The New FOHBC Presentation

This report by Ferdinand Meyer V was presented at the FOHBC bi-annual board meeting in March 2021. When I joined the FOHBC and eventually the board, I humbly sat among the kings and queens of antique bottle collecting and FOHBC [...]

FOHBC Reno 2022 National Antique Bottle Convention

Latest update 23 July 2022 General News: Eric McGuire is the keynote speaker at the FOHBC Reno 22 banquet. S.S. Central America Exhibit Download Information Packet Hotel Rooms: Phone number: 1.800.648.5080.   Group Code: FHB22 FOHBC discounted rates ended 01 July 2022. [...]

The Eagle – Anchor flasks from New London Glass Works

Here is a spectacular example of a yellow-olive quart GII-66 Eagle – Anchor “New Lindon Glass Works” historical flask. It’s special when you find a family consisting of a quart, pint, and half-pint of the same themed flasks such as [...]

We’re Sill On for Syracuse 2021! – Cancelled

  FOHBC 2021 Syracuse National Antique Bottle Show. Thursday, August 5th 2021 - Saturday, August 7th 2021. Make your plans, get your hotel rooms, reserve your sales tables, early admission, banquet reservations, and souvenir program advertisement, NOW – PLEASE DO [...]

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Meet Fred DeCarlo, the new FOHBC Northeast Region Director

Fred DeCarlo was born and grew up in Utica, New York. He is currently a firefighter/EMT with the City of Utica Fire Department and has been with them for 20 years. He is married to his wife of 15 years, Curry [...]

Call For Historical Information

The FOHBC, led by board member Michael Seeliger, has started a major new initiative to preserve our history. We would like your assistance in locating potentially long-lost images before it is too late as they could potentially be forgotten forever. [...]

The 8-sided Wm. Heiss Jr. Superior Mineral and Soda Water Bottle

William Heiss Jr. was a leading mineral and soda water manufacturer of his time. He used his expertise as being a coppersmith to develop a Mineral Water Apparatus that he marketed broadly from his shop in Philadelphia marked with a [...]

FOHBC President’s Message January 2021

So after my last column in the November-December issue of Bottles and Extras, I was kind of hoping for a deluge of great suggestions from our fellow members but sad to say I only received one single solitary email and [...]

First issue of the New Year!

Bottles and Extras, the 72-page + covers, full-color magazine Bottles and Extras Vol. 32 No. 1 | January - February 2021 | No. 253    (Mailed 23 December 2020) Features: The Diary of a Digger Mark C. Wiseman 16 San Diego Soda [...]

Jeff Wichmann joins the FOHBC Board of Directors

FOHBC president John O'Neill appointed Jeff Wichmann to fill a vacant position on the FOHBC board. The board approved on 05 November 2020. Jeff Wichmann, FOHBC First Vice President, is a California native who has parlayed his vast knowledge of [...]

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