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Category Archives: Wine & Champagne
Christian Xander and his Melliston Bitters
He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and for many years led the singing in the congregation. He had an excellent voice and was very fond of singing; yea, he was proud of his musical talents. When quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bitters, Cordial, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Wine & Champagne
Tagged Andy Goldfrank, Aromatic, bitters, Champagne, Christian, German, grapes, liquor, Melliston, Washington D.C., Wine, Xander
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Dr. Leon Hershberg’s Celebrated Russian Balsamic Bitters
Celebrated Russian Balsamic Bitters Leon Hershberg & Company 20 September 2013 (R•082519) DR. LEON HERSHBERG, Of MOSCOW, RUSSIA, begs to inform the inhabitants of Oakland and vicinity, that he has established himself at the CORNER OF EIGHTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS, In this city, where … Continue reading
Newburgh (Glass House Co.) 1751-1759
Newburgh (Glass House Co.) 1751 – 1759 Part 1 of a Series by Stephen Atkinson 11 September 2013 The manufacture of glass was commenced in the village of New Windsor near present day Newburgh, 66 miles north of New York City, … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Blown Glass, Early American Glass, Gin, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Medicines & Cures, Utility Bottles, Wine & Champagne
Tagged bottles, case, Christian Hertell, dutch, gaffer, Germany, Glass, Glass House Company, Henry Heigel, Johann Martin Greiner, Lodewyck Bampe, Mathias Ernest, Munzthal, New Windsor, Newburgh, Samuel Bayard, Saxe-Weimar, Stephen Atkinson, Wilhem Henry Stiegel
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Mailbox Letters – July 2013
Please feel free to send any antique bottle or glass questions to ferdinand@peachridgeglass.com. The information will be posted if relevant or of interest to the readers. I will try to answer or wait for another reader to respond. Quality images … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Poison Bottles, Questions, Wine & Champagne
Tagged A.J. Startzer, H.H. Cook, Hammondsport, John W. Davis, Letters, mailbox, New York, Urbana Wine Company
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Alfred Speer and his Raised Sidewalk & Standard Wine Bitters
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
Posted in Advertising, Art & Architecture, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Wine & Champagne
Tagged Alfred Speer, Broadway, New Jersey, New York, Passaic, sidewalk, Speer's Standard Wine Bitters, vinyard, Wine
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What was here, Early Houston Advertisements – Part IIA
What was here, Early Houston Advertisements – Part IIA 05 April 2013 THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1860 I was able to locate another issue of The Weekly Telegraph in Houston. The day was Tuesday, 20 April 1860. This … Continue reading
Posted in Ales & Ciders, Apothecary, Bitters, Cordial, Demijohns, Druggist & Drugstore, Gin, Mineral Water, Sarsaparilla, Schnapps, Spirits, Tonics, Uncategorized, Whiskey, Wine & Champagne
Tagged . M. Bininger & Co., A. A. Peychaud, Ale Brewery, American Aromatic Bitter Cordial, Arabian Bitters, C. Ennis & Co, C.M. Jackson & Co, Clark & White, Demijohn, Dr. A. Siegismund, Dr. Hoofland's Celebrated German Bitters, Fernandez Alvarez & Co., H. J. Trube, Henry Sampson Co., J. Riordan, Mills Bitters, Philadelphia, Saratoga, Schnapps, Smith's Celebrated Sarsaparilla, W. H. Eliot & Co, W. Henry Eliot, Weekly Telegraph, Wolfe's Genuine Schiedam Schnapps
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Those West Coast Megaphone Bottles
W E S T C O A S T M E G A P H O N E S THE SPEAKING TRUMPET [Wikipedia] A megaphone or speaking-trumpet is a portable, usually hand-held, cone-shaped acoustic horn used to amplify … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Wine & Champagne
Tagged American Bottle Auctions, Aneuberger, Athanasius Kircher, california, Durkin, Figural, Glass Works Auctions, J. Aronson, Los Angeles, Megaphone, oregon, Portland, Samuel Morland, Seattle, Spokane, Star Wine Co., trumpet, Washington
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The old but sexy, Brown & Drake Catawba Bitters lady’s leg
BROWN & DRAKE CATAWBA BITTERS The old but sexy, Brown & Drake Catawba Bitters lady’s leg 25 January 2013 (R•030319) The first in the series of Lady’s Leg figural bottles is a ‘doozie’ as it is the predecessor brand to … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Wine & Champagne
Tagged Alan Spear, Binghamton, Brown & Drake's, Catawba, Chebala, Corning Journal, Figural, Jeff Burkhardt, Jimmy Chebalo, lady's leg, New York, P.H. Drake, Patrick Henry Drake, Roger Sweetland, Wine
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1865 San Francisco Directory – All Quiet before the Quake
1865 San Francisco Directory All Quiet before the Quake SAN FRANCISCO – 1865 27 December 2012 Interesting to look at the innocence of an 1865 San Francisco business directory right before the first great earth quake. With all of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1865, bitters, California Wine Bitters, Cassin's Grape Brandy Bitters, directory, Distillery, Dow's, Earthquake, Francis Cassin, Glass, Hoelscher & Wieland, J.H. Cutter's O.K. No. 1 Bourbon Whisky, Lacour's Bitters, Louis Lacour, M. Keller, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Gray, Pacific Congress Water, Pacific Glass Works, Pacific Museum, Quartz, Rosenbaums, Sainsevain's, Sam Clemens, San Francisco, Sonoma Red and White Wines, Steamer Day, Telegraph Hill, Thomas E. Finley, Vincent Squarza
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