Tag Archives: Bill Ham

XR New Orleans bitters bottle on ebay – G. N. Morison

G. N. MORISON’S INVIGORATING BITTERS 02 December 2012 (R•031114) (R•072214) “This just turned up at the Magazine Antiques Mall on Magazine street” Gene Baudouin “The other one was found about 30 years ago by a woman who decided to dig … Continue reading

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Oxygenated Bitters – A Sovereign Remedy

Oxygenated Bitters A Sovereign Remedy 13 October 2012 (R•102313) (R•102115) (R•032118) (R•101618) (R•082619) My friend, collector and Civil War author Jim Schmidt (pictured signing his latest book above) sent me the full text and images of an 1845, 8-page pamphlet … Continue reading

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S.S. Wyckoff & Co. New York – Liberty personified as a young woman mystery

S. S. Wyckoff & Co. New York – Liberty personified as a young woman mystery 05 September 2012 (R•111014) (R•042919) Sometime during the long and busy 2012 FOHBC Reno Expo, a gentleman  I can not remember his name) gave me … Continue reading

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Hentz’s Curative Bitters – Unlisted Variant Found

Hentz’s Curative Bitters – Unlisted Variant Found 23 August 2012 (R•040919) Incoming email and pictures from Bill Ham, author of Bitters Bottles and Bitters Bottles Supplement. Ferdinand: Here is an unlisted variant of the HENTZ’S CURATIVE BITTERS. It looks like H … Continue reading

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Unlisted Dr. Cropper’s Bitters spotted at ABA table at Reno Expo

Unlisted Dr. Cropper’s Bitters spotted at ABA table at Reno Expo 07 August 2012 “Example found in a barn in Iowa” A number a people alerted me to a square, green bitters bottle that they spotted with Jeff Wichmann at … Continue reading

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Two Bryant’s Stomach Bitters cones at Reno!

Two Bryant’s Stomach Bitters cones at Reno! 06 August 2012 (Updated 12 August 2012) It seems like a good time to corral the various known specimens of Bryant’s Stomach Bitters. Two examples were seen at the FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo … Continue reading

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Barrel Series – Original Pocahontas Bitters

ORIGINAL POCAHONTAS BITTERS 05 July 2012 (R•091516) (R•080518) Y. FERGUSON A 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 … Continue reading

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

In collecting Bitters, do you need the ‘S’? 25 June 2012 I received an email from Tim Henson regarding a Siner’s Celebrated Bitter Cordial which brings up an interesting point relating to how Carlyn Ring and Bill Ham cataloged Bitters bottles. … Continue reading

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St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters – Gentry & Otis – New, York

St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters – Gentry & Otis – New, York 20 June 2012 (R•052814) (R•102318) My friend and Civil War medicine authority Jim Schmidt (visit Civil War Medicine (and writing) found this great advertisement for St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters … Continue reading

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The McKearin Group VIII – Sunburst Flasks

Sunbursts are considered one of the oldest of the American Geometric and Historical Flasks and are generally attributed to the period of 1815 to the early 1830’s. The McKearin Group VIII – Sunburst Flasks 04 May 2012 (R•032214) The collectors … Continue reading

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