I have developed this page to nest stories about our youth and the next generation of our hobby. My own granddaughter Adriana (she is now 16 and absorbed in horses) who is the most interested of my grandchildren in bottles, is [...]
Incoming email from FOHBC West Coast Director, Dave Maryo (Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club President). I really enjoyed and was impressed with this story. Thanks Dave! Just saw a story on seltzer bottles on MSNBC. Thought you might like to [...]
[from Marbles Galore] Sulphides, or figure marbles, are large translucent marbles manufactured in Germany from the mid-19th century up until the 1930s. Usually 1 1/2″ or more in size, they always feature a figure encased in the center, which early collectors [...]
I was playing around this afternoon with my new camera that Randy gave me. It was such a beautiful day so I opened our front window drapes and the colors were screaming! Pam Selenak (Orange, California). Pam is the FOHBC [...]
In from FOHBC member Greg Dean from Down Under... Hi Ferdinand, Hope all is well with you stateside. Thought I’d share a few images for the Federation Web from one of the bigger bottle shows in Australia staged last weekend. [...]
Good Morning: There are few LRBS (Lightning Rod Balls) on my want list, but high-up on that list is the extremely rare BURGOON. I have the cobalt but the amber and SCA (Sun Colored Amthysist) have eluded me…until yesterday that is. Having found out [...]
Warren Friedrich with some of his bitters bottles - Nevada City, California - 2009 It gives me great pleasure to announce that Warren Friedrich will be our guest speaker for the banquet at the FOHBC Reno Expo and will also [...]
An incoming membership application email popped up on my radar yesterday. Under the comments section, from a collector named Greg Dean from Queensland, Australia, I read... "It would be good to have a category on the new web site for pot [...]
Popping up on a number of antique glass blog sites recently is new information (at least to this editor) on an artist and designer named Carlos Morales. He works and develops still life’s in glass. Composition and a keen eye for [...]
In from Dave Maryo who is the President of the Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club and Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Board Member representing the Western Region. "One man's junk is another man's art" Just wanted to share some bottle photographs. My good friend [...]
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