2016 Sacramento Shootout Bottle Competition News

2016 Sacramento Shootout Bottle Competition News The Sacramento Shootout bottle competition will be held at the FOHBC 2016 National Antique Bottle Show & Expo in Sacramento, California after the Generals House Reception. There will be three (3) categories. Each category will have [...]

“In hoc vinces” ROMAINE’S CRIMEAN BITTERS

“In hoc vinces”  ROMAINE’S CRIMEAN BITTERS by Ferdinand Meyer V from Peachridge Glass     Special from the January | February 2015 issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS Subscribe A GREAT SCARE AT NEW-BERN N.C. --- It has been a few days since Newbern [...]

Warner’s Label Fraud?

Warner's Label Fraud? 23 September 2015 A series of e-mails from noted collector and researcher Michael Seeliger from Brooklyn, Wisconsin. The person he references is not a member of the FOHBC. After review, I am red flagging. [E-mail #1] I have [...]

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2015 Chattanooga National – Battle of Chattanooga Results

Battle of Chattanooga Bottle Competition: Chattanooga Convention Center, Ballroom H, 8:00 - 11:00 pm All Photography by Mallory Boyle unless noted The much anticipated Battle of Chattanooga bottle competition, which was coordinated and emceed by Mike Newman (Martinez, Ga.) was as [...]

Beriaults Hair Bitters – Hair Bitters Manufacturing Company

Beriaults Hair Bitters - Hair Bitters Manufacturing Company Special from Peachridge Glass Bill Ham recently purchased a collection of primarily labeled bitters that he put on a table for the first time yesterday at the Morro Bay Bottle Show. The Beriaults [...]

Found: One, A. Schriener New Orleans Bottle

Found: One, "A. Schriener (sic) New Orleans" Bottle Special from Peachridge Glass Here is a really cool bottle from an even cooler city. Well not so cool temperature-wise but just plain ole' cool, New Orleans, Louisiana. NOLA, the Big Easy...Crescent [...]

Cache of E. Dexter Loveridge Items Found

Cache of E. Dexter Loveridge Items Found A Treasure Trove of Wahoo Bitters items goes to Auction Special from Peachridge Glass One of the more entertaining aspects of collecting antique bottles, and in my particular case, bitters bottles, is the [...]

Rushton’s Cod Liver Oil – New York

Rushton's Cod Liver Oil New York 25 December 2014 It is always nice to see a bottle that I am unfamiliar with and to meet someone new in bottle collecting. In this case I am referring to Ken Darnell from Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Here [...]

The Price’s Patent Texas Tonic makes and appearance at the Lexington National

PRICE'S PATENT TEXAS TONIC REPUBLIC OF TEXAS "A Purely Vegetable Medicine or Bitters" Ferdinand Meyer V with contributions by Doyle Bailey, Brad Seigler, Brandon DeWolfe, James Viguerie & Eric McGuire 26 June 2013 (Updated 29 & 31 August 2013, 09 [...]

Educational Displays at the FOHBC 2014 Lexington National

Educational Displays at the FOHBC 2014 Lexington National We ended up with thirteen education displays at the Lexington National that were as different from the recent Reno and Manchester National displays as possible. Interesting and interactive to some extent, they seemed [...]

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