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Tag Archives: water
S. S. Smith just Dug
S. S. Smith just Dug 30 September 2015 Now here is one of my favorite bottles. Great semi-cabin form and color. Maybe not a bitters but one that I have in my collection. It looks like a pretty decent example … Continue reading
Posted in Digging and Finding, Medicines & Cures, News, Whiskey
Tagged Ash, Cincinatti, Digging, finding, Jeff, Mihalik, privy, S. S. Smith, semi-cabin, water
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Everything’s better with bitterquelle. . .
Everything’s better with bitterquelle… by Ken Previtali 04 March 2015 (R•071415) Reading the recent post on Hunyadi Janos reminded me of how the details of what we might consider commonplace can be intriguing. What could be more commonplace than water? … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, Ginger Ale, History, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Painted Label, Soda Bottles, Soda Water, Soft Drinks, Water
Tagged Ale, Andreas, Baltimore, Belfast, bell, Bergman, bitter, Bitterquelle, bottler, Crook, Ginger, Greenbrier, Hunyadi, Janos, Manitou, Mineral, Previtali, Ross, Salutaris, Saxlehner, Scherer, Seaman, Shasta, spring, Stockton, Sulphur, Virginia, water, White
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Is the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle a bitters bottle?
Is the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle a bitters bottle? 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Bottling Works, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Postage, Trade Cards, Water
Tagged Andreas, Aperient, Bitterquelle, bitters, Bottle, Buda, Budapest, card, French, Hungary, Hunyadi, Janos, Laxative, Mineral, postal, Saxlehner, spring, water
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McManman’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters – Milwaukee
McManman’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters – Milwaukee Another Young America Stomach Bitters and Isham’s Stomach Bitters Variation? 11 November 2014 McManman, now that is a peculiar way to spell a version of the name McMahon. Almost a tongue twister. I also … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures
Tagged america, bitters, Celebrated, Ireland, Isham, liquor, McManman, Medicine, milwaukee, Stomach, water, Wisconsin, young
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J. Grosman & Sons not J. Grossman & Sons
J. Grosman & Sons not J. Grossman & Sons New Orleans, Louisiana – Marshall, Texas and Dallas, Texas 25 July 2014 Ferdinand, enjoyed seeing you again at the Houston show, especially enjoyed the fish bitters in your display. I have attached two pictures pertaining … Continue reading
Posted in Druggist & Drugstore, History, Hutches, Questions, Soda Bottles
Tagged bottler, Cole, Dallas, David, fountain, Grosman, Grossman, Hiram, Hutchinson, Marshall, Moses, Soda, texas, water
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Syracuse Springs collection
Syracuse Springs collection 08 July 2014 Good Evening Ferd, I thoroughly enjoy Peachridge and thought you might want to post some pictures of my Syracuse Springs collection. I have 24 different examples (seven quarts, four half-pints, and thirteen pints). I … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Mineral Water
Tagged collection, Color, Kantor, Mineral, New York, Springs, Syracuse, water
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The Union Spring Bottle
The Union Spring Bottle Number 9 on the Bernhard Puckhaber list of the ‘Ten Most Wanted Saratogas’ 19 June 2014 (updated with Union Spring info same day) The other night, at the closing of Glass Works Auctions | Auction 102, I noticed this good-looking, … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, History, Mineral Water
Tagged Bernhard Puckhaber, Excelsior, Hotel, house, Marianne Dow, Mineral, New York, opera, Saratoga, spring, Stu Elman, Union, water
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An 1836 Russell’s Stomach Bitters Advertisement
An 1836 Russell’s Stomach Bitters Advertisement 17 April 2014 (R•041814) I found this Russell’s Stomach Bitters advertisement rather interesting for a number of reasons. First, it is rather old, coming from the Burlington Free Press (Vermont) in 1836. An earlier advertisement from … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged bitters, Burlington, free, itch, ointment, pills, Press, rheum, Russell, Russell's, Stomach, Vermont, water, Wine
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J. Boardman & Co. – New York – Mineral Waters
J. Boardman & Co. – New York – Mineral Waters 21 October 2013 Over the last decade or so, I have only seen two examples that came out of the ground in New York City (and heard of a third … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Facebook, Mineral Water, Questions, Soda Water
Tagged Biro, Boardman, Broadway, Goldfrank, Kramerich, Mineral, New York, Pastor, Tim Henson, water, Wilmington
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Some Nice Congress & Empire Spring Bottles – Shags to Riches
SHAGS TO RICHES (not by far) When Elizabeth and I first moved into the long vacant house on property we now affectionately call Peach Ridge, it had shag carpet (see above), an old decrepit boat in the garage and had … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art & Architecture, Article Publications, Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Humor - Lighter Side, Mineral Water, Peachridge Glass, Water, Whimsies, Windows
Tagged Buddy L, Columbian, Congress, Congress Park, delmarva, Drinking, Elizabeth, Empire, Glass Works Auctions, Houston, Mineral, New York, Peach Ridge, Saltillo, Saratoga, shag, Springs, water, Whimsie
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