylors – Michael George


This beautiful western sunrise shot of an Old Sachems Bitters and Wigwam Tonic was taken by Matthew Levanti.


About Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand Meyer V is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and has a BFA in Fine Art and Graphic Design from the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design. Ferdinand is the founding Principal of FMG Design, a nationally recognized design consultation firm. Ferdinand is a passionate collector of American historical glass specializing in bitters bottles, color runs and related classic figural bottles. He is married to Elizabeth Jane Meyer and lives in Houston, Texas with their daughter and three wonderful grandchildren. The Meyers are also very involved in Quarter Horses, antiques and early United States postage stamps. Ferdinand is the past 6-year President of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors and is one of the founding members of the FOHBC Virtual Museum.
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One Response to This Week in Pictures

  1. ladynme says:

    Thank you, Ferdinand, I enjoyed that photo tour very much, and thank you, too, for including Joe’s Louisville straps. The week in pictures is a grand idea!

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