Monthly Archives: January 2013

Working Dogs

Posted on 13 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

W O R K I N G D O G S 13 January 2013 (R•082215) (R•111116) Many of us antique bottle and glass collectors have dogs as pets and consider them family members. We certainly do here at Peachridge. … Continue reading →

Posted in Coffee, Ephemera, History, Milk & Creamers, Peachridge Glass, Photography | Tagged Alaska, Brussels, cart, dog, Dogmobile, Holland, Mary Pickford, Nome, Pollyanna, Shelton, W. Snook and Son | 1 Comment

Professor Lennords or Leonnard’s or Leonard’s Celebrated Nectar Bitters

Posted on 12 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Lennords (nope) let’s try again Leonnard’s (almost) once more Leonard’s (bingo) and finally Professor Leonard’s Celebrated Nectar Bitters 12 January 2013 (R•092418) C H I C A G O – C I N C I N N A T I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, eBay, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged bitters, Cassilly, Celebrated, chicago, Cincinnati, eBay, Hubbel, illinois, John T. Swasey, Lenords, Leonard, Leonard's, Leonnard's, Matthew Tigue Levanti, nectar, ohio, Professor, square, Swasey & Co., Wake Hubbell | 1 Comment

Grocery Stores from Yesteryear

Posted on 11 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

H I S T O R I C A L P H O T O G R A P H S There have been a number of historical photograph galleries this past year on Peachridge Glass such as Colorado Saloons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Windows | Tagged August Storz, C.D. Rake, Charles E. Miller, Clarence Saunders, Coca-Cola, Elbert T. Osborne, Fisher, Groceries, Grocery, J.F. Barker & Co., L.H. Marsh, Litsch, Maison Laurent, merchandise, merchant, Old Murphy Grocery Store, Piggly Wiggly, R.M. Richards, Roth Brothers, S.N. Lopez Co., Spiro Obradovich, store, Volkert, Wheeler's Boston Branch Grocery, Williams Brothers | Leave a comment

Found some Charles Gardner pieces Out Pickin’

Posted on 11 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferdinand, Please read below before you view the pictures. I was out pickin’ today and scored two amazing items; both Charles Gardner Collection pieces. They are not bottles, but items I think may be a bit more rare. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, Glass Makers, History, News, Questions | Tagged Bob Ferraro, Charles Gardner, Chas Gricnnev, Eric Richter, Heckler, Latie Dunmore, Maud Floyd, Picking, Rob Daisy, Skinner | 3 Comments

Big Bill Best Bitters

Posted on 10 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BIG BILL BEST BITTERS STOMACH-MAGEN 10 January 2013 (R•102013) 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 – … Continue reading →

Posted in Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles | Tagged Best, Big, Big Bill Best, Bill, bitters, Figural, Glass Works Auctions, Meyer, Royal Flush Bitters, Socialist Party, William Dudley Haywood, William Howard Taft | Leave a comment

The Ultimate Hand – Royal Flush Bitters

Posted on 10 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

R O Y A L F L U S H B I T T E R S The ultimate hand to a poker player is the Royal Flush. The odds of drawing this hand in a five card … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters | Tagged American Glass Gallery, Cabin Fever, Connecticut, Glass Works Auctions, J. Quint, Jim Hagenbuch, New Haven, Royal Flush, Royal Flush Bitters | Leave a comment

Barrel Series – B.M. & E.A. Whitlock & Co. – New York

Posted on 9 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

B. M. & E. A. WHITLOCK & CO. – NEW YORK 09 January 2013 (R•01Oct13) (R•031318) The figural barrel series from 2012 is for the most part, 95% or so complete meaning posts were developed for most of the great … Continue reading →

Posted in Early American Glass, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Barrel, Benjamin M. Whitlock, Bronx, Edward A. Whitlock, Figural, New York, Whitlock & Co. | 1 Comment

B. E. Mann before he became a Professor Overnight

Posted on 8 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Extremely rare B. E. Mann’s Oriental Stomach Bitters bottle 08 January 2013 (R•103114 update with Chicago connections) (R•111915) “I dug a very rare bottle this weekend in Vicksburg, MS in a Confederate artillery camp that was also occupied by union … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Digging and Finding, eBay, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Benning, Benning E. Mann, bitters, Brant, chicago, Connecticut, Corey, eBay, Edward. Curtis, Fort Steele, Mann, Mississippi, Oriental, Peck, Professor, Shears, Stock, Vicksburg, Wyoming | Leave a comment

Shipping Crates

Posted on 7 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

How about those old bottle boxes. The stories they might tell? Tami Barber Tami Barber attached the above picture of a stacked Richardson Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Lead, South Dakota and Anheuser Busch St. Louis, Mo. beer shipping crate to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Breweriana, Cola, Medicines & Cures, Milk & Creamers, Root Beer, Soda Bottles, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Baltimore, bitters, Box, C.W. Abbott & Co., Chamberlain & Co., Charles E. Hires Co., Coca-Cola, Dairylea, Dewar's, Dr. Peter Fahrney, Electric Bitters, Euclid Race, Father John's Medicines, Griel & Bro, Hire's Root Beer, Homer's Ginger Brandy, Hostetter's, Jeff Burkhardt, John Dewar & Sons, Kerosene, Lowell, Marlboro, Massachusetts, Mishler's Keystone, Peruna, Shipping Crate, Sloan's, Tami Barber, Texaco, Whiskey, whisky | 1 Comment

Pictures of the Week (06 January 2013)

Posted on 6 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is the first weekly round-up of some really nice photography from various antique bottle and glass web sites that have surfaced in the previous week. It seems that winter sunlight and new snow has influenced many of still life … Continue reading →