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Category Archives: Flasks
Holloway’s Orange Bitters by Canada Dry
Holloway’s Orange Bitters distributed by Canada Dry 17 April 2014 Well, certainly not the most exciting and early bitters product, but a bitters none-the-less. So it must be added to the Orange Bitters series. Plus, who knows, maybe there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, eBay, Flasks, Ginger Ale, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tax Stamps
Tagged 1644, Ale, bitters, canada, Dry, eBay, Exchange, Ginger, Holloway, Holloway's, New York, Orange, Previtali, Royal, Wisconsin
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The Isabella Glass Works of Thomas Stanger – 1841 to 1856
The Isabella Glass Works of Thomas Stanger – 1841 to 1856 Part 3 by Stephen Atkinson 13 March 2014 Part 1: Frederick Stanger and John Marshall 1831-1832 Part 2: Thomas Wriggins Stanger and John Marshall 1832-1839 Thomas Stanger began building a new … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Currency, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, History
Tagged Anchor, Atkinson, banner, Brooklyn, factory, Glass, GXIII-56, GXIII-57, Isabella, Marshall, McKearin, Shin-Plaster, Stanger, Stephen, Wheat, Works
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A Stroll through the Scrolls
A Stroll through the Scrolls Charles and Jane Aprill 22 February 2014 (R•040419 – Heckler Aprill Auction) Charles Aprill recently posted some outstanding examples of various sized blue scroll historical flasks over on Bottle Collectors on Facebook. I thought I … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Early American Glass, Facebook, Flasks, Historical Flasks, Miniatures, Photography
Tagged Aprill, blue, Charles, Flask, gallery, Historical, Jane, miniature, pint, quart, Scroll
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I took a few photos this morning of my Union Clasping Hands flasks
I took a few photos this morning of my Union Clasping Hands flasks 09 February 2014 I took a few photos this morning of some of my Union Clasping Hands flasks and thought I would pass a few on. Jim … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Display, Flasks, Historical Flasks, Photography
Tagged Bender, Clasped, Flask, Hands, Historical, IV, McKearin, Union, Wilson, XII
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“Joe Zarro gave this to my Son” & “I Collect ’em Because They’re Pretty!”
“Joe Zarro gave this to my Son” 24 January 2014 Since some of Joe Zarro’s strap flasks have made it to Peachridge Glass, I felt it was a good time to relay a story about when Joe and I met. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Flasks
Tagged Ainsworth, Flask, Gene, Joe, sided, strap, Zarro
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Joe Zarro Collection of Strap Sided Flasks
Joe Zarro Collection of Strap Sided Flasks 23 January 2014 In case you have not noticed, Jim Hagenbuch and Glass Works Auctions has an incredible collection of strap-sided flasks from the late Joe Zarro. Wow, what color and forms! Super … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Flasks, News, Whiskey
Tagged auction, Charlton, Dana, Flask, Joe, sided, strap, Zarro
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Looking at a collection of Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Flasks
Looking at a collection of Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Flasks 25 November 2013 While visiting with John Pastor and Liz Maxbauer in New Hudson, Michigan the other day, I was able to look at quite a few extraordinary … Continue reading
Looking at a Collection of Pattern Molded Flasks
Looking at a Collection of Pattern Molded Flasks 24 November 2013 While visiting with John Pastor and Liz Maxbauer in New Hudson, Michigan the other day, I was able to look at quite a few extraordinary bottles including Merchant’s Gargling … Continue reading
Posted in Blown Glass, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Early American Glass, Flasks
Tagged flasks, Hudson, John Pastor, Michigan, molded, New, Pattern, Pitkin
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Hartman’s Old Virginia Bitters – Tonic, Appetizer and Man Restorer
Hartman’s Old Virginia Bitters Tonic, Appetizer and Man Restorer by Joe Gourd & Ferdinand Meyer V Drink it plain or in whiskey three or four times a day, and you will feel like a new man. 19 November 2013 Last … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Flasks, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Spirits, Tonics, Trade Cards, Whiskey
Tagged appetizer, Bensinger, bitters, Bob, Burgess, drug, Ferdinand Meyer V, Hartman, Joe Gourd, juice, Lemon, liquor, Man, Oldm Virginia, Pennsylvania, Restorer, Richard Nagle, Rye, Schuylkill Haven, Tolu, Tonic, Wellington, Whiskey, White
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Hobnail Poison Flasks getting some attention..
Hobnail Poison Flasks getting some attention.. 21 October 2013 John Pastor aka “Pastor John” has put together an almost spiritual collection of bottles in his American Glass Gallery Auction 11 that closes next Tuesday night, 29 October. I like. watching … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Color Runs, Flasks, Poison Bottles
Tagged Flask, Germany, Hobnail, John Pastor, KU-27, Pioneer, Poison
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