FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo and 2013 National Show Update

Posted on 5 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

2012 Reno Expo Update – Reno, Nevada

2013 National Show Update – Manchester, New Hampshire

The FOHBC Board of Directors has selected Glass Works Auctions to be the official bottle auction company for the 2013 FOHBC National Show in Manchester, New Hampshire. A competitive bid process was used to make the selection. The auction will be held Saturday, July 20 at 7:00 PM at the Radisson Expo Center of New Hampshire. Auction lot viewing will be available on site prior to the auction, online, and at Glass Works Auctions Gallery in East Greenville, PA. Fore more information, please contact Glass Works Auctions at (215)-679-5849 or email at glswrk@enter.net.

Tom Phillips
Conventions Director

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Barrel Series – Original Pocahontas Bitters

Posted on 5 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

ORIGINAL POCAHONTAS BITTERS

05 July 2012 (R•091516) (R•080518)

Y. FERGUSON

Apple-Touch-IconAA favorite of any bitters collector, figural collector and possibly many other bottle collectors is the ORIGINAL POCAHONTAS BITTERS. This rare figural barrel has a great historic name, is perfectly proportioned and comes in a drop dead, gorgeous shade of aqua. You will not get a color run of these barrels like the other Indian favorite, OLD SACHEMS BITTERS AND WIGWAM TONIC but if you are fortunate enough to possess one, you will most likely isolate it from other barrels, like I do, to celebrate the beauty of the bottle. I am actively looking for more information on who made this bottle and where, so if you have any information, please forward.

Based on new material provided by bitters authority Ted Krist at the 2018 Cleveland National, we now know that there was a ‘Yates’ Ferguson who is the “Y.” Ferguson embossed on the bottle. This makes finding information a bit easier.

Yates Ferguson was born in Westchester County, New York on 19 June 1823 and migrated like many young men to California in 1849 for the gold rush. He settled in Greenwood Valley near Sacramento and engaged in mining and mercantile pursuits. The California Gold Rush started when gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in 1848. The arrival of prospectors in droves ruined Sutter’s New Helvetia and trade began to develop around a wharf he had established where the American and Sacramento Rivers joined.

In 1850, Ferguson lost his establishment and goods to a fire in Sacramento. First a major flood devastated the city that year. Rain from heavy storms had saturated the grounds upon which Sacramento was built, and the American and Sacramento rivers crested simultaneously. In April of the same year, the city experienced its first major fire. A second fire in November destroyed a number of commercial establishments in the city, including Yates Ferguson.

Ferguson returned to New York City in 1853 and established an export trade in California wines and liquors. He also carried on the same business in California. I suppose that somewhere between 1855 and 1860, he put out the Pocahontas Bitters. We are still tying to establish the exact date.

Yates Ferguson died at home in New York in 1887.

Matoaka aka Rebecca Rolfe aka Pocahontas

Pocahontas by Simon van de Passe – 1616

[Wikipedia] Pocahontas (born Matoaka, and later known as Rebecca Rolfe, c. 1595 – March 1617) was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the head of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tidewater region of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she is said to have saved the life of an Indian captive, Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him.

Pocahontas was captured by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in 1613, and held for ransom. During her captivity, she converted to Christianity and took the name Rebecca. When the opportunity arose for her to return to her people, she chose to remain with the English. In April 1614, she married tobacco planter John Rolfe, and, in January 1615, bore him a son, Thomas Rolfe.

In 1616, the Rolfes traveled to London. Pocahontas was presented to English society as an example of the civilized “savage” in hopes of stimulating investment in the Jamestown settlement. She became something of a celebrity, was elegantly fêted, and attended a masque at Whitehall Palace. In 1617, the Rolfes set sail for home, but Pocahontas died at Gravesend of unknown causes. She was buried in a church in Gravesend, but the exact location of her grave is not known.

Numerous places, landmarks, and products in the United States have been named after Pocahontas. Her story has been romanticized over the years, and she is the subject of art, literature, and film. Her descendants through her son Thomas include members of the First Families of Virginia‎, First Ladies Edith Wilson and Nancy Reagan, astronomer Percival Lowell and American reality television personality Benjamin Wade.

John Rolfe and Pocahontas; Rolfe was the first Englishman in America to cultivate tobacco. Painting by J.W. Glass, early 1850s.

Powhatan Wars (1610-1646)

Fought between English settlers of the Virginia Colony and Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy, this was a series of three intermittent conflicts which lasted from about 1910 through 1646.

The first war started in 1609 or 1610, after the the relationship between the Powhatan Indians and the English had soured due to the English demands for food. That winter of 1609-10 is known as the “Starving Time.” During that winter the English were afraid to leave the fort, due to a legitimate fear of being killed by the Powhatan Indians. As a result they ate anything they could: various animals, leather from their shoes and belts, and sometimes fellow settlers who had already died. By early 1610 most of the settlers, 80-90%, had died due to starvation and disease.

Peace and improved relations occurred after English settler, John Rolfe, married Pocahontas, the Powhatan Chief’s daughter, in 1614. A few years later, in 1617, Pocahontas died and the following year, her father, Chief Wahunsunacock also passed away. His succession was briefly passed on to his younger brother, Opitchapam, and then to his next younger brother Opechancanough. On March 22, 1622, Opechancanough, tired of English expansion, planned a coordinated attack on the English settlements. Because of a young Indian boy’s warning Jamestown itself was spared. Many outlying settlements were attacked and of a population of about 1,200 settlers about 350-400 were killed. After the, the Powhatan Indians withdrew, as was their way, to wait for the English to pack up and leave. However, the English did not leave and more conflicts arose and continued on and off for the next ten years, with few decisive victories. The settlers gave up the idea of coexisting with the Indians to begin a policy of extermination. By 1632, the Powhatan were pressured into land concessions in the western area of Chesapeake Bay.

In 1644, the third and last conflict of the Powhatan Wars began. Even though the English population, by this time, had risen to about 8,000, Opechancanough was still upset about the English encroachment on the land and planned another attack. Once again approximately 350-400 English were killed. Two years later, in 1646, Opechancanough, who was about 100, was captured by the English. While in captivity he was shot in the back by an English guard – against orders – and killed. His death began the end of the Powhatan Chiefdom. It also resulted in a boundary being defined between the Indians and English lands that could only be crossed for official business with a special pass. That situation lasted until 1677, when the Treaty of Middle Plantation was negotiated which established Indian reservations following Bacon’s Rebellion. (Source Legends of America)

Antique engraving created by John C. McRae after Henry Brueckner’s original oil painting titled “The Wedding of Pocahontas”. The original artwork and this engraving were both done in 1855. The scene is the marriage ceremony of Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, Chief of the Algonquin tribe when as she is married to John Rolfe. The actual marriage date of Pocahontas was April 1614. – Ruby Lane

Pocahontas marries John Rolfe, Joseph Hoover, 1867

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles:

O 86  ORIGINAL POCAHONTAS BITTERS, Circa 1855 – 1870
ORIGINAL ( au ) / POCAHONTAS / BITTERS / Y. FERGUSON ( ad ) // c //
10 x 2 1/4
Round-barrel, 10-10, Aqua, NSC, Applied mouth, Rare; Rough pontil
 mark – Extremely rare.
Rough pontil marked example was dug in San Francisco
O 86.1  ORIGINAL POCHAHONTAS BITTERS, Circa 1855 – 1870
ORIGINAL ( au ) / POCHAHONTAS / BITTERS / Y. FERGUSON ( ad ) // c //
10 x 2 1/4
Round-barrel, 10-10, Aqua, NSC, Applied mouth, Rare; Rough pontil
 mark – Extremely rare.

[Update 18 March 2013] When I was putting together the BITTERS BOTTLES SUPPLEMENT, Mike Larson of Washington State pointed out to me that there are two different spellings on the ORIGINAL POCAHONTAS barrel. Apparently the bottles were first made with the “POCHAHONTAS spelling. The mold was then corrected to “POCAHONTAS”. This was done by removing the “OCH” and replacing it with “OC” in the same space. This can be clearly seen when examining a “POCAHONTAS” barrel. The bottle was first cataloged as “POCAHONTAS” and numbered O 86. When the different spelling was discovered the second spelling was cataloged O 86.1. When this was discovered, I went back and looked at the examples in auction catalogs to try and determine if one embossing pattern was rarer than the other. I found an about equal number of each variant had been auctioned, contributing to my conclusion that neither was rarer than the other. There are also a very few ( 3 or possibly 4) open pontiled examples of the bitters in collections. I don’t know which embossing is on the pontiled examples. – Bill Ham

Select Timeline for Yates Ferguson:

1823: Yates Ferguson born in Westchester County New York on 19 June 1823.
1849: Ferguson migrated to California in 1849 presumably for the gold rush. He settled in Greenwood Valley near Sacramento and engaged in mining and mercantile pursuits.
1850: Yates Ferguson, Age: 26, Birth Year: abt 1824, Birthplace: New York, Home in 1850: Sacramento, California, Household Members: Anthony J. Hoope 28, Geo W S Amoroax 21, Quinn R Tolls 40, Yates Ferguson 26, M Breed 42, Dr Breed 35 – United States Federal Census
1850: Yates Ferguson lost his store and goods in a fire in Sacramento.

Yates Ferguson and Sacramento fire – The Baltimore Sundasy, Tuesday, May 28, 1850

1853: Yates returned to New York City in 1853 and established  an export trade in California wines and liquors. He also carried on the same business in California.
1860: Yates Ferguson, Age: 35, Birth Year: abt 1825, Birth Place: New York, Home in 1860: San Francisco District 3, San Francisco, California, Post Office: San Francisco, Personal Estate Value: $500 – United States Federal Census
1868: Yates Ferguson, liquors, h 58 w. 47th – New York City Directory
1879: Yates Ferguson, merchant, 88 wall, h Purdy’s Station – New York City Directory
1882: Yates Ferguson, president, 57 Broadway & Wines, 100 wall, h 52 w.12th – New York City Directory
1884: Yates Ferguson, liquors, 100 wall, h 52 w.12th – New York City Directory
1887: Yates Ferguson death at home in New York. Addressed at No. 52 West 12th Street.

Yates Ferguson Obituary – New York Tribune, Thursday, March 3, 1887

Yates Ferguson tombstone – Ivandell Cemetery, Somers, Westchester County, New York

O 86 – ORIGINAL POCAHONTAS BITTERS – Glass Works Auction #68, 2004 – American, ca. 1855-1870, deep bluish aqua barrel, 9 1/2″h, smooth base, applied mouth. A very nice example of a barrel that is becoming increasingly harder to find. Ex. Burton Spiller Collection. – Meyer Collection

O 86.1 – The ORIGINAL POCAHONTAS BITTERS bottle (Y. FERGUSON) is a rare bitters that always appears as aqua. The one in this auction (est. 4,000-$8,000) is covered in a Benicia film and “any way you look at it, it’s a very gorgeous bottle,” said Wichmann. “We can say without any hesitation that this is the finest Benicia bottle we’ve ever offered.” It is graded a near-mint 9.9. – AmericanBottleAuctions.com

O 86 – ORIGINAL POCAHONTAS BITTERS Y. FERGUSON (O 76), figural barrel, aqua, Smooth Base, large applied flanged lip. Bold embossing, perfect condition, a great example of this extremely rare bottle, America, circa 1860 – sold by GreatAntiqueBottles.com

GW97PochahontasBitters

O 86.1 – “ORIGINAL / POCHAHONTAS / BITTERS / Y. FERGUSON.”, American, ca. 1865 – 1875, bluish aqua barrel, 9 1/4″h, smooth base, applied mouth, near perfect (a tiny pinhead size flake is off the underside edge of the lip). Sparkling pristine condition, wonderful impression, almost no trace of wear. A very desirable barrel bitters, and this one is about as good as it gets! – Glass Works Auction #103

pocahontasbitters_ferraro

“ORIGINAL / POCAHONTAS / BITTERS / Y. FERGUSON”, (Ring/Ham, O-86), American, ca. 1865 – 1875, bluish aqua barrel, 9 1/2”h, smooth base, applied mouth. A pinhead in size flake is off the top edge of the lip, otherwise perfect. Rarely offered, but highly sought after. This is one of the ‘grand slams’ of the five known embossed aqua bitters bottles! Purchased from Walter Rowles at the 1977 Las Vegas Bottle Show. – Glass Works Auctions #112 – Bob Ferraro Collection – Session 1

Read more about barrels:

Barrel Series – Old Sachem Bitters and Wigwam Tonic

Barrel Series – Turner Brothers New York & San Francisco

Barrel Series – The Mysterious Blue Barrel

Barrel Series – Original Pocahontas Bitters

Figural Barrel Series – Hall’s Bitters

Greeley’s Bourbon Whiskey Bitters – aka Vertical Greeley’s

Peach colored Bourbon Whiskey Bitters added to Color Run

Greeley’s Bourbon Bitters – A Great Boston Bitters Barrel

The earliest and latest with the blue W. Wolf’s Pittsburgh barrel

Barrel Series – Brent, Warder & Co. – Louisville

Barrel Series – I. Nelson’s Old Bourbon

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

Bennett & Carroll – Figural Barrel Series

Barrel Series – Liquore del Diavolo Figural Barrel

Barrel Series – Crow’s Celebrated Tonic Bitters

Barrel Series – Chapin & Gore – Chicago – Sour Mash

Barrel Series – Bininger Old Kentucky Bourbon

Barrel Series – Columbus in a Barrel

Barrel Series – W.C. Bitters

Barrel Series – Stillman & Breen

Barrel Series – Ben Franklin Bitters

Barrel Series – Highland Bitters and Scotch Tonic

Barrel Series – Smith’s Druid Bitters

Barrel Series – Roback’s Stomach Bitters (the smaller ones)

Barrel Series – Roback’s Stomach Bitters (the big boys)

Barrel Series – Dr. Chandler’s Jamaica Ginger Root Bitters

Barrel Series – Favorite Bitters & Peoples Favorite Bitters

Barrel Series – Wormser Bros San Francisco

Barrel Series – Keystone Bitters

The Robinson & Lord Figural Barrel – Baltimore

The James A. Clark barrel from Louisville

The Hull Brothers barrel from Detroit, Michigan

Barrel Series – Out of the Ashes, the Wolford Z – Whiskey

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Left Coast Lines Presents Jim’s Trading Post – Austin, Nevada

Posted on 5 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hello Mr. & Mrs. Meyer,

I hope this letter finds you both well. My name is Michael Doyle. I write for the insulator collecting hobby under the mast-head ‘Left Coast Lines.’ Some of my work has been published in Crown Jewels of the Wire, a hobby journal and the National Insulator Association newsletter, Drip Points, as well as other insulator and bottle collecting hobby media. I am one member of a team involved in researching and recording the history of the Overland Telegraph portion of the Transcontinental Telegraph of 1861 [TTRG.INFO] between Salt Lake City, Utah and The Washoe District of the Carson Valley which was at that time a somewhat unorganized part of the Nevada Territory.

Please consider posting the following material along with the attached graphics.

Thank you,
Michael

Left Coast Lines Presents Jim’s Trading Post – On US-50 in Austin, Nevada

As some of you already know, Lou Hall and I drove from California to Missouri for the 2012 NIA convention. We took the trip lightly and in so doing stayed off of the interstate highways as much as was practical for the geography. As is our habit, we stopped and visited museums, shop owners, farmers, wide spots in the road, historians, and collectors across the western and central USA. During one such visit on US-50 in Austin, Nevada we met a shop owner with whom we have had quite a few dealings. This is a short story about that meeting.

Insulators at Jim’s Trading Post are all best condition entry level collector quality or above and they seem to be reasonably priced for their superior condition. The shop features very high quality silver and turquoise jewelry, Insulators, Whiskeys, Bitters, Sodas, and Inkwells. The original design jewelry is the best of its kind in my opinion. The shop also features sparkling minerals, interesting rocks, colorful glass bottles and nicely appointed Indian craft work items.

Jim works long hours at a nearby turquoise mine that is his ‘bread & butter’ and he really enjoys bottles and insulators. Alice is Jim’s assistant in the shop and they make quite a team. They are wonderful story tellers and always willing to trade and deal. If you have good stuff to trade then take it with you to Austin. They’ll even deal by phone and email. If you see something in these pictures that you’d like to know more about then feel free to give Jim and Alice a call or send off an email. If you want to talk serious trade, I can tell you Jim is always looking for best condition Mickeys, Purple Tolls, Whitall Tatum #1s, and Carnival Pyrex pieces. Just sayin…..

If you are heading through Nevada you will really enjoy a visit to tiny Austin which is an 1862 silver mining town. Don’t miss the International Cafe across the street and down a bit from Jim’s where at least two Overland Telegraph Wades have been dug around the retaining wall by the co-owner Reuben Gallegos. Reuben and Sissie are western mining camp glass diggers & collectors who live on the top of the hill in Austin giving them a breath-taking evening panoramic view of the Reese River Valley to the west. Perhaps I can get some decent pictures of Reuben’s collection of Western Whiskeys, Pepper Sauces, Umbrella Inks, and Sodas for a future issue.

Jim’s Trading Post
96 Main Street
P.O. Box 40
Austin, Nevada
89310
775.964.1348
hounddog711@gmail.com

[PRG] Might make an interesting stop before the FOHBC Reno Expo later this month!

Austin, Nevada is a small, unincorporated community located in Lander County, Nevada, in the United States. In 2010, its population was 192. It is located on the western slopes of the Toiyabe Range at an elevation of 6,605 feet (2,013 m). U.S. Route 50 passes through the town.

Austin, Nevada (King Survey) circa 1868

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Fourth of July 2012 Patriotic Pictures

Posted on 4 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Some more incoming and collected pictures crossing my desk today… (Read further: Eagle embossed flasks for Independence Day)

Randy’s neighbor when he was growing up was Alfred Lovely. He gave Randy a bunch of pictures and cards from when he was in the Spanish American war. He fought in the Phillipines. This is one of his cards. – Pam & Randy Selenak

Pair (aqua and amber) of SIMON’S CENTENNIAL BITTERS – Meyer Collection

GOLDEN EAGLE fifth, SAN FRANCISCO – Pam & Randy Selenak

For the Fourth of July holiday I have attached a picture of some red, white and blue glass attributed to the Boston and Sandwich Glass Factory. The small kerosene lamp to the left has a font with swirled latticinio red, white and blue canes. The glass bell has individual red, white and blue swirled canes in the handle. Next to the bell is a small free blown scent bottle in milk glass with blue and red pulled loop marbrie decoration. The large lamp is a solar lamp with a red, white and blue marbrie decorated base with a cobalt bead of glass around the bottom edge. It has a patriotic shield cut on the shade, circa 1850-60. Last is a blown wide mouth bottle in milk glass with red and blue marbrie decoration. This bottle was probably used as a tea caddy. It came from the family of Benjamin Haines, a prominent member of the Sandwich glassworks. Happy Fourth! – Rob Girouard

Here’s a more common (NEW YORK HOP BITTERS) July 4th tribute . . . Noel Thomas

UNITED WE STAND OLD BOURBON WHISKEY fifth – Pam & Randy Selenak

Pontiled Father of His Country with 2 bird swings inside the bottle – Pam & Randy Selenak

Not mine, but a great patriotic whiskey! Happy Fourth! – Taylor McBurney

Following the 4th of July theme here is my American Brewing with Eagle and draped flag behind shield. – Rick DeMarsh (RicksBottleRoom.com)

Independence! Remember, “our flag was still there. Happy 4th. – Charles Aprill (Labeled examples of BININGER’S GREAT GUN Gin and Bourbon)

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Figural Barrel Series – Hall’s Bitters

Posted on 4 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

 

HALL’S BITTERS  | E.E. HALL NEW HAVEN | ESTABLISHED 1842

04 July 2012 (R•011715) (R•091516)

Apple-Touch-IconAToday I will start a new series on Figural Barrels akin to the previous Fancy Squares, Figural Pig or Figural Cannon Series. With an email from Tim Henson that included his nice Hall’s Bitters pictures, this seems as good as any other place to start.

What is interesting about the Hall’s, is that there are two (2) mold variants. The older, and more sought after, ‘straight line’ Hall’s Bitters with 10 rings above and 10 rings below the embossing and the later, more common, 14 rings in four segments, Hall’s Bitters (pictured to the left).

This post will explore both examples of Halls.

HALL’S BITTERS (H 10) barrel with crudely applied top – Henson Collection

Hi Ferd,

I’m actually still working on my bottle room at this time. Once I have it completed, i’ll send you some photos of it. Pontiled sodas and mineral waters are the emphasis of my collection, but I also have some bitters that I really enjoy as I actually started out collecting them.

I don’t think I ever showed this one to you, check it out and let me know what you think? I have a few Hall’s Bitters in different colors, but this one I aquired at the Belleville, Illinois show last year. It just jumped out at me! It has the most “drip” I’ve ever seen on a Hall’s or any other barrel actually. The top sits crooked and I love it. Must have been the glassblowers first week! It’s also the darkest Hall’s I’ve ever come across. Have you ever seen a darker example? A really deep dark chocolate brown. The seller was kind of reluctant to part with it but i’m glad he did.

Tim Henson

[source Bottle Pickers] There is not a lot of information about Edward E. Hall and his Bitters bottles. We do know that he was a grocer and that he produced a very popular Bitters which he put in a glass bottle shaped as a barrel, in New Haven, Connecticut. Here is what is listed in the New Haven City Directories.

1865: Hall Edward E. grocer, 227 chapel C. State, H 5 Academy.

1876: Hall Edward E. grocer, 212 State, H 12 Academy.

1883: Hall E. E. & Son (E. E. and E. Jr.) grocers 250 Chapel. Hall E. E. Jr. (E. E. Hall & Son) bds 12 Academy.

1897: Hall Edward R. (E. E. Hall & Son) 770 Chapel H 307 Lawrence. Hall Edward E. & Son (E. E. Hall) grocers 770 Chapel.

The first barrel that Hall would use was embossed HALLS BITTERS (straight line Hall’s) with 10 rings above and 10 rings below the embossing. This barrel is the most sought after being the rarest of the two barrels that Hall used. His second style of barrel was embossed HALL’S / BITTERS // E. E. HALL’S NEW HAVEN / ESTABLISHED 1842. This barrel has 14 rings in four segments. This Bitters barrel was the most popular being listed as common in amber.

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

H 9  HALL’S BITTERS, Circa 1855 – 1865
HALL’S / BITTERS // c //
9 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ (8 3/4)
Barrel, 10-10, Amber and Puce, FM, Applied mouth, Very rare

The earlier HALL’S BITTERS barrel (H 9) referred to as the ‘straight line’ Hall’s. Medium coppery amber – Meyer Collection

hallsbitters_ferraro

“HALL’S / BITTERS”, (Ring/Ham, H-9), American, ca. 1865 – 1875, medium copper puce barrel, 9 1/2”h, smooth base, applied mouth. Several non-offensive tiny surface bubbles have openings. A fairly rare bottle in a very rare color! – Glass Works Auctions #112 – Bob Ferraro Collection – Session 1

H 10  HALL’S BITTERS, Circa 1860 – 1880
HALL’S ( au ) / BITTERS ( ad ) // E.E. HALL NEW HAVEN / ESTABLISHED 1842 //
E. E. Hall   212 State Street   New Haven, Conn.
9 1/8 x 2 3/8 (7 3/8)
Barrel, 10-10, Amber and Yellow, NSC, Applied Mouth, Common
Seal: Foil mouth seal impressed Halls Bitters in circle and 6 petal flower in center.
The Evening Register October 21, 1873: It has now been 29 years since we commenced the preparation of this article. Boston Directory 1810-1885.

Lot: 81 “Hall’s / Bitters” Figural Bitters Bottle, America, 1860-1880. Barrel form, golden yellow with a topaz tone, applied square collared mouth – smooth base, ht. 9 inches. R/H #H-10 Attic condition with 99% original label and neck foil, beautiful color, strong embossing, a fine example. – Norman C. Heckler

HALLS BITTERS barrel (H 10) in golden amber – GreatAntiqueBottles.com

HALL’S BITTERS (H 10) barrel in golden amber – Meyer Collection

HALL’S BITTERS (H 10) barrel in a vibrant yellow – Meyer Collection

HALL’S BITTERS (H 10) barrel in a deep dark root beer color – Meyer Collection (notice the crooked neck)

HALL’S BITTERS (H 10)barrel in a deep chocolate amber color – Meyer Collection (notice the crooked neck)

HALL’S BITTERS (H 10) color group – Meyer Collection

Fully labeled HALLS BITTERS with foil on neck and mouth – FOHBC Reno Expo – Jack Stecher

Read more on Figural Barrels

Barrel series – Original Pocahontas Bitters

Greeley’s Bourbon Whiskey Bitters – aka Vertical Greeley’s

Peach colored Bourbon Whiskey Bitters added to Color Run

Greeley’s Bourbon Bitters – A Great Boston Bitters Barrel

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Eagle embossed flasks for Independence Day

Posted on 3 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The boys and girls are really letting the eagles fly over on Early American Glass on facebook. Look at these GREAT pictures. I will continue to add pictures throughout the day as I suspect more will leave their perches. Have a nice 4th of July everyone. Be cool.

“it is a flock of eagles that I assembled for the holiday” 

Michael George

Flock of eagles that I assembled for the holiday – Michael George

Silly Willy…My favorite depiction of our beloved eagle! Exotic Willington…This is the forest green seedy exotic GII-62! – Rick Ciralli

Eagle Collage – Rick Ciralli

Five aqua eagles – Cody Zeleny

In the spirit of the 4th and ’cause every one else is doing it I thought that I would send you two of my favorite eagle flasks from the collection. This is the The GI-14 in blue. Enjoy! – Sandor Fuss

Eagle/Cornucopia Half Pint, for Independence Day – Dana Charlton – Zarro

GII-70 Eagle Majestically Flying For The Upcoming 4th Of July! – Cody Zeleny

GIV-1 eagle – Dale Santos

Happy Fourth of July ! – John April

Another eagle – John April

GV-8 & GV-10 eagles – Rick Ciralli

Red White & Blue – John April

GII-79 eagle – Dale Santos

Eclectic Eagle Trio – Dale Santos

Here’s my eagle flask to contribute. I bought this flask at Norms first sale. I had other double eagles but when I saw this one I knew it was time to upgrade. This flask looks as if it were blown yesterday. It has no wear and sparkles like new. – Eric Correla

In the spirit of the 4th and ’cause every one else is doing it I thought that I would send you two of my favorite eagle flasks from the collection. This ia a GI-26 in emerald green. Enjoy! – Sandor Fuss

Two of my double eagles. These two bottles should never have left the factory. I had to wait twenty years to get this one. Every time I would go over my friend Wally’s house, he would take it out and show me it because he new I collected double eagles. He would always point out that it was the best one he ever seen. – Eric Correla

Sharing my Eagle for the 4TH. Although not super rare, I did dig it, came out of the ground just like you see it from an 1840’s privy in Niles Michigan. A true, clear green, fairly good impression, and virtually no wear, I think they threw it away right after using it. I’m pretty sure it is a GII-73, Eagle Cornucopia – Bill DePeel

I will let one more eagle fly… my favorite NH eagle, the PANTALOON! – Michael George (Jeff Noordsy: it’s the proportions that makes this one. Most folks are unaware that the Pantaloon is twice as thick as most figured flasks. Gives the piece great presence. Mike’s is ex Mebane and ex Gardner – it’s the finest I know of.)

Happy 4th of July. Our fireworks were cancelled due to the fish and game people threatening lawsuits if the
local young eagles were disturbed! – Mike Brauser

Here is a historical smile. Happy 4th of July everyone – Greg Sweet

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Peychaud’s Cocktail Bitters – L.E. Jung and his Gators

Posted on 2 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is an advertising card, announcing the visit of a salesman, R.L. Purnell, who is going to stop by sometime in 1904. L.E. Jung, the sole proprietor of Peychaud Bitters, was also a big New Orleans absinthe distiller. Photo, presumably of Mr. Jung, posed with pair of taxidermy alligators.

Peychaud’s Cocktail Bitters – L.E. Jung and his Gators

02 July 2012 (R•111213) (R•052419)

“Created in the 1830s in New Orleans, Peychaud Bitters is a gentian-based bitters still used today for mixed drinks, in particular the Sazerac cocktail. People were sipping Sazeracs in New Orleans before the Civil War.”

Apple-Touch-IconAPeychaud’s Bitters was born in 1803, into a wealthy family of coffee planters. Originally from Bordeaux, the Peychaud’s owned large and lucrative plantations on what was then the French colony of Saint-Domingue, now Haiti. Their estate was destroyed during the Haitian Revolution of 1804, but they and the infant Antoine fled to New Orleans, and made a new life for themselves in the French Quarter of the city. After training as an apothecary, Peychaud opened a Creole pharmacy at 123 Royal Street, where he began to make and sell his own proprietary brand of bitters, flavored with gentian, comparable to Angostura bitters, but with a lighter body, sweeter taste and more floral aroma. By the 1840s, Peychaud was marketing his bitters both as a digestive and as a general tonic, and by the time of his death in 1883, they had supplemented Stoughton’s as the American bitters of choice. The Peychaud family continues to be well established in New Orleans.

“On Every Jobber’s Price-List in America”

The Carlyn Ring and W.C Ham listings are as follows:

P 80  PEYCHAUD’S AMERICAN BITTERS
// s // seal PEYCHAUD’S (au ) / AMERICAN ( au ) / BITTERS ( au ) / N.O. //
11 x 3  (5 3/4)
Round, Amber, ARM, Applied Mouth, Very Rare
Seal 1 5/8
P 81  PEYCHAUD’S COCKTAIL BITTERS, Circa 1888 – 1905
PEYCHAUD’S / AMERICAN / AROMATIC / BITTER / CORDIAL / L.E. JUNG / SOLE PROPRIETOR / NEW ORLEANS / c //
11 x 3  (5 3/4)
Round, Amber, LTC
Original formula by L.E. Jung & Wulff & Company

Further Reading: In collecting Bitters, do you need the ‘S’?

Word Mark PEYCHAUD’S AMERICAN AROMATIC BITTER CORDIAL (EXPIRED) COCKTAIL BITTERS. FIRST USE: 1886 . FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 1886 Filing Date May 11, 1905 Registration Date November 7, 1905 Owner (LAST LISTED OWNER) LOUIS E. JUNG NEW YORK. NEW ORLEANS, LA. REPUBLISHED BY L.E. JUNG & WULFF CO., INC.,/NEW YORK, N.Y.

“Black glass”, whiskey cylinder with applied seal – PEYCHAUD”S / AMERICAN / BITTERS / N.O. (P 80) – Charles Aprill

PEYCHAUD’S AMERICAN AROMATIC BITTER CORDIAL ( P 81) embossing detail – Meyer Collection

PEYCHAUD’S AMERICAN AROMATIC BITTER CORDIAL (P 81) – Meyer Collection

Peychaud’s Bitters 5 oz Since 1793. For any bar to be complete there must be a bottle of Peychaud’s Bitters. Necessary in all of the most sophisticated cocktails, Peychaud’s enhances the taste of whatever you’re sipping. Try them in Manhattans, Old Fashioneds, Whisky Sours or in our signature Sazerac Cocktail. The Original Sazerac Cocktail. Take two heavy-bottomed 3 1/2-oz. Bar glasses; fill one with cracked ice and allow it to chill while placing a lump of sugar with just enough water to moisten it. Crush the saturated lump of sugar with a bar spoon. Add a few drops of Peychaud’s Bitters, a jigger of rye whisky and several lumps of ice and stir briskly. Empty the first glass of ice, dash in several drops of Herbsaint, twirl the glass rapidly and shake out the absinthe. Enough of it will cling to the glass to impart the desired flavor. Strain into this glass the rye whisky mixture prepared in the other glass. Twist a lemon peel over the glass, but do not put it in the drink. – DrinkX-Culture

“Late Night Study” 2 parts Cinzano Extra Dry Vermouth (chilled), 2 parts Fentimans Tonic Water (chilled), Dash of Chateau St Jean Blood Orange Vinegar, 3 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters, Build into Old Fashioned glass with large ice cube and give a gentle stir. A great way to help finish a long day of studies. – justcocktails.org

Peychaud’s Bitters bottles, and a “coquetier”, a double-ended egg cup that Antoine Peychaud supposedly served his bitters-brandy-and-sugar concoction in. “Coquetier”, according to some, is the origin of the word “cocktail.” At the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum.

Peychaud’s Bitters at the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum.

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

“Black glass”, whiskey cylinder with applied seal – PEYCHAUD”S / AMERICAN / BITTERS / N.O. (P 80) – Charles Aprill

Fully labeled and sealed Columbo Peptic Bitters, L. E. Jung, New Orleans, La.

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Gallery of Unembossed Utility and Salve Bottles & Jars

Posted on 1 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The group over at facebook on Bottle Collectors and Early American Glass Collectors have been posting some great pictures of unembossed bottles and jars. I have created this gallery to celebrate these beautiful glass pieces primarily from New England. As usual, I will continue to add more pictures.

Read More: Snuff Bottles

Utility Bottles and Jars

W.C. WOODWORTH, WINDHAM, CONNECTICUT – Here is the jar. The story goes that all the Connecticut boys, including Charlie, were after this jar since the fifty’s but the lady would never sell  My good friend Joe Zarro bought it off her son after she passed. Joe loved this jar so much he would only sell it to me if I bought his entire utility collection. – Eric Correla

Here is my 12-sided salve jar and the medicine bottle…both made from the same mold.- Michael George

Three outside – Tom Marshall

Couple of fresh green utilities – John April (Michael George: The little one is New Hampshire. I can’t say for sure about the other two, but the color, style and pontil look identical. The 12-sided salve is a well-known Keene – Stoddard bottle)

Some Utility bottles catching some sun – Tom Marshall

12-sided Utility with applied mouth, 3 1/8″ – John April

Too hot on the roof. I guess I’ll have to play bottles. – Eric Correla (Mark Yates: First the form and color. I believe they are E. Waters, Troy, New York) (Jeff Noordsy: E. Waters used these bottles for blacking. The label is uber-cool.)

This “mustard jar” came out of the pit dug by Roy Topka that produced numerous Brinckerhoff’s, Phoenix Bitters and the Icelandic Balm for Pulmonary Consumption. I have always assumed it to be Mount Vernon Glass Works or Mount Pleasant Glass Works. Has a tubular pontil the size of a quarter and lots of interesting mold marks…- Jeff Noordsy

Multi-sided medicines, one with a expanded mouth – John April

Mainly a grouping of New Hampshire snuffs – Michael George

Documented Keene Preserve Jar (Lee and Pappas plate #3 3rd row #2 envelope and note still intact) – Tom Marshall

Couple o’ jars… nice range of New England color. – Michael George

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Labeled Theller’s Bitters Lady’s Leg – New York

Posted on 1 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Labeled Theller’s Bitters Lady’s Leg – New York

01 July 2012

Apple-Touch-IconAJust snagged this bottle on eBay. I think I would have paid the same amount for the photographs, they were so well done. Here is how you photograph a bottle for eBay.

Theller’s Bitters New York ladies leg bottle with applied top. It is a nice orange amber color and it is 12 5/8″ tall. Two labels. Great character to the glass, lots of tiny stretched bubbles. Has a cup mold base. No damage chips or cracks. I can only find one, tiny short light scratch, 1/4 inch long. Mint condition. Label is stained. Other bottles shown for color comparison only and not included in auction. Photos taken in natural light, colors are very accurate. Check out my other fine bottles coming up for sale, and my feedback. turnitup38

In looking at the Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham Bitters Bottles and Bitters Bottles Supplement books, I do not see this bottle listed which is a surprise. I do see an embossed, extremely rare, applied mouth THELLER’S STOMACH BITTERS square from New York. The note with the T 17 listing says:

“This bottle was dug in an old pre-Revolutionary dump on a clay bank in East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York”.

I also found legal information regarding a circuit court case Trade Mark Imitation between Myers (Hostetters) and Theller. Download PDF

“That said imitation bitters are compounded by the defendants Arnold Theller and Cornell TheIler in New York city. That they place the same in bottles resembling …”

MYERS V. THELLER ET AL.

Circuit Court, S. D. New York. May 7, 1889.

1. TRADE—MARKS—IMITATIONS.

Defendants use a bottle for bitters which has the peculiar form, color, round shoulders, and short neck of complainants’ bottle, with a label containing the words “Theller’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters,” a monogram of the letters “A. T.” in place of the picture of St. George and the drag-on, used by complainants, a black Shield below the monogram greatly resembling complainants’ Shield, and below the shield an imitation of the lettering upon the genuine label. Held, an imitation well and designedly calculated to deceive.

2. SAME—EVIDENCE—FORMER SUIT.

The fact that one of the defendants was in 1870 engaged in manufacturing imitations of the goods, labels, and trade-marks now manufactured and owned by complainants, and was then successfully sued therefor, is immaterial, and the record of that suit, which was offered only for the purpose of showing that fact, is excluded.

In Equity. Bill to enjoin infringement of trade-mark, etc. A. H. Clarke and James Watson, for complainants. Meyer Auerbach, for defendants. SHIPMAN, J. The bill alleges that the complainants, Hostetter and Myers, are partners doing business at Pittsburgh, Pa., under the firm name of Hostetter & Co., and are engaged in the manufacture and sale of a medical Compound known as “Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters,” and very extensively dealt in throughout the United States and other countries. That prior to the formation of their partnership said Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters’ were made and sold by said David Hostetter and George W. Smith, partners as Hostetter & Smith, at said Pittsburgh, for about 30 years continuously. That said David Hostetter, about 1852, originated a peculiar form of bottle, with round shoulders and short neck, and well adapted to the particular manner of putting up, packing, and shipping said bitters. That said Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters “were by said Hostetter & Smith manufactured with great care and skill, and are still so manufactured by the complainants; and that, owing to their excellence, they have ac- quired a wide reputation as a valuable medicinal compound. That they have expended large sums of money in acquiring the right to the exclusive Use of the trade-marks, stock, and good-will which formerly belonged to said Hostetter & Smith. That the manner in which said “Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters” have been by their predecessors, and still are by them, put up and sold is as follows. The bitters, when manufactured, are put into said bottles, which are square, of uniform size and color. Labels are pasted upon the reverse sides of said bottles. One label consists of the pictorial representation of St. George and the dragon, and the symbol of a black shield, which appear in the center below the words “Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters,” and above a tiny note of hand for one cent, signed “Hostetter & Co.” It contains other words and letters, all being surrounded by a double embossed border. The label for the reverse side is printed in gold or gilt let- ters, containing directions for the use of the bitters, etc. That the said defendants Arnold Theller and Cornell Theller, partners as A. Theller & Son; Henry H. Thomas, and Paul J. Felix and Patrick H. Cody, partners as Felix & Cody,—combined and confederated to- gether to defraud the complainants. That they are engaged in a scheme to put upon the market and palm off upon the public a preparation of their own, which is actually sold as and for the complainants’, not only in bulk, but in bottles. That the bitters made and sold by defendants resemble the complainants’ bitters in color, taste, and smell, to mislead and deceive purchasers and consumers. That said imitation bitters are compounded by the defendants Arnold Theller and Cornell Theller in New York city. That they place the same in bottles resembling complainants’ bottles to an extent well calculated and in- tended to mislead and deceive the unwary, and which do so mislead and deceive. That they also purchase the empty bottles once used by complainants, and refill the same with said imitation bitters, and cause them to be palmed off as and for the genuine bitters of the complainants, and having the original labels and trade-marks thereon. That they also sell and cause to be sold or delivered by the defendant Thomas said imitation bitters in bulk, by the gallon, in jugs, and demijohns, marking the same “Hostetter’s Bitters.” That said defendant Thomas furnishes said imitation bitters to defendants Felix & Cody, who place the same in said bottles which once contained the genuine bitters of your orators; and that said Felix & Cody sell the same as and for the genuine, asserting that the said imitation are not an imitation, but are the genuine bitters of the complainants, when they well know that the same are made by said Theller & Son; and that said Theller & Son and said Thomas supply many others with said imitation bitters in bulk and in bottles, both the genuine bottles of the complainants

Read More: Myers v. Theller

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Baltimore’s Iron Bitters – Brown Chemical Company

Posted on 30 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

IRON BITTERS (left) and a BROWN’S IRON BITTERS (right) – Meyer Collection

Baltimore’s Iron Bitters – Brown Chemical Company

30 June 2012 (R•052914) (R•112817)

Apple-Touch-IconAI like the embossing “BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY” and the word ‘IRON” on the BROWN’S IRON BITTERS and IRON BITTERS from Baltimore, Maryland. These, smaller squares look good together in this mighty-strong pair I have elected to photograph as 99 out of a 100 times, you will find the Brown’s in a rather drab shade of brown amber. Just recently, I was able to obtain a nice example of the IRON BITTERS that prompted the pair photography and this post.

Both the BROWN’S and IRON BITTERS come with an entire field of other exciting and well designed collateral material such as trade cards, games, advertising etc., some of which I have pictured below.

The thing that gets me again, is the BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY name. What a yummy message to emblazen on bottles where the advertising shows mothers giving heaping spoonfuls of this “iron-like” concoction to their children. Much of the advertising is also addressed to women. A few of my favorite quotes are represented below:

“If you are Weak, Languid, Nervous or Suffer From Dyspepsia or Indigestion, take IRON BITTERS – They will Cure You”

“If you want your Children to be Healthy & Strong, give them BROWN’S IRON BITTERS”

“Cures Malaria, Dyspepsia & Female Infirmities”

“A Prominent Washingtonian Cured of Dizziness, Etc.”

“The Workingman’s Friend – Strengthens and Heals”

“A Lady Cured of Rheumatism”

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Brown’s Iron Bitters wrapper – Bitters Bottles Supplement

In 1879, the Brown Chemical Co. began marketing Brown’s Iron Bitters. The company was located in Baltimore, Maryland. The product was 39% proof alcohol and by the 1890s it was one of the top selling bitters. The formula was targeted for female infirmities. The main ingredients were Iron Phosphate, Calisaya Bark, Phosphorus, Vibernum Prowifolium and Coca.

Queen Dollalingo of Perpetual Bloom Island came ill with Dysentery. Jeff Gordon who was a top salesman for Brown’s Iron Bitters just happened to be at Bloom Island and gave the Queen some Brown’s Iron Bitters. Queen Dollalingo recovered from her illness and would marry Jeff Gordon and made him the King of the Island. (Source Bottle Pickers)

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1800s Drugstore Advertising Sign Browns Iron Bitters Malaria Cure: Lean on Glass – Dave’s Great Cards – eBay

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

B 231 BROWN’S IRON BITTERS, Circa 1878,
BROWN’S IRON BITTERS // sp // BROWN CHEMICAL CO. // f //
Brown Chemical Co.   Baltimore, Maryland
8 5/8 x 2 1/4 (6) 1/2
Square, LTCR, Applied mouth and Tooled lip, 3 sp, Greenish yellow and Yellow, Rare; Amber, Common.
I 27  IRON BITTERS, Circa
IRON BITTERS // sp // BROWN CHEMICAL CO. // f //
Brown Chemical Co.   Baltimore, Maryland
8 3/4 x 2 3/8 (6 3/8) 3/16
Square, Amber and Yellow, LTCR, Tooled lip and Applied mouth, Common
See: Brown’s Iron Bitters. Pamphlet available.

Read Further: Brown Chemical Co. v. Meyer – 139 U.S. 540 (1891) – U.S. Supreme Court – Argued March 18, 1891 – Decided April 8, 1891 This was a suit in equity instituted by the Brown Chemical Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Maryland, against the firm of Meyer Brothers and Co., of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, to restrain an unfair competition in trade.

BROWN’S IRON BITTERS & IRON BITTERS

Framed  chromolithograph print for BROWN’S IRON BITTERS – Publication Information: 
Baltimore: A. Hoen & Co., Lith., 188 – 
This product contained cocaine. Caption states that it “cures malaria, dyspepsia & female infirmities.” Visual motif: Shows a woman behind broken glass. – History of Medicine

IRON BITTERS (left) and a BROWN’S IRON BITTERS (right) – Meyer Collection

Brown’s Iron Bitters advertising poster – Ben Swanson collection

BROWN’S IRON BITTERS, mint bottle both labels, original contents, huge bubbles – eBay (flyingfrog99)

1881 Brown Chemical Co., Baltimore Billhead – eBay (carolinapaperseller)

IRON BITTERS Trade Card – Baltimore City Sesquicentennial Celebration – October 1880 – AntiqueBottles.com

If you want your Children to be Healthy & Strong, Give Them BROWN’S IRON Bitters Trade Card – Meyer Collection

BROWN’S IRON BITTERS, The Best Tonic Trade Card – Meyer Collection

BROWN’S IRON BITTERS The Best Tonic Trade Card “MRS LANGTRY, THE JERSEY LILY” – Meyer Collection

BROWN’S IRON BITTERS, Brown Chemical Co., Balto., MD. Cures Malaria Trade Card – eBay

Advertising Trade Card featuring BROWN’S IRON BITTERS, CURES WEAKNESS, from the Brown Chemical Co., Baltimore, MD. – eBay (botlmole)

Advertising Trade Card featuring BROWN’S IRON BITTERS, Cures Dyspepsia, from the Brown Chemical Co., Baltimore, MD. – eBay (botlmole)

IRON BITTERS Medical Cure All Trade Card – eBay (screenheads)

IRON BITTERS A True Tonic Trade Card – Meyer Collection

Brown’s Iron Bitters advertising blotter R. H. Foster Lanesville, MA, This blotter has a great Victorian family scene with the mother writing, and the children playing. The Brown’s Bitters was made in Baltimore, MD. This blotter includes a ruler printed on the bottom edge. It is unusual for an advertising blotter to have printing on the reverse, the blotter side. This one has extensive advertising on the back. The local seller listed with extensive details to what he sold is R. H. Foster, a druggist in Lanesville, MA. – eBay (kitbarryephemera9)

Reverse: Brown’s Iron Bitters advertising blotter R. H. Foster Lanesville, MA, – eBay (kitbarryephemera9)

BROWN’S IRON BITTERS – Large mechanical card with picture of Jester sitting on box of product with bottle nearby. Wheel in back rotates to show a different picture each month. – AntiqueBottles.com

Advertisement for IRON BITTERS and the Brown Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md. – Documenting the American South

IRON BITTERS (left) and a BROWN’S IRON BITTERS (right) – Meyer Collection

IRON BITTERS (left) and a BROWN’S IRON BITTERS (right) – Meyer Collection

Brown Chemical Co. advertisement – The Deseret News – Salt Lake City – Wednesday, March 28, 1883

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Extremely rare Brown’s Iron Bitters trade card – Gourd Collection

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