Glass Eye Cup & Eye Bath Collection

Glass Eyecup | Eye Bath Collection Please contact the FOHBC if you have any interest in pursuing this collection. My late Father was a member of your organization (the FOHBC) which is where I got your e-mail. He had a [...]

2013-11-02T19:20:40-05:00November 2, 2013|Collections, Editor's Picks, Eye Cup, History, News|0 Comments

Avon Mineral Springs – the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y.

AVON MINERAL SPRINGS the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y. by FOHBC member Jack Stecher  “Grimace was the prevailing feature on the face of the new-comer when swallowing the beverage of the fountain” Back in 2005 I published an article on the [...]

The devotion that so many of us feel toward the objects that we collect

Hello Ferdinand: My brother-in-law recently came for a visit and while here I showed him some of our more interesting sodas. Of course, I rattled on and gave him a brief dissertation. He later wrote this thoughtful email and I [...]

Manchester National Photo Gallery of Displays

Displays & Displayers More pictures from the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire. Display awards were announced this past Sunday afternoon near the conclusion of the show. Congratulations are in order to Michael George and his Stoddard [...]

Manchester Display Winning Exhibits – Photo Gallery

The Winners - Manchester Display Photo Gallery Displays & Displayers + Awards Pushing out some pictures of the two displays that won awards at the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire. Awards were announced this past [...]

Manchester National Seminar Pictures

Manchester, NH Seminars We wanted to get some pictures up as quickly as we could. The seminars, simply put, were awesome, informative and well attended. It was truly hard to select a topic each of the three hour periods. Look [...]

Manchester Banquet Talk – Education and Sharing are the Keys to Great Collecting!

Manchester Banquet Talk Announced Education and Sharing are the Keys to Great Collecting! by Mark Vuono Mark Vuono was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut where he still resides with his lovely and gracious wife Annie. They have two sons, [...]

LAHBC Hosts a Bitters Forum

Our Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club April meeting had a special guest that was invited to our meeting to talk about bitters. Dave Kyle (red cap) hosted a bitters forum and shared some of his collection with our members. Our members [...]

2013 Baltimore Bottle Show Report

Great crowds at the Baltimore Show - photo by Jerry Forbes 2013 Baltimore Bottle Show Report By Dave Maryo I had been looking forward to my trip to Baltimore for several months. It’s always a great bottle show [...]

2013 National Antique Bottle Show Seminars Announced

Manchester, NH Seminars Michael George, show chair and Rick Ciralli, seminar coordinator for the 2013 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire just announced officially, an exciting line-up of seminars and presenters that will want to be added [...]

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