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, Inc., 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. Ferdinand 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 gardening (Peachridge Gardens), antiques (Peachridge Collections), and early United States postage stamps. Ferdinand is the past three-term president of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, a long-time board member, FOHBC 2021 Hall of Fame, and one of the founding members of the FOHBC Virtual Museum.
An exquisite Lediard’s Morning Call square 05 February 2016 Charles Lediard has again been on my mind recently for a number of reasons. First of all, I came across some new material and information and updated the Charles Lediard and … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, News
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Tagged Ball, bitters, Charles, Dominion, Julep, Lediard, Mint, Morning, Old, S. S. Smith, square
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Dexter Loveridge’s Wahoo Bitters – The Traveller’s Friend Flask 04 February 2016 Just received some great pictures the other day while boarding a flight from Tampa to Houston. Knocked my socks off, I think, as I had boots on. Look … Continue reading →
Posted in Bitters, Flasks, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, News, Tax Stamps
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Tagged bitters, Buffalo, cap, Dexter, Flask, Friend, label, Loveridge, N.Y., pewter, stamp, tax, Travellers
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February | 2 0 1 6 Monday, 29 February 2016 From Ken Previtali” Speaking of Balto, found this for you in my travels: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/eaa_A0427/ Read: Baltimore’s Iron Bitters – Brown Chemical Company Friday, 26 February 2016 Headed back to Houston on an early bird from … Continue reading →
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Dr. Doty’s Celebrated Mandrake Bitters 25 January 2016 Recently, two pictures of a very nice, labeled Dr. Doty’s Celebrated Mandrake Bitters was posted by Eric Gamache on the Antique Bitters Bottles Facebook page. This would be D 87 L in Bitters Bottles from C. C. … Continue reading →
Routt’s Emulsion Cod-Liver Oil With The Extracts Of Malt, Wild Cherry, And The Hypophosphites – L.P. Routt, Richmond, Va. 24 January 2016 Now that is a mouthful. It seems like Mr. L. P. Routt had a lot to say about … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Cod Liver Oil, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Revolutionary War
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Tagged Bottle, chemicals, chicago, Cod Liver, Doug Miller, Druggist & Drugstore, drugs, Emulsion, Extract, Georgia, Hypophosphites, L.P. Routt, Leroy Pope Routt, Malt, oil, Pulliam, Richmond, Routt, teal, Virginia, Wild Cherry
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Mayer’s Genuine Stomach Bitters 23 January 2016 (R•043019) Here is an unlisted and labeled Mayer’s Genuine Stomach Bitters that Frank Wicker recently added to his collection. Thank you Frank for sending in the pictures. A late bitters with a pretty cool … Continue reading →
Posted in Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures
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Tagged bitters, Distiller, distilling, Frank Wicker, Joseph Mayer, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Stomach, unisted
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Celebrated Crown Stomach Bitters – F. Chevalier Sole Agent 17 January 2016 Here is a nice connection with whiskey and bitters bottles submitted by FOHBC Treasurer, Gary Beatty. I worked on the pictures a little bit to work with the post. … Continue reading →
Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Bottles and Extras, liquor, Questions, Stained Glass, Whiskey
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Tagged amber, bitters, Bottles and Extras, castle, Chevalier, Fortune, Gary Beatty, Glass, liquor, Meyer, Old, Placerville, rare, sacramento, San Francisco, Schwartz, stained, Western, Whiskey, window
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January | 2 0 1 6 Monday, 26 January 2016 Jerry Forbes from Big Sur, California sent in this picture of an extremely light amber Old Cabin Bitters that he picked up at the Roseville Show. Read: Log Cabin Series – Old … Continue reading →
Posted in Daily Dose, News
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Tagged Daily, Dose, news
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Charles Green’s Peruvian Bark Bitters Brookfield, Missouri 06 December 2015 Ellen Haas Faulkenberry from St. Louis, Missouri posted these pictures of a Green’s Peruvian Bark Bitters on Facebook a week or so ago. I cropped them in Photoshop. Apparently the bottle was dug in … Continue reading →
Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, Medicines & Cures, Questions
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Tagged Bark, Belleville, bitters, Brookfield, Charles, Ellen Haas Faulkenberry, England, green, illinois, John Wood Brooks, Lance, Missouri, Peruvian, St. Louis, W T & Co, Whitall Tatum
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Cap’n Jacks’ Star Anchor Bitters W. L. B. Jack – Portsmouth, Ohio 05 December 2015 (R•120915) I received an email asking about the value and rarity of an amber Star Anchor Bitters that was found in an estate collection. It … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy
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Tagged Anchor, bitters, Captain, Jack, ohio, Pharamacist, Portsmouth, Remedy, Star, W. L. B., William, Willy
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