Photos from Bottle Shows Long Ago

Photo 1: Leigh Beardsley, Mary Beardsley, and Bradley Beardsley–1977 Lancaster, PA show. Bicentennial theme...great outfits! Photos from Bottle Shows Long Ago - Mike Beardsley Hello friends, I went through some old photo albums and came up with a [...]

Five New Rare Jars added to the FOHBC Virtual Museum

Five New Jars Late December has been a busy month for the FOHBC Virtual Museum team, especially in the Jars Gallery. Five new specimens were hand carried and set up in the gallery, where you can see these very rare [...]

Air-Tight Fruit Jar Whimsey

AIR-TIGHT FRUIT JAR WHIMSEY Possibly Ravenna Glass Works, Ravenna, Ohio Aquamarine Figural Barrel The museum is pleased to have on display this wonderful whimsey made from an Air-Tight Fruit Jar. What is extraordinary about this example is that the mold [...]

Augusta Educational Displays

2019 FOHBC 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention | Augusta, Georgia | Educational Displays Augusta Convention Center | Olmstead Hall  Judged on 03 August 2019 13 September 2019 So far, we've put out ten (10) Augusta events on the FOHBC [...]

FOHBC General Membership Meeting Breakfast

2019 FOHBC 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention | Augusta, Georgia | FOHBC General Membership Meeting Breakfast Augusta Marriott Oglethorpe Ballroom Friday, 02 August 2019 | 7:00 to 8:30 am 08 September 2019 The FOHBC bylaws require that an annual [...]

Richard Allen ”Dick” Roller admitted to FOHBC Hall of Fame

Richard Allen ”Dick” Roller admitted to FOHBC Hall of Fame 01 July 2018 The FOHBC Board of Directors announces that Richard Allen ”Dick” Roller was voted into the FOHBC Hall of Fame with 14 of 17 votes constituting a 2/3 [...]

2018 Cleveland National Seminar Schedule, Topics & Presenters

2018 Cleveland National Seminar Schedule, Topics & Presenters We are truly fortunate to be able to present a variety of fascinating educational seminars at the 2018 Cleveland National Bottle Convention and Expo. We have a distinguished group of seminar presenters [...]

Muncie, a fruit jar collectors dream come true

Muncie, a fruit jar collectors dream come true 10 January 2017 by Alan DeMaison and the Ohio Bottle Club Braving unpredictable weather each year is a dedicated group of Fruit Jar collectors and Jelly Jammers in early January. Collectors from [...]

FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Educational Displays

FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo | Educational Displays This year at the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, twenty (20) outstanding displays were presented. These included: Ken & Reine Salter • 17th-19th Century American & European [...]

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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