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 [...]
Dear Federation member and fans of the FOHBC Virtual Museum: Hallelujah! It is always nice to open the door of a new gallery that has been freshly painted and set up for displaying great bottles. Today we place our first [...]
Passing of my friend - John “Jerry” Strubel Hi Ferdinand, Just wanted to bring to the attention of the bottle collecting community concerning the passing of my friend - John “Jerry” Strubel. Jerry, (91), died on Sunday, May 15th 2016, [...]
Saratoga Type Bottle Collectors Society The other day I received a nice letter and poster from Bob Puckhaber. Bob is son of the late Bernhard Puckhaber who published the first guide to SARATOGAS Mineral Waters in 1976. I still have my [...]
Top Saratoga "Wanted" List Update 27 August 2015 [Special from Peachridge Glass] A couple of weeks before the FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National, I received a simple e-mail from Neil Moore from Milford, Delaware that is represented below. Good morning, I [...]
Beautiful Minerals with a Selection of Exquisite Barber Bottles 14 February 2015 Now here is a display that you don't come across too often at antique bottle shows. Check out this email from Federation member Sandor P. Fuss reporting from [...]
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