Tag Archives: Ferdinand Meyer V

Prickly Ash Bitters – Meyer Brothers Drug Company

Prickly Ash Bitters Meyer Brothers Drug Company 13 April 2012 (R•112713 – Western photograph of sign) (R•111215) (R•032819) (R•051119-TC Swanson) (R•102619-1880 Newspaper ad) Dana Charlton-Zarro asked the following question over on one of the bottle collecting pages on Facebook. This gave … Continue reading

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Memphis or Bust! FOHBC 2011 Memphis National Show and Sale

From the September – October 2011 issue of the FOHBC Bottles and Extras. This is a great magazine. Please become a member of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors. Memphis or Bust! Ferdinand Meyer V

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London Medicated Health Restorer – Baltimore

London Medicated Health Restorer – Baltimore 13 April 2011 David Kyle from Thousand Oaks, California was the winner of the London Medicated Health Restorer bottle (pictured below) which was Lot 163 in Glass Works Ides of March Auction 91 this … Continue reading

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Glass Passion and Color Part II : Exploration and Color

Glass Passion and Color Part II : Exploration and Color 09 April 2011 *as reprinted from The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) Bottles & Extra Magazine. November-December 2009. Download PDF: Article_2 Glass Passion and Color Part II: Exploration and … Continue reading

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Glass Passion and Color Part I : Life Transformation

*as reprinted from The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) Bottles & Extra Magazine. September-October 2009 Glass Passion and Color    Part I: Life Transformation Read: Glass Passion and Color Part II : Exploration and Color by Ferdinand Meyer V 08 April … Continue reading

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Collecting Essentials – The Bottle Hunt

Collecting Essentials – The Bottle Hunt by Ferdinand Meyer V *as reprinted from John Pastor’s April 2011 issue of Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine. Please subscribe to this great magazine! Download or View PDF of Article I envy the bottle digger … Continue reading

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New Design for the FOHBC Web Site in the Works

Ferdinand Meyer V (FOHBC Board Member) presented the new design for the FOHBC web site to the FOHBC Board at the Baltimore Board Meeting in March 2011. The design is much more intuitive and visually pleasing. The Board voted unanimously … Continue reading

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Bryant’s Stomach Bitters aka The Cone

Bryant’s Stomach Bitters aka The Cone 07 April 2011 (R•052714) (R•120414) (R•061117) (R•081218) (R•022719) Dr. George N. W. Bryant started an apothecary in New York City in 1845 and by the early 1850s, had created what has become one of the … Continue reading

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FOHBC Membership Booklet Ad – 2011

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FOHBC Memphis, Tennessee Show Program Ad – 2011

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