PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Of Dutch stock, Elias Henry Van Benschoten was born in Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York on April 28, 1814 to Henry Teunise Van Benschoten (also spelled “Van Bunschoten” or “Van Bunschooten” and Mary Jackson. Elias would marry Phoebe Kissam Underhill and they had four children, William N., Mary E., Agusta, and John N. Van

Benschoten.

LINKS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS Auctions. American Glass Gallery John Pastor, New Hudson, Michigan. Morphy Auctions Dan Morphy Auctions is one of the fastest-growing and most successful auction houses and antique galleries in the country. Norman C. Heckler & Co. Norman C. Heckler & Sons. UniSquare – Collectible bottles marketplace and auctions.

CONNECTICUT

Visit Mike’s Web Site BottleShow.com. The Willington Glass Works in CT was in business for an astounding 57 years from 1815-1872. The earlier production was most earthy tone olive and olive-amber colors. Here are 3 earlier pieces, all appear to have been made from the same dip mold and have very similar pontil scars.

ROPED SQUARES

The first bottle we will look at is the National Tonic Bitters. A proud bottle and a great looking pair in amber and aqua. N 13 NATIONAL TONIC BITTERS. NATIONAL // f // TONIC BITTERS // f //. 9 1/2 x 3 (7 1/4) Square, LTC, Applied mouth, Roped corners, Amber – Extremely rare; Aqua – Scarce. Variant 11 dots one panel, 10 dots on remaining

3

LOOKING AT DR. GOTTLIEB FISCH’S BITTERS AND THE FISH The bottle label reads, “An unequaled beverage and appetizer invaluable for dyspepsia, general debility, languor, loss of appetite and any complaint requiring a tonic bitters.Free from the deleterious effects of alcoholic drinks, for which it is an antidote. It is prompt in action, palatable to the taste, and bracing and invigorating in its effects upon both the body and mind.”

DANDELION BITTERS

Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy John H. Sheehan & Company, Utica, N.Y. 03 February 2015. The other day I noticed a Dandelion Bitters advertising trade card on eBay that I was not familiar with. The bitters was put out by John H. Sheehan & Company in Utica, New York.There are quite a few Dandelion Bitters, a number of them we have posted about before including: IS THE HUNYADI JANOS SAXLEHNER’S BITTERQUELLE A BITTERS 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either at a bottle show or on eBay and wondering if this was a bitters bottle. Many of us were

intrigued by the

J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. DRAKEʼS PLANTATION BITTERS MUNSEY DRAKE’S PLANTION BITTERS 4 In 1867, Drake established the P.H. Drake Company with himself as sole proprietor. The famous Plantation Bitters recipe, “a wonderful vegetable restorative,” contained a mixture of herbs, laced with 150° St. Croix rum from the

Caribbean.

IMPRESSIVE WHISKEY AND BOURBON BOTTLE PHOTOGRAPHY AT ABA Lot #51 C.W. STUART’S EXTRA KENTUCKY WHISKY – ABA 54. Lot #52 OPS BOURBON WHISKEY FROM AP HOTALING’S OLD PRIVATE STOCK SAN FRANCISCO. Thomas-52, 1879-85. Fifth, applied top. Here is a bottle that is not only a popular one but is almost legendary in its place among western fifths. Anyone who has been remotely associated with collecting

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Of Dutch stock, Elias Henry Van Benschoten was born in Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York on April 28, 1814 to Henry Teunise Van Benschoten (also spelled “Van Bunschoten” or “Van Bunschooten” and Mary Jackson. Elias would marry Phoebe Kissam Underhill and they had four children, William N., Mary E., Agusta, and John N. Van

Benschoten.

LINKS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS Auctions. American Glass Gallery John Pastor, New Hudson, Michigan. Morphy Auctions Dan Morphy Auctions is one of the fastest-growing and most successful auction houses and antique galleries in the country. Norman C. Heckler & Co. Norman C. Heckler & Sons. UniSquare – Collectible bottles marketplace and auctions.

CONNECTICUT

Visit Mike’s Web Site BottleShow.com. The Willington Glass Works in CT was in business for an astounding 57 years from 1815-1872. The earlier production was most earthy tone olive and olive-amber colors. Here are 3 earlier pieces, all appear to have been made from the same dip mold and have very similar pontil scars.

ROPED SQUARES

The first bottle we will look at is the National Tonic Bitters. A proud bottle and a great looking pair in amber and aqua. N 13 NATIONAL TONIC BITTERS. NATIONAL // f // TONIC BITTERS // f //. 9 1/2 x 3 (7 1/4) Square, LTC, Applied mouth, Roped corners, Amber – Extremely rare; Aqua – Scarce. Variant 11 dots one panel, 10 dots on remaining

3

LOOKING AT DR. GOTTLIEB FISCH’S BITTERS AND THE FISH The bottle label reads, “An unequaled beverage and appetizer invaluable for dyspepsia, general debility, languor, loss of appetite and any complaint requiring a tonic bitters.Free from the deleterious effects of alcoholic drinks, for which it is an antidote. It is prompt in action, palatable to the taste, and bracing and invigorating in its effects upon both the body and mind.”

DANDELION BITTERS

Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy John H. Sheehan & Company, Utica, N.Y. 03 February 2015. The other day I noticed a Dandelion Bitters advertising trade card on eBay that I was not familiar with. The bitters was put out by John H. Sheehan & Company in Utica, New York.There are quite a few Dandelion Bitters, a number of them we have posted about before including: IS THE HUNYADI JANOS SAXLEHNER’S BITTERQUELLE A BITTERS 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either at a bottle show or on eBay and wondering if this was a bitters bottle. Many of us were

intrigued by the

J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. DRAKEʼS PLANTATION BITTERS MUNSEY DRAKE’S PLANTION BITTERS 4 In 1867, Drake established the P.H. Drake Company with himself as sole proprietor. The famous Plantation Bitters recipe, “a wonderful vegetable restorative,” contained a mixture of herbs, laced with 150° St. Croix rum from the

Caribbean.

IMPRESSIVE WHISKEY AND BOURBON BOTTLE PHOTOGRAPHY AT ABA Lot #51 C.W. STUART’S EXTRA KENTUCKY WHISKY – ABA 54. Lot #52 OPS BOURBON WHISKEY FROM AP HOTALING’S OLD PRIVATE STOCK SAN FRANCISCO. Thomas-52, 1879-85. Fifth, applied top. Here is a bottle that is not only a popular one but is almost legendary in its place among western fifths. Anyone who has been remotely associated with collecting

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Blown Bottle Amber Mug Whimsey. Hi Ferdinand, Found your site a week back and have been mind boggled and hooked since. I’ve been doing bottles and glass all my life and back in the 1990’s have sold a piece or two to the respectable likes of Jeff Noordsy and also Judith Cronin who owns the copyrights to Ruth Webb Lee’s EAPG Pattern

Books.

COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS Showing up at the Baltimore Antique Bottle Show in March 2011 were two classic bitters that were moving from the Jim Hagenbuch collection to Sandor Fuss, a rather new and advanced collector from Denver,

Colorado.

WHAT IS BOONEKAMP?

The Boonekamp smell is aromatic and spicy, slightly licorice-like, and in the finish, warm-burning. It also has a medicinal taste due to the herb mixture. The alcohol content is 40 to 49 percent by volume and the sugar content is a maximum of three grams per 100 millilitres. The duration of storage causes further differentiation of taste JACOB & DAVID HOSTETTER Dr. Jacob Hostetter and David Hostetter. Of Dutch extraction, David Hostetter was the eldest child of Jacob Hostetter by his wife Mary Landis, and was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 23 January 1819. Dr. Jacob Hostetter was born on 13 October 1785 in York County, Pennsylvania and actually developed the original formula for the

bitters.

INSULATORS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS | PAGE 2 Insulator Hunters. Posted on 2 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V. I put together a post earlier today called Privy Digging – The Hole Story which included some great pictures of holes and digs. These diggers are going to some major depths including one hole at COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS Last December 2010, during the Auburn 49er Bottle Show, I had the good fortune of meeting Don Dwyer from Oroville, California. Don mentioned that he had an extensive Western Bitters Collection and asked if Elizabeth and I would like to CORN FOR THE WORLD HISTORICAL FLASKS Amber quart Corn for the World historical flask. Heckler Auction 100 – Lot: 13 “Baltimore” And Monument – “Corn For The World” And Partially Shucked Ear Of Corn Historical Flask, Baltimore Glass Works, Baltimore, Maryland, 1860-1870. Brilliant yellow amber with an olive tone, applied short sloping collared mouth – smooth base,

quart.

BITTERS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS | PAGE 76 SOLOMONS’ STRENGTHENING BITTERS SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 13 August 2012 (Post updated 18 December 2012) (R•020219) Sometimes I have bottle posts that take a longer and broader range approach such as the Fancy Square Series and the Figural Barrel Series etc.

MEDICINES & CURES

St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters – Gentry & Otis – New, York 20 June 2012 (R•052814) (R•102318) My friend and Civil War medicine authority Jim Schmidt (visit Civil War Medicine (and writing) found this great advertisement for St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters BITTERS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS | PAGE 77 B. T. 1865 S. C. SMITH’S DRUID BITTERS J. Smith & Son, Wholesale Grocers and Liquor Merchants, No. 35 Cheapside, Baltimore 20 July 2012 (R•052914) (R•032919) “on o/e all due up to this date except 1 barrel whisky” The Smith’s Druid

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Of Dutch stock, Elias Henry Van Benschoten was born in Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York on April 28, 1814 to Henry Teunise Van Benschoten (also spelled “Van Bunschoten” or “Van Bunschooten” and Mary Jackson. Elias would marry Phoebe Kissam Underhill and they had four children, William N., Mary E., Agusta, and John N. Van

Benschoten.

LINKS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS Auctions. American Glass Gallery John Pastor, New Hudson, Michigan. Morphy Auctions Dan Morphy Auctions is one of the fastest-growing and most successful auction houses and antique galleries in the country. Norman C. Heckler & Co. Norman C. Heckler & Sons. UniSquare – Collectible bottles marketplace and auctions.

CONNECTICUT

Visit Mike’s Web Site BottleShow.com. The Willington Glass Works in CT was in business for an astounding 57 years from 1815-1872. The earlier production was most earthy tone olive and olive-amber colors. Here are 3 earlier pieces, all appear to have been made from the same dip mold and have very similar pontil scars.

ROPED SQUARES

The first bottle we will look at is the National Tonic Bitters. A proud bottle and a great looking pair in amber and aqua. N 13 NATIONAL TONIC BITTERS. NATIONAL // f // TONIC BITTERS // f //. 9 1/2 x 3 (7 1/4) Square, LTC, Applied mouth, Roped corners, Amber – Extremely rare; Aqua – Scarce. Variant 11 dots one panel, 10 dots on remaining

3

LOOKING AT DR. GOTTLIEB FISCH’S BITTERS AND THE FISH The bottle label reads, “An unequaled beverage and appetizer invaluable for dyspepsia, general debility, languor, loss of appetite and any complaint requiring a tonic bitters.Free from the deleterious effects of alcoholic drinks, for which it is an antidote. It is prompt in action, palatable to the taste, and bracing and invigorating in its effects upon both the body and mind.”

DANDELION BITTERS

Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy John H. Sheehan & Company, Utica, N.Y. 03 February 2015. The other day I noticed a Dandelion Bitters advertising trade card on eBay that I was not familiar with. The bitters was put out by John H. Sheehan & Company in Utica, New York.There are quite a few Dandelion Bitters, a number of them we have posted about before including: IS THE HUNYADI JANOS SAXLEHNER’S BITTERQUELLE A BITTERS 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either at a bottle show or on eBay and wondering if this was a bitters bottle. Many of us were

intrigued by the

J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. DRAKEʼS PLANTATION BITTERS MUNSEY DRAKE’S PLANTION BITTERS 4 In 1867, Drake established the P.H. Drake Company with himself as sole proprietor. The famous Plantation Bitters recipe, “a wonderful vegetable restorative,” contained a mixture of herbs, laced with 150° St. Croix rum from the

Caribbean.

IMPRESSIVE WHISKEY AND BOURBON BOTTLE PHOTOGRAPHY AT ABA Lot #51 C.W. STUART’S EXTRA KENTUCKY WHISKY – ABA 54. Lot #52 OPS BOURBON WHISKEY FROM AP HOTALING’S OLD PRIVATE STOCK SAN FRANCISCO. Thomas-52, 1879-85. Fifth, applied top. Here is a bottle that is not only a popular one but is almost legendary in its place among western fifths. Anyone who has been remotely associated with collecting

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Of Dutch stock, Elias Henry Van Benschoten was born in Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York on April 28, 1814 to Henry Teunise Van Benschoten (also spelled “Van Bunschoten” or “Van Bunschooten” and Mary Jackson. Elias would marry Phoebe Kissam Underhill and they had four children, William N., Mary E., Agusta, and John N. Van

Benschoten.

LINKS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS Auctions. American Glass Gallery John Pastor, New Hudson, Michigan. Morphy Auctions Dan Morphy Auctions is one of the fastest-growing and most successful auction houses and antique galleries in the country. Norman C. Heckler & Co. Norman C. Heckler & Sons. UniSquare – Collectible bottles marketplace and auctions.

CONNECTICUT

Visit Mike’s Web Site BottleShow.com. The Willington Glass Works in CT was in business for an astounding 57 years from 1815-1872. The earlier production was most earthy tone olive and olive-amber colors. Here are 3 earlier pieces, all appear to have been made from the same dip mold and have very similar pontil scars.

ROPED SQUARES

The first bottle we will look at is the National Tonic Bitters. A proud bottle and a great looking pair in amber and aqua. N 13 NATIONAL TONIC BITTERS. NATIONAL // f // TONIC BITTERS // f //. 9 1/2 x 3 (7 1/4) Square, LTC, Applied mouth, Roped corners, Amber – Extremely rare; Aqua – Scarce. Variant 11 dots one panel, 10 dots on remaining

3

LOOKING AT DR. GOTTLIEB FISCH’S BITTERS AND THE FISH The bottle label reads, “An unequaled beverage and appetizer invaluable for dyspepsia, general debility, languor, loss of appetite and any complaint requiring a tonic bitters.Free from the deleterious effects of alcoholic drinks, for which it is an antidote. It is prompt in action, palatable to the taste, and bracing and invigorating in its effects upon both the body and mind.”

DANDELION BITTERS

Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy John H. Sheehan & Company, Utica, N.Y. 03 February 2015. The other day I noticed a Dandelion Bitters advertising trade card on eBay that I was not familiar with. The bitters was put out by John H. Sheehan & Company in Utica, New York.There are quite a few Dandelion Bitters, a number of them we have posted about before including: IS THE HUNYADI JANOS SAXLEHNER’S BITTERQUELLE A BITTERS 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either at a bottle show or on eBay and wondering if this was a bitters bottle. Many of us were

intrigued by the

J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. DRAKEʼS PLANTATION BITTERS MUNSEY DRAKE’S PLANTION BITTERS 4 In 1867, Drake established the P.H. Drake Company with himself as sole proprietor. The famous Plantation Bitters recipe, “a wonderful vegetable restorative,” contained a mixture of herbs, laced with 150° St. Croix rum from the

Caribbean.

IMPRESSIVE WHISKEY AND BOURBON BOTTLE PHOTOGRAPHY AT ABA Lot #51 C.W. STUART’S EXTRA KENTUCKY WHISKY – ABA 54. Lot #52 OPS BOURBON WHISKEY FROM AP HOTALING’S OLD PRIVATE STOCK SAN FRANCISCO. Thomas-52, 1879-85. Fifth, applied top. Here is a bottle that is not only a popular one but is almost legendary in its place among western fifths. Anyone who has been remotely associated with collecting

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Blown Bottle Amber Mug Whimsey. Hi Ferdinand, Found your site a week back and have been mind boggled and hooked since. I’ve been doing bottles and glass all my life and back in the 1990’s have sold a piece or two to the respectable likes of Jeff Noordsy and also Judith Cronin who owns the copyrights to Ruth Webb Lee’s EAPG Pattern

Books.

WHAT IS BOONEKAMP?

The Boonekamp smell is aromatic and spicy, slightly licorice-like, and in the finish, warm-burning. It also has a medicinal taste due to the herb mixture. The alcohol content is 40 to 49 percent by volume and the sugar content is a maximum of three grams per 100 millilitres. The duration of storage causes further differentiation of taste INSULATORS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS | PAGE 2 Insulator Hunters. Posted on 2 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V. I put together a post earlier today called Privy Digging – The Hole Story which included some great pictures of holes and digs. These diggers are going to some major depths including one hole at JACOB & DAVID HOSTETTER Dr. Jacob Hostetter and David Hostetter. Of Dutch extraction, David Hostetter was the eldest child of Jacob Hostetter by his wife Mary Landis, and was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 23 January 1819. Dr. Jacob Hostetter was born on 13 October 1785 in York County, Pennsylvania and actually developed the original formula for the

bitters.

CORN FOR THE WORLD HISTORICAL FLASKS Amber quart Corn for the World historical flask. Heckler Auction 100 – Lot: 13 “Baltimore” And Monument – “Corn For The World” And Partially Shucked Ear Of Corn Historical Flask, Baltimore Glass Works, Baltimore, Maryland, 1860-1870. Brilliant yellow amber with an olive tone, applied short sloping collared mouth – smooth base,

quart.

COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS Last December 2010, during the Auburn 49er Bottle Show, I had the good fortune of meeting Don Dwyer from Oroville, California. Don mentioned that he had an extensive Western Bitters Collection and asked if Elizabeth and I would like to BITTERS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS | PAGE 76 SOLOMONS’ STRENGTHENING BITTERS SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 13 August 2012 (Post updated 18 December 2012) (R•020219) Sometimes I have bottle posts that take a longer and broader range approach such as the Fancy Square Series and the Figural Barrel Series etc.

MEDICINES & CURES

St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters – Gentry & Otis – New, York 20 June 2012 (R•052814) (R•102318) My friend and Civil War medicine authority Jim Schmidt (visit Civil War Medicine (and writing) found this great advertisement for St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

His mother was born in the U.S. of English descent. The family earned its wealth distributing Angostura Bitters, permitting Frank to attend Cornell University where he joined Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. POSTS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS | YOUR COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR The Iron Maiden 23 April 2014. I received a call yesterday from an old-time historical flask collector named Joe Wood. We talked for a bit about the great flask collections from previous decades and he mentioned that he had auctioned off his flasks with Glass Works Auctions some years ago. We did end up talking about bitters as he had once owned an aqua, pontiled, un-embossed proof for the

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Of Dutch stock, Elias Henry Van Benschoten was born in Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York on April 28, 1814 to Henry Teunise Van Benschoten (also spelled “Van Bunschoten” or “Van Bunschooten” and Mary Jackson. Elias would marry Phoebe Kissam Underhill and they had four children, William N., Mary E., Agusta, and John N. Van

Benschoten.

LINKS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS Auctions. American Glass Gallery John Pastor, New Hudson, Michigan. Morphy Auctions Dan Morphy Auctions is one of the fastest-growing and most successful auction houses and antique galleries in the country. Norman C. Heckler & Co. Norman C. Heckler & Sons. UniSquare – Collectible bottles marketplace and auctions.

CONNECTICUT

Visit Mike’s Web Site BottleShow.com. The Willington Glass Works in CT was in business for an astounding 57 years from 1815-1872. The earlier production was most earthy tone olive and olive-amber colors. Here are 3 earlier pieces, all appear to have been made from the same dip mold and have very similar pontil scars.

ROPED SQUARES

The first bottle we will look at is the National Tonic Bitters. A proud bottle and a great looking pair in amber and aqua. N 13 NATIONAL TONIC BITTERS. NATIONAL // f // TONIC BITTERS // f //. 9 1/2 x 3 (7 1/4) Square, LTC, Applied mouth, Roped corners, Amber – Extremely rare; Aqua – Scarce. Variant 11 dots one panel, 10 dots on remaining

3

LOOKING AT DR. GOTTLIEB FISCH’S BITTERS AND THE FISH The bottle label reads, “An unequaled beverage and appetizer invaluable for dyspepsia, general debility, languor, loss of appetite and any complaint requiring a tonic bitters.Free from the deleterious effects of alcoholic drinks, for which it is an antidote. It is prompt in action, palatable to the taste, and bracing and invigorating in its effects upon both the body and mind.”

DANDELION BITTERS

Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy John H. Sheehan & Company, Utica, N.Y. 03 February 2015. The other day I noticed a Dandelion Bitters advertising trade card on eBay that I was not familiar with. The bitters was put out by John H. Sheehan & Company in Utica, New York.There are quite a few Dandelion Bitters, a number of them we have posted about before including: IS THE HUNYADI JANOS SAXLEHNER’S BITTERQUELLE A BITTERS 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either at a bottle show or on eBay and wondering if this was a bitters bottle. Many of us were

intrigued by the

J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. DRAKEʼS PLANTATION BITTERS MUNSEY DRAKE’S PLANTION BITTERS 4 In 1867, Drake established the P.H. Drake Company with himself as sole proprietor. The famous Plantation Bitters recipe, “a wonderful vegetable restorative,” contained a mixture of herbs, laced with 150° St. Croix rum from the

Caribbean.

IMPRESSIVE WHISKEY AND BOURBON BOTTLE PHOTOGRAPHY AT ABA Lot #51 C.W. STUART’S EXTRA KENTUCKY WHISKY – ABA 54. Lot #52 OPS BOURBON WHISKEY FROM AP HOTALING’S OLD PRIVATE STOCK SAN FRANCISCO. Thomas-52, 1879-85. Fifth, applied top. Here is a bottle that is not only a popular one but is almost legendary in its place among western fifths. Anyone who has been remotely associated with collecting

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Of Dutch stock, Elias Henry Van Benschoten was born in Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York on April 28, 1814 to Henry Teunise Van Benschoten (also spelled “Van Bunschoten” or “Van Bunschooten” and Mary Jackson. Elias would marry Phoebe Kissam Underhill and they had four children, William N., Mary E., Agusta, and John N. Van

Benschoten.

LINKS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS Auctions. American Glass Gallery John Pastor, New Hudson, Michigan. Morphy Auctions Dan Morphy Auctions is one of the fastest-growing and most successful auction houses and antique galleries in the country. Norman C. Heckler & Co. Norman C. Heckler & Sons. UniSquare – Collectible bottles marketplace and auctions.

CONNECTICUT

Visit Mike’s Web Site BottleShow.com. The Willington Glass Works in CT was in business for an astounding 57 years from 1815-1872. The earlier production was most earthy tone olive and olive-amber colors. Here are 3 earlier pieces, all appear to have been made from the same dip mold and have very similar pontil scars.

ROPED SQUARES

The first bottle we will look at is the National Tonic Bitters. A proud bottle and a great looking pair in amber and aqua. N 13 NATIONAL TONIC BITTERS. NATIONAL // f // TONIC BITTERS // f //. 9 1/2 x 3 (7 1/4) Square, LTC, Applied mouth, Roped corners, Amber – Extremely rare; Aqua – Scarce. Variant 11 dots one panel, 10 dots on remaining

3

LOOKING AT DR. GOTTLIEB FISCH’S BITTERS AND THE FISH The bottle label reads, “An unequaled beverage and appetizer invaluable for dyspepsia, general debility, languor, loss of appetite and any complaint requiring a tonic bitters.Free from the deleterious effects of alcoholic drinks, for which it is an antidote. It is prompt in action, palatable to the taste, and bracing and invigorating in its effects upon both the body and mind.”

DANDELION BITTERS

Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy John H. Sheehan & Company, Utica, N.Y. 03 February 2015. The other day I noticed a Dandelion Bitters advertising trade card on eBay that I was not familiar with. The bitters was put out by John H. Sheehan & Company in Utica, New York.There are quite a few Dandelion Bitters, a number of them we have posted about before including: IS THE HUNYADI JANOS SAXLEHNER’S BITTERQUELLE A BITTERS 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either at a bottle show or on eBay and wondering if this was a bitters bottle. Many of us were

intrigued by the

J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. DRAKEʼS PLANTATION BITTERS MUNSEY DRAKE’S PLANTION BITTERS 4 In 1867, Drake established the P.H. Drake Company with himself as sole proprietor. The famous Plantation Bitters recipe, “a wonderful vegetable restorative,” contained a mixture of herbs, laced with 150° St. Croix rum from the

Caribbean.

IMPRESSIVE WHISKEY AND BOURBON BOTTLE PHOTOGRAPHY AT ABA Lot #51 C.W. STUART’S EXTRA KENTUCKY WHISKY – ABA 54. Lot #52 OPS BOURBON WHISKEY FROM AP HOTALING’S OLD PRIVATE STOCK SAN FRANCISCO. Thomas-52, 1879-85. Fifth, applied top. Here is a bottle that is not only a popular one but is almost legendary in its place among western fifths. Anyone who has been remotely associated with collecting

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Blown Bottle Amber Mug Whimsey. Hi Ferdinand, Found your site a week back and have been mind boggled and hooked since. I’ve been doing bottles and glass all my life and back in the 1990’s have sold a piece or two to the respectable likes of Jeff Noordsy and also Judith Cronin who owns the copyrights to Ruth Webb Lee’s EAPG Pattern

Books.

WHAT IS BOONEKAMP?

The Boonekamp smell is aromatic and spicy, slightly licorice-like, and in the finish, warm-burning. It also has a medicinal taste due to the herb mixture. The alcohol content is 40 to 49 percent by volume and the sugar content is a maximum of three grams per 100 millilitres. The duration of storage causes further differentiation of taste INSULATORS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS | PAGE 2 Insulator Hunters. Posted on 2 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V. I put together a post earlier today called Privy Digging – The Hole Story which included some great pictures of holes and digs. These diggers are going to some major depths including one hole at JACOB & DAVID HOSTETTER Dr. Jacob Hostetter and David Hostetter. Of Dutch extraction, David Hostetter was the eldest child of Jacob Hostetter by his wife Mary Landis, and was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 23 January 1819. Dr. Jacob Hostetter was born on 13 October 1785 in York County, Pennsylvania and actually developed the original formula for the

bitters.

CORN FOR THE WORLD HISTORICAL FLASKS Amber quart Corn for the World historical flask. Heckler Auction 100 – Lot: 13 “Baltimore” And Monument – “Corn For The World” And Partially Shucked Ear Of Corn Historical Flask, Baltimore Glass Works, Baltimore, Maryland, 1860-1870. Brilliant yellow amber with an olive tone, applied short sloping collared mouth – smooth base,

quart.

COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS Last December 2010, during the Auburn 49er Bottle Show, I had the good fortune of meeting Don Dwyer from Oroville, California. Don mentioned that he had an extensive Western Bitters Collection and asked if Elizabeth and I would like to BITTERS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS | PAGE 76 SOLOMONS’ STRENGTHENING BITTERS SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 13 August 2012 (Post updated 18 December 2012) (R•020219) Sometimes I have bottle posts that take a longer and broader range approach such as the Fancy Square Series and the Figural Barrel Series etc.

MEDICINES & CURES

St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters – Gentry & Otis – New, York 20 June 2012 (R•052814) (R•102318) My friend and Civil War medicine authority Jim Schmidt (visit Civil War Medicine (and writing) found this great advertisement for St. Nicholas Stomach Bitters

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His mother was born in the U.S. of English descent. The family earned its wealth distributing Angostura Bitters, permitting Frank to attend Cornell University where he joined Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. POSTS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS | YOUR COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR The Iron Maiden 23 April 2014. I received a call yesterday from an old-time historical flask collector named Joe Wood. We talked for a bit about the great flask collections from previous decades and he mentioned that he had auctioned off his flasks with Glass Works Auctions some years ago. We did end up talking about bitters as he had once owned an aqua, pontiled, un-embossed proof for the

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Of Dutch stock, Elias Henry Van Benschoten was born in Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York on April 28, 1814 to Henry Teunise Van Benschoten (also spelled “Van Bunschoten” or “Van Bunschooten” and Mary Jackson. Elias would marry Phoebe Kissam Underhill and they had four children, William N., Mary E., Agusta, and John N. Van

Benschoten.

LINKS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS Auctions. American Glass Gallery John Pastor, New Hudson, Michigan. Morphy Auctions Dan Morphy Auctions is one of the fastest-growing and most successful auction houses and antique galleries in the country. Norman C. Heckler & Co. Norman C. Heckler & Sons. UniSquare – Collectible bottles marketplace and auctions.

CONNECTICUT

Visit Mike’s Web Site BottleShow.com. The Willington Glass Works in CT was in business for an astounding 57 years from 1815-1872. The earlier production was most earthy tone olive and olive-amber colors. Here are 3 earlier pieces, all appear to have been made from the same dip mold and have very similar pontil scars.

ROPED SQUARES

The first bottle we will look at is the National Tonic Bitters. A proud bottle and a great looking pair in amber and aqua. N 13 NATIONAL TONIC BITTERS. NATIONAL // f // TONIC BITTERS // f //. 9 1/2 x 3 (7 1/4) Square, LTC, Applied mouth, Roped corners, Amber – Extremely rare; Aqua – Scarce. Variant 11 dots one panel, 10 dots on remaining

3

LOOKING AT DR. GOTTLIEB FISCH’S BITTERS AND THE FISH The bottle label reads, “An unequaled beverage and appetizer invaluable for dyspepsia, general debility, languor, loss of appetite and any complaint requiring a tonic bitters.Free from the deleterious effects of alcoholic drinks, for which it is an antidote. It is prompt in action, palatable to the taste, and bracing and invigorating in its effects upon both the body and mind.” IS THE HUNYADI JANOS SAXLEHNER’S BITTERQUELLE A BITTERS 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either at a bottle show or on eBay and wondering if this was a bitters bottle. Many of us were

intrigued by the

DANDELION BITTERS

Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy John H. Sheehan & Company, Utica, N.Y. 03 February 2015. The other day I noticed a Dandelion Bitters advertising trade card on eBay that I was not familiar with. The bitters was put out by John H. Sheehan & Company in Utica, New York.There are quite a few Dandelion Bitters, a number of them we have posted about before including: JACOB & DAVID HOSTETTER Dr. Jacob Hostetter and David Hostetter. Of Dutch extraction, David Hostetter was the eldest child of Jacob Hostetter by his wife Mary Landis, and was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 23 January 1819. Dr. Jacob Hostetter was born on 13 October 1785 in York County, Pennsylvania and actually developed the original formula for the

bitters.

J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. DRAKEʼS PLANTATION BITTERS MUNSEY DRAKE’S PLANTION BITTERS 4 In 1867, Drake established the P.H. Drake Company with himself as sole proprietor. The famous Plantation Bitters recipe, “a wonderful vegetable restorative,” contained a mixture of herbs, laced with 150° St. Croix rum from the

Caribbean.

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Of Dutch stock, Elias Henry Van Benschoten was born in Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York on April 28, 1814 to Henry Teunise Van Benschoten (also spelled “Van Bunschoten” or “Van Bunschooten” and Mary Jackson. Elias would marry Phoebe Kissam Underhill and they had four children, William N., Mary E., Agusta, and John N. Van

Benschoten.

LINKS | PEACHRIDGE GLASSPEACHRIDGE GLASS COMPANYPEACHTREE GLASS Auctions. American Glass Gallery John Pastor, New Hudson, Michigan. Morphy Auctions Dan Morphy Auctions is one of the fastest-growing and most successful auction houses and antique galleries in the country. Norman C. Heckler & Co. Norman C. Heckler & Sons. UniSquare – Collectible bottles marketplace and auctions.

CONNECTICUT

Visit Mike’s Web Site BottleShow.com. The Willington Glass Works in CT was in business for an astounding 57 years from 1815-1872. The earlier production was most earthy tone olive and olive-amber colors. Here are 3 earlier pieces, all appear to have been made from the same dip mold and have very similar pontil scars.

ROPED SQUARES

The first bottle we will look at is the National Tonic Bitters. A proud bottle and a great looking pair in amber and aqua. N 13 NATIONAL TONIC BITTERS. NATIONAL // f // TONIC BITTERS // f //. 9 1/2 x 3 (7 1/4) Square, LTC, Applied mouth, Roped corners, Amber – Extremely rare; Aqua – Scarce. Variant 11 dots one panel, 10 dots on remaining

3

LOOKING AT DR. GOTTLIEB FISCH’S BITTERS AND THE FISHDOCTOR FISCH S

BITTERS

The bottle label reads, “An unequaled beverage and appetizer invaluable for dyspepsia, general debility, languor, loss of appetite and any complaint requiring a tonic bitters.Free from the deleterious effects of alcoholic drinks, for which it is an antidote. It is prompt in action, palatable to the taste, and bracing and invigorating in its effects upon both the body and mind.” IS THE HUNYADI JANOS SAXLEHNER’S BITTERQUELLE A BITTERSHUNYADI JÁNOS A TÖRÖKVERŐHUNYADI JANOS ELETRAJZAJANOS HUNYADI HUNGARYBITTERQUELLE HUNYADI JANOS 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either at a bottle show or on eBay and wondering if this was a bitters bottle. Many of us were

intrigued by the

DANDELION BITTERS

Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy John H. Sheehan & Company, Utica, N.Y. 03 February 2015. The other day I noticed a Dandelion Bitters advertising trade card on eBay that I was not familiar with. The bitters was put out by John H. Sheehan & Company in Utica, New York.There are quite a few Dandelion Bitters, a number of them we have posted about before including: JACOB & DAVID HOSTETTER Dr. Jacob Hostetter and David Hostetter. Of Dutch extraction, David Hostetter was the eldest child of Jacob Hostetter by his wife Mary Landis, and was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 23 January 1819. Dr. Jacob Hostetter was born on 13 October 1785 in York County, Pennsylvania and actually developed the original formula for the

bitters.

J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. DRAKEʼS PLANTATION BITTERS MUNSEY DRAKE’S PLANTION BITTERS 4 In 1867, Drake established the P.H. Drake Company with himself as sole proprietor. The famous Plantation Bitters recipe, “a wonderful vegetable restorative,” contained a mixture of herbs, laced with 150° St. Croix rum from the

Caribbean.

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Attached is a press release with accompanying images for Auction #67, a two-part online auction event planned for November 27th and January 24th, 2020, by American Bottle Auctions (www.americanbottle.com), based in Sacramento, Calif. Headlining the two sales will be the legendary Ken Fee collection of mostly Western bitters bottles, to include a 150-year-old blue Cassin’s Grape GALLERY | PEACHRIDGE GLASS The large lamp is a solar lamp with a red, white and blue marbrie decorated base with a cobalt bead of glass around the bottom edge. It has a patriotic shield cut on the shade, circa 1850-60. Last is a blown wide mouth bottle in milk glass with red and blue marbrie decoration. This bottle was probably used as COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS Last December 2010, during the Auburn 49er Bottle Show, I had the good fortune of meeting Don Dwyer from Oroville, California. Don mentioned that he had an extensive Western Bitters Collection and asked if Elizabeth and I would like to

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Blown Bottle Amber Mug Whimsey. Hi Ferdinand, Found your site a week back and have been mind boggled and hooked since. I’ve been doing bottles and glass all my life and back in the 1990’s have sold a piece or two to the respectable likes of Jeff Noordsy and also Judith Cronin who owns the copyrights to Ruth Webb Lee’s EAPG Pattern

Books.

POSTS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS | YOUR COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR The Iron Maiden 23 April 2014. I received a call yesterday from an old-time historical flask collector named Joe Wood. We talked for a bit about the great flask collections from previous decades and he mentioned that he had auctioned off his flasks with Glass Works Auctions some years ago. We did end up talking about bitters as he had once owned an aqua, pontiled, un-embossed proof for the HENRY FERRIS PORTER BOTTLE Henry Ferris was posting a $10 reward for a runaway slave named Julia – The Times Picayune Thursday, April 30, 1846. The Porter bottle is stamped Powell Bristol as noted above. The Powell family had been brown stone potters at Thomas Street, Bristol from 1780 and were also manufacturers of glass bottles. Around 1816 William Powell established J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. CORN FOR THE WORLD HISTORICAL FLASKS Amber quart Corn for the World historical flask. Heckler Auction 100 – Lot: 13 “Baltimore” And Monument – “Corn For The World” And Partially Shucked Ear Of Corn Historical Flask, Baltimore Glass Works, Baltimore, Maryland, 1860-1870. Brilliant yellow amber with an olive tone, applied short sloping collared mouth – smooth base,

quart.

R.C. RIDGWAY & CO. LADY’S LEG R.C. Ridgway & Co. Lady’s Leg – Philadelphia 24 December 2018. I received the email below and pictures of an exciting new find from Robert Biro that I thought I would share. ABBOTT’S AROMATIC BITTERS Today I would like to talk about Abbott’s Aromatic Bitters from the C.W. Abbott Company. C.W. Abbott and Co. was founded in 1865 in Baltimore, Maryland, which was then one one of the epicenters of American liquor production.Abbott’s began selling its bitters in 1872, becoming one of the three biggest-selling bitters (the other two being Angostura and Peychaud) during the cocktail era.

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Of Dutch stock, Elias Henry Van Benschoten was born in Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York on April 28, 1814 to Henry Teunise Van Benschoten (also spelled “Van Bunschoten” or “Van Bunschooten” and Mary Jackson. Elias would marry Phoebe Kissam Underhill and they had four children, William N., Mary E., Agusta, and John N. Van

Benschoten.

LINKS | PEACHRIDGE GLASSPEACHRIDGE GLASS COMPANYPEACHTREE GLASS Auctions. American Glass Gallery John Pastor, New Hudson, Michigan. Morphy Auctions Dan Morphy Auctions is one of the fastest-growing and most successful auction houses and antique galleries in the country. Norman C. Heckler & Co. Norman C. Heckler & Sons. UniSquare – Collectible bottles marketplace and auctions.

CONNECTICUT

Visit Mike’s Web Site BottleShow.com. The Willington Glass Works in CT was in business for an astounding 57 years from 1815-1872. The earlier production was most earthy tone olive and olive-amber colors. Here are 3 earlier pieces, all appear to have been made from the same dip mold and have very similar pontil scars.

ROPED SQUARES

The first bottle we will look at is the National Tonic Bitters. A proud bottle and a great looking pair in amber and aqua. N 13 NATIONAL TONIC BITTERS. NATIONAL // f // TONIC BITTERS // f //. 9 1/2 x 3 (7 1/4) Square, LTC, Applied mouth, Roped corners, Amber – Extremely rare; Aqua – Scarce. Variant 11 dots one panel, 10 dots on remaining

3

LOOKING AT DR. GOTTLIEB FISCH’S BITTERS AND THE FISHDOCTOR FISCH S

BITTERS

The bottle label reads, “An unequaled beverage and appetizer invaluable for dyspepsia, general debility, languor, loss of appetite and any complaint requiring a tonic bitters.Free from the deleterious effects of alcoholic drinks, for which it is an antidote. It is prompt in action, palatable to the taste, and bracing and invigorating in its effects upon both the body and mind.” IS THE HUNYADI JANOS SAXLEHNER’S BITTERQUELLE A BITTERSHUNYADI JÁNOS A TÖRÖKVERŐHUNYADI JANOS ELETRAJZAJANOS HUNYADI HUNGARYBITTERQUELLE HUNYADI JANOS 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either at a bottle show or on eBay and wondering if this was a bitters bottle. Many of us were

intrigued by the

DANDELION BITTERS

Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy John H. Sheehan & Company, Utica, N.Y. 03 February 2015. The other day I noticed a Dandelion Bitters advertising trade card on eBay that I was not familiar with. The bitters was put out by John H. Sheehan & Company in Utica, New York.There are quite a few Dandelion Bitters, a number of them we have posted about before including: JACOB & DAVID HOSTETTER Dr. Jacob Hostetter and David Hostetter. Of Dutch extraction, David Hostetter was the eldest child of Jacob Hostetter by his wife Mary Landis, and was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 23 January 1819. Dr. Jacob Hostetter was born on 13 October 1785 in York County, Pennsylvania and actually developed the original formula for the

bitters.

J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. DRAKEʼS PLANTATION BITTERS MUNSEY DRAKE’S PLANTION BITTERS 4 In 1867, Drake established the P.H. Drake Company with himself as sole proprietor. The famous Plantation Bitters recipe, “a wonderful vegetable restorative,” contained a mixture of herbs, laced with 150° St. Croix rum from the

Caribbean.

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Of Dutch stock, Elias Henry Van Benschoten was born in Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York on April 28, 1814 to Henry Teunise Van Benschoten (also spelled “Van Bunschoten” or “Van Bunschooten” and Mary Jackson. Elias would marry Phoebe Kissam Underhill and they had four children, William N., Mary E., Agusta, and John N. Van

Benschoten.

LINKS | PEACHRIDGE GLASSPEACHRIDGE GLASS COMPANYPEACHTREE GLASS Auctions. American Glass Gallery John Pastor, New Hudson, Michigan. Morphy Auctions Dan Morphy Auctions is one of the fastest-growing and most successful auction houses and antique galleries in the country. Norman C. Heckler & Co. Norman C. Heckler & Sons. UniSquare – Collectible bottles marketplace and auctions.

CONNECTICUT

Visit Mike’s Web Site BottleShow.com. The Willington Glass Works in CT was in business for an astounding 57 years from 1815-1872. The earlier production was most earthy tone olive and olive-amber colors. Here are 3 earlier pieces, all appear to have been made from the same dip mold and have very similar pontil scars.

ROPED SQUARES

The first bottle we will look at is the National Tonic Bitters. A proud bottle and a great looking pair in amber and aqua. N 13 NATIONAL TONIC BITTERS. NATIONAL // f // TONIC BITTERS // f //. 9 1/2 x 3 (7 1/4) Square, LTC, Applied mouth, Roped corners, Amber – Extremely rare; Aqua – Scarce. Variant 11 dots one panel, 10 dots on remaining

3

LOOKING AT DR. GOTTLIEB FISCH’S BITTERS AND THE FISHDOCTOR FISCH S

BITTERS

The bottle label reads, “An unequaled beverage and appetizer invaluable for dyspepsia, general debility, languor, loss of appetite and any complaint requiring a tonic bitters.Free from the deleterious effects of alcoholic drinks, for which it is an antidote. It is prompt in action, palatable to the taste, and bracing and invigorating in its effects upon both the body and mind.” IS THE HUNYADI JANOS SAXLEHNER’S BITTERQUELLE A BITTERSHUNYADI JÁNOS A TÖRÖKVERŐHUNYADI JANOS ELETRAJZAJANOS HUNYADI HUNGARYBITTERQUELLE HUNYADI JANOS 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either at a bottle show or on eBay and wondering if this was a bitters bottle. Many of us were

intrigued by the

DANDELION BITTERS

Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy John H. Sheehan & Company, Utica, N.Y. 03 February 2015. The other day I noticed a Dandelion Bitters advertising trade card on eBay that I was not familiar with. The bitters was put out by John H. Sheehan & Company in Utica, New York.There are quite a few Dandelion Bitters, a number of them we have posted about before including: JACOB & DAVID HOSTETTER Dr. Jacob Hostetter and David Hostetter. Of Dutch extraction, David Hostetter was the eldest child of Jacob Hostetter by his wife Mary Landis, and was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 23 January 1819. Dr. Jacob Hostetter was born on 13 October 1785 in York County, Pennsylvania and actually developed the original formula for the

bitters.

J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. DRAKEʼS PLANTATION BITTERS MUNSEY DRAKE’S PLANTION BITTERS 4 In 1867, Drake established the P.H. Drake Company with himself as sole proprietor. The famous Plantation Bitters recipe, “a wonderful vegetable restorative,” contained a mixture of herbs, laced with 150° St. Croix rum from the

Caribbean.

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Attached is a press release with accompanying images for Auction #67, a two-part online auction event planned for November 27th and January 24th, 2020, by American Bottle Auctions (www.americanbottle.com), based in Sacramento, Calif. Headlining the two sales will be the legendary Ken Fee collection of mostly Western bitters bottles, to include a 150-year-old blue Cassin’s Grape GALLERY | PEACHRIDGE GLASS The large lamp is a solar lamp with a red, white and blue marbrie decorated base with a cobalt bead of glass around the bottom edge. It has a patriotic shield cut on the shade, circa 1850-60. Last is a blown wide mouth bottle in milk glass with red and blue marbrie decoration. This bottle was probably used as COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS Last December 2010, during the Auburn 49er Bottle Show, I had the good fortune of meeting Don Dwyer from Oroville, California. Don mentioned that he had an extensive Western Bitters Collection and asked if Elizabeth and I would like to

PEACHRIDGE GLASS

Blown Bottle Amber Mug Whimsey. Hi Ferdinand, Found your site a week back and have been mind boggled and hooked since. I’ve been doing bottles and glass all my life and back in the 1990’s have sold a piece or two to the respectable likes of Jeff Noordsy and also Judith Cronin who owns the copyrights to Ruth Webb Lee’s EAPG Pattern

Books.

POSTS | PEACHRIDGE GLASS | YOUR COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR The Iron Maiden 23 April 2014. I received a call yesterday from an old-time historical flask collector named Joe Wood. We talked for a bit about the great flask collections from previous decades and he mentioned that he had auctioned off his flasks with Glass Works Auctions some years ago. We did end up talking about bitters as he had once owned an aqua, pontiled, un-embossed proof for the HENRY FERRIS PORTER BOTTLE Henry Ferris was posting a $10 reward for a runaway slave named Julia – The Times Picayune Thursday, April 30, 1846. The Porter bottle is stamped Powell Bristol as noted above. The Powell family had been brown stone potters at Thomas Street, Bristol from 1780 and were also manufacturers of glass bottles. Around 1816 William Powell established J. MOORE AND JESSE MOORE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLES J. Moore and Jesse Moore Bourbon Whiskey Bottles 24 December 2011. Western collector Lance Westfall sent me a few really nice photos of J. Moore and Jesse Moore bottles (Deer antlers) for the Christmas Themed write-up. Instead of posting these ‘antler’ embossed bottles with Santa Claus and Crucifix themed bottles I decided to isolate in this post. CORN FOR THE WORLD HISTORICAL FLASKS Amber quart Corn for the World historical flask. Heckler Auction 100 – Lot: 13 “Baltimore” And Monument – “Corn For The World” And Partially Shucked Ear Of Corn Historical Flask, Baltimore Glass Works, Baltimore, Maryland, 1860-1870. Brilliant yellow amber with an olive tone, applied short sloping collared mouth – smooth base,

quart.

R.C. RIDGWAY & CO. LADY’S LEG R.C. Ridgway & Co. Lady’s Leg – Philadelphia 24 December 2018. I received the email below and pictures of an exciting new find from Robert Biro that I thought I would share. ABBOTT’S AROMATIC BITTERS Today I would like to talk about Abbott’s Aromatic Bitters from the C.W. Abbott Company. C.W. Abbott and Co. was founded in 1865 in Baltimore, Maryland, which was then one one of the epicenters of American liquor production.Abbott’s began selling its bitters in 1872, becoming one of the three biggest-selling bitters (the other two being Angostura and Peychaud) during the cocktail era.

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------------------------- AMERICAN GLASS GALERY AUCTION #27 OPENS TODAY!

AUCTION #27

WILL FEATURE 280 LOTS OF QUALITY ITEMS INCLUDING HISTORICAL FLASKS, CHOICE BITTERS, RARE PONTILED MEDICINES, SPIRITS AND WHISKEYS, SODAS, AND MINERAL WATERS, FRUIT JARS, INKS, BLOWN AND PATTERN MOLDED ITEMS, AND MUCH MORE! VISIT AUCTION ------------------------- THE “TIPPECANOE” GVII-2 FIGURAL CABIN

“TIPPECANOE”

IS A NICKNAME FOR WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON FROM HIS ROLE IN THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE. HARRISON WAS ALSO THE NINTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM MARCH 1841 TO APRIL 1841. “TIPPECANOE” IS ALSO EMBOSSED ON ONE OF THE FINEST PIECES OF EARLY AMERICAN GLASS EVER MADE. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON WAS BORN IN CHARLES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THE SON OF … SEE AND READ MORE ------------------------- THE GI-94 FRANKLIN – DYOTT HISTORICAL FLASK

THOMAS

W. DYOTT, THE SELF-PROCLAIMED “KING” OF AMERICAN PATENT MEDICINE, WAS A GREAT ENTREPRENEUR WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF POLITICAL EVENTS AND SLOGANS FROM THE TIMES AND INTERPRETED THEM ONTO HIS PICTORIAL FLASKS. THIS WAS A CLEVER MARKETING PLOY THAT NETTED HIM GREAT PROFITS WITH HIS CUSTOMER BASE AND AUDIENCE. THIS ASTUTE MERCHANDISING IS VERY EVIDENT ON OUR GI-94 FLASK AS DYOTT CAPITALIZED ON THE POPULARITY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. SEE AND READ MORE ------------------------- TWO FANTASTIC SHRIVER’S BALTIMORE OYSTER KETCHUP BOTTLES ADDED TO

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OYSTER

BARS WERE POPULAR ESTABLISHMENTS STARTING IN THE EARLY TO MID-1800S AND COULD BE FOUND IN EASTERN CITIES SUCH AS BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND BALTIMORE THAT WERE CLOSE TO THE ATLANTIC OYSTER BEDS. THE DORLON & SHAFFER OYSTER HOUSE AT FULTON MARKET IN NEW YORK CITY WAS FAMOUS NATIONALLY AND EVEN INTERNATIONALLY TO TRAVELERS TO THE BIG CITY. THE UNION OYSTER HOUSE IN BOSTON IS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPEN RESTAURANT IN THE UNITED STATES AS IT OPENED IN 1826. BALTIMORE WAS THE EPICENTER OF SEAFOOD AT THAT TIME WITH ITS PROXIMITY TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. VISIT THE FOOD & SAUCES GALLERY AND

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------------------------- AMERICAN LIFE BITTERS TOP BOTTLE IN THE GLASS WORKS AUCTION PREMIER

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IS A REALLY GREAT LOOKING RECTANGULAR FIGURAL BITTERS CABIN WITH A CURVED ROOF RATHER THAN ANGULAR LIKE MOST CABIN BITTERS. THE AMERICAN LIFE BITTERS IS PRETTY TOUGH TO OBTAIN AND THERE ARE TWO VARIANTS. OUR MUSEUM EXAMPLE IS EXTREMELY RARE AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE IN COLOR. FOR THE MOST PART, THIS BOTTLE STORY IS ABOUT THE INVENTOR, PETER E. ILER, WHO WAS BORN IN WOOSTER, OHIO IN 1840. HE EVENTUALLY ENDED UP IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. HIS FAMOUS BITTERS HAVE EITHER THE TIFFIN, OHIO, OR OMAHA, NEBRASKA EMBOSSING. READ MORE ------------------------- A SPECTACULAR TWO-TONE AMBER LACOUR’S SARSAPARIPHERE BITTERS

HERE

IS A SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE OF A TWO-TONE AMBER LACOUR’S SARSAPARIPHERE BITTERS FROM THE STEVEN HUBBELL COLLECTION. THIS NEW SPINNER WAS ADDED TO THE EXISTING PAGE FOR THE MINT GREEN LACOUR’S SARSAPARIPHERE BITTERS. BOTH EXAMPLES ARE EXTRAORDINARY AND WILL STAND TOGETHER IN THE BITTERS GALLERY. ALAN DEMAISON REALLY DID A GREAT JOB IMAGING THIS BOTTLE. LOUIS LACOUR WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 26, 1821, IN SAINT-FARGEAU, BOROUGH OF JOIGNY, DEPARTEMENT OF L’YVONNE, REGION OF BURGUNDY, FRANCE WHICH IS ABOUT 120 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARIS. LACOUR LEFT PARIS IN 1849, AND CAME TO CALIFORNIA, VIA NEW YORK, AS HE HAD HEARD OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. SEE BOTTLE ------------------------- AT & CO. – ASHER TAYLOR & CO.

WE

JUST ADDED A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE UNUSUAL AT & CO (ASHER TAYLOR & CO.) BOTTLE TO THE FOHBC VIRTUAL MUSEUM BITTERS GALLERY. A GOOD MANY OF THE AT & CO BOTTLES WERE FOUND AT THE LEGENDARY 1998 DIG AT AN OLD 19TH-CENTURY BOTTLE RECYCLING PLANT IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY OF THESE BOTTLES, IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS, WERE FOUND IN GREAT-LOOKING SHADES OF AMBER, OLIVE AMBER, YELLOW AMBER, AND YELLOW-OLIVE. AT THE SAME DIG, MANY OTHER WESTERN BITTERS WERE FOUND IN SUBTERRANEAN CACHES NEAR THE AT & CO BOTTLES. READ MORE ------------------------- A FINE FAUTZ’S FAMILY MEDICINES – BALTIMORE FROM THE BEN SWANSON

COLLECTION

S.

A. FOUTZ IS SOLOMON A. FOUTZ. IN 1857 OR SO, SOLOMON WENT INTO BUSINESS WITH HIS BROTHER DAVID E. FOUTZ AS S. A. FOUTZ & BRO. IN BALTIMORE AND MANUFACTURED AND EXTENSIVELY SOLD SUCH REMEDIES KNOWN AS “FOUTZ’S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS” AND “FOUTZ’S LINIMENT”. IN 1867 SOLOMON SOLD OUT TO HIS BROTHER FOR A CONSIDERABLE SUM OF MONEY. DAVID E. FOUTZ BECAME SOLE OWNER OF ALL OF THE SECRET FORMULAS, NAMES, GOOD WILL, STOCK OF GOODS, AND MATERIALS CONNECTED WITH THE BUSINESS. DAVID KEPT THE S. A. FOUTZ & BRO. NAME AND UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1877. BUSINESS WAS LATER CONDUCTED BY HIS WIDOW WHICH EVOLVED INTO A TRADE-MARKS AND TRADE NAMES – UNLAWFUL COMPETITION LAWSUIT. READ

MORE

------------------------- ARTHUR’S PATENT 1855 – ARTHUR, BURNHAM & GILROY PHILADELPHIA

LIKE

CARVED ICE, AN EXTREMELY RARE ARTHUR’S PATENT 1855 – ARTHUR, BURNHAM & GILROY PHILADELPHIA CLEAR PINT NOW IN THE FOHBC VIRTUAL MUSEUM JAR GALLERY. ALAN DEMAISON DID AN AMAZING JOB ON THE PIECE OF CLEAR GLASS. THE MOST DIFFICULT TO PHOTOGRAPH. THIS IS THE SECOND DR. ROBERT ARTHUR PIECE IN THE MUSEUM. BOTH FROM THE 1850S. SEE THE JAR ------------------------- THE WORMSER BROS SAN FRANCISCO FIGURAL BARREL – WHISKEY OR BITTERS?

MOST

ANTIQUE BOTTLE COLLECTORS BELIEVE THAT THIS FIGURAL BARREL-SHAPED BOTTLE WAS A BITTERS PRODUCT. IN MOST CASES, IF A PROPRIETOR HAD A LIQUOR LIKE BOURBON OR WHISKEY, HE WOULD USE A TRADITIONAL LONG NECK ROUND BOTTLE IN QUARTS AND FIFTHS AND USE A SMALLER PINT AND HALF-PINT FLASK FOR LESSER AMOUNTS. IF A PROPRIETOR HAD A BITTERS TO MARKET, HE MIGHT FOR EXAMPLE USE A FIGURAL BARREL, CABIN, OR SQUARE BOTTLE. THE IRONY IS THAT THESE PRODUCTS, WHETHER IT WAS A WHISKEY OR BITTERS, CONTAINED A LARGE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL. IT IS ALL ABOUT MARKETING AND WHO YOU ARE SELLING TO. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NO ADVERTISING TO CONFIRM THIS BITTERS ASSERTION THOUGH IT IS RECORDED THAT AN EXAMPLE WITH A PARTIAL LABEL WAS FOUND IN NEVADA. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS EXAMPLE. READ

MORE

------------------------- SANDED PATD SEPT 25TH 1877 TARGET BALLS

SEE

A GORGEOUS DEEP TEAL, ALMOST PEACOCK BLUE TARGET BALL THAT IS EMBOSSED PATD SEPT 25TH 1877 AROUND THE SHOULDER. ALSO A MEDIUM GRASS GREEN EXAMPLE IN A FULL ROTATION IN THE FOHBC VIRTUAL MUSEUM. THESE BALLS ARE 3-PIECE MOLDS WITH AN OVERALL PEBBLY OR SANDY FINISH TO THE GLASS WITH A SHEARED MOUTH. THESE ‘SAND BALLS’ ARE CALLED JUST THAT BECAUSE AS THEY WERE COOLING, THEY ROLLED THE BALL IN VERY FINE SAND, WHICH EMBEDDED INTO THE GLASS, CAUSING A MORE COARSE SURFACE. THIS ALLOWED FOR BETTER PENETRATION OF THE BALL BY THE SHOOTER. THE BALL IS 2 5/8″ IN DIAMETER AND PERFECT. SEE THE TARGET BALLS ------------------------- A. STONE & CO. CUNNINGHAMS & CO. PHILADELPHIA IN OLIVE GREEN

THIS

IS THE EARLIEST STONE JAR. OUR QUART A. STONE & CO. GROOVE RING WAX SEALER JAR IN THIS BEAUTIFUL OLIVE GREEN GLASS COLOR IS UNIQUE. THE JAR HAS A HIGH KICK-UP, BARE IRON PONTIL SCAR. THESE RARE JARS ARE USUALLY FOUND IN AQUA AND CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN HALF-GALLONS. ------------------------- TWO CALIFORNIA WINE BITTERS NOW SPINNING IN THE FOHBC VIRTUAL MUSEUM

CALIFORNIA

WINE BITTERS IS AN EXTREMELY DESIRABLE, TOP-25 WESTERN BITTERS THAT IS CONSIDERED VERY RARE. THE ROUND CYLINDER BOTTLES ARE TYPICALLY FOUND IN BEAUTIFUL SHADES OF GREEN. A WESTERN COLLECTOR ONCE NOTED THAT OF THE TEN OR SO EXAMPLES HE HAD EITHER OWNED, HANDLED, OR SEEN, EACH WAS A DIFFERENT GREEN COLOR. OF THE SPECIMENS THAT ARE KNOWN, THE BOTTLES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN UNITED STATES. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A WHOLE EXAMPLE WAS FOUND AT A MINING CAMP NEAR DESERT HILLS, ARIZONA, 35 MILES FROM APACHE JUNCTION AND ONE EXAMPLE CAME FROM AN EARLY RIVER TOWN IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY. BROKEN EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN SAN FRANCISCO AND A FEW EXAMPLES HAVE EVEN BEEN FOUND UNDER BUILDINGS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SEE EXAMPLES ------------------------- A. STONE & CO. PHILADA. WAX SEALER IN AQUAMARINE

THIS

EARLY, SMALL-MOUTH, QUART WAX SEALER JAR IS EMBOSSED A. STONE & CO. IN AN ARCH ON THE FACE OF THE CONTAINER. THE ‘O’ IN ‘CO.’ IS SMALLER. CENTERED BENEATH, IN A HORIZONTAL LINE, IS PHILADA. THE LAST ‘A’ IS SMALLER. THIS SAME INFORMATION IS TYPICALLY EMBOSSED ON THE GLASS STOPPER. THE UNUSUAL NARROW MOUTH GLASS STOPPER IS TYPICALLY FOUND ON THEIR PINT JARS. THE BOTTOMS ARE USUALLY UNMARKED AND SMOOTH. ------------------------- “ALL MUST SURRENDER TO CONSTITUTION BITTERS”

HERE

IS AN EXTRAORDINARY RECTANGULAR CONSTITUTION BITTERS IN A MEDIUM PINK AMETHYST OR PUCE GLASS COLORATION. THESE BOTTLES ARE TYPICALLY FOUND IN SHADES OF AMBER. THIS CONSTITUTION BITTERS BRAND (THERE IS ANOTHER FIGURAL BOTTLE WITH THE SAME NAME), WE ARE DEALING WITH STEPHEN B. SEWARD AND BURR S. BENTLEY OF SEWARD & BENTLEY IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK. THERE ARE ALSO LISTINGS FOR SEWARD, BENTLEY & CHENEY, WARD & BENTLEY, AND DANIEL SEWARD & CO., THAT SHOW OBVIOUS CHANGES IN PARTNERSHIP AND OWNERSHIP LATER IN THE 1860S. STEPHEN SEWARD EVEN GOT HIS START EARLIER THAN THAT AS HIS NAME OCCURS AS S. B. SEWARD IN THE LATE 1850S ON BOTTLES AND ADVERTISING ETC. WHEN THIS BOTTLE MOLD WAS PRODUCED, CHENEY HAD NOT YET JOINED THE FIRM. READ & SEE MORE ------------------------- AN UNUSUAL DARK TEAL GREEN JAR

FREE-BLOWN

MEANS GLASS-FORMING BY BLOWING AND MANIPULATING BY HAND AND TOOLS WITHOUT THE AID OF A MOLD TO SHAPE THE BOTTLE. A FREE-BLOWN BOTTLE HAS NO MOLD SEAMS OR OTHER MOLD-INDUCED MARKINGS. OUR MUSEUM EXAMPLE REPRESENTS A TYPE OF JAR PRODUCED IN THE PITTSBURGH DISTRICT WHICH TYPICALLY COMPRISES LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI, AND PITTSBURGH

GEOGRAPHIC…

------------------------- QUESTIONS AROUND THIS B.M.P. LONDON BALL

A

TOUGH ONE THAT RAISES SOME QUESTIONS. B.M.P LONDON GALLERY BALL NOW IN THE FOHBC VIRTUAL MUSEUM TARGET BALL GALLERY. GLASS BALLS WERE USED IN SHOOTING GALLERIES, AS WELL AS TRAVELING CIRCUSES AND ARCADES. THEY ARE USUALLY SMALLER THAN TARGET BALLS WHICH SEEM TO HOVER AROUND 2-5/8″ IN DIAMETER. THIS SPECIFIC EXAMPLE IS 2 1/8″ IN DIAMETER AND WAS MADE IN A 2-PIECE MOLD. IT HAS A LONG NECK WITH A RING, AND A ROUGH SHEARED MOUTH. ------------------------- DORLON & SHAFFER PICKLED OYSTERS

BACK

ON THE SADDLE SO TO SPEAK. THE FOHBC VIRTUAL MUSEUM SITE HAD MORE ISSUES THAT STARTED LAST FRIDAY MORNING THAT PREVENTED ME FROM POSTING. ACTUALLY, FOUR (4) WEB SITES THAT I OVERSEE WENT DOWN DURING THIS PERIOD. FMG DESIGN, PEACHRIDGE GLASS, FOHBC, AND THE FOHBC VIRTUAL MUSEUM. BEEN A CHALLENGE, WORKING WITH MIGUEL RUIZ TO GET BACK UP IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SERVICE HAS DROPPED OR BEEN PROLONGED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS. I THINK LAYOFFS ARE INVOLVED TOO. ANYWAY, HERE IS A WONDERFUL DORLON & SHAFFER PICKLED OYSTERS JAR WITH A STORY THAT I STARTED LAST WEEK AND JUST COMPLETED. WOULD MAKE A GOOD STORY IN

BOTTLES AND EXTRAS.

------------------------- GLOBE FRUIT JAR MADE BY HEMINGRAY

WE

ARE LOOKING AT A PALE GREEN GLOBE QUART FRUIT WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CHARACTER IN THE FORM OF BUBBLES IN THE GLASS. THE QUART JAR CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO HEMINGRAY AND IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH THE ORIGINAL GROUND LIP GLASS LID, IRON CLAMP, AND METAL BAND AROUND THE NECK. GLOBE IS EMBOSSED HORIZONTALLY ON THE FACE OF THE JAR IN A SERIFED, UPPERCASE TYPESTYLE. THE 1886 PATENT DATE IS EMBOSSED ON THE GLASS

LID.

------------------------- TWO EXAMPLES OF THE GREAT JOHNSTON BALL ADDED TO THE FOHBC VIRTUAL MUSEUM TARGET BALL GALLERY.

THE

GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS WAS FOUNDED BY JAMES HAMPTON JOHNSTON WHO WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 16TH, 1836 IN WAYNESBORO, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. HE WAS A SON OF JOHN H. JOHNSTON (1811-1889), WHO WAS A WELL-KNOWN GUNSMITH. JAMES WOULD APPRENTICE WITH HIS FATHER DURING THOSE EARLY YEARS IN WAYNESBORO. ------------------------- DEXTER (CIRCLE OF FRUIT) JAR JUST ADDED TO THE FOHBC VIRTUAL MUSEUM

JAR GALLERY.

ADAM

R. SAMUEL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST, IF NOT THE FIRST PROPRIETOR TO RUN A GLASS BUSINESS DEVOTED SOLELY TO THE PRODUCTION OF FRUIT JARS. SAMUEL ADVERTISED IN 1867 THAT HE WAS THE MANUFACTURER AND PROPRIETOR OF THE WILLOUGHBY, HALLER, KLINE, MASON, AND FRANKLIN FRUIT JARS WHICH WERE THE PREDECESSOR OF THE DEXTER JARS. THIS ACTUALLY MEANT THAT HE WAS HOLDING THE PATENTS FOR THESE JARS. ------------------------- LILIENTHAL & CO. SAN FRANCISCO

OUR

MUSEUM BOTTLE EMBOSSED LILIENTHAL & CO. S.F. IS ONE OF THE OLDEST WESTERN FLASKS AS IT WAS MADE AND SOLD FROM 1872 TO ABOUT 1880. THE FLASK FORM IS REFERRED TO AS A ‘UNION OVAL.’ THERE ARE TWO VARIANTS. ONE HAS A HIGH EMBOSSED ‘S.F.’ WHILE THE OTHER, ‘S.F.’ OCCURS LOWER ON THE FACE OF THE FLASK. OUR EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE HIGH VARIANT. THIS EXAMPLE IS EXTRAORDINARY IN ITS CONDITION AND OLIVE COLOR AS MOST EXAMPLES ARE FOUND IN SHADES OF AMBER. ------------------------- RARE GEM BUTTER ADDED TO THE VIRTUAL MUSEUM JAR GALLERY

BEFORE

BUTTER WAS AVAILABLE IN STICKS IN GROCERY STORES, MANY FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING ON FARMS, MADE THEIR OWN BUTTER AT HOME. IN ORDER TO MAKE BUTTER FROM COW’S MILK, THEY WOULD LET IT SIT UNTIL THE CREAM IN THE MILK SEPARATED AND ROSE TO THE TOP. THEN THEY WOULD SKIM THE CREAM OFF AND PUT IT INSIDE A BUTTER CHURN WHERE A PLUNGER WOULD BE USED TO CHURN THE BUTTER UNTIL IT SOLIDIFIED INTO BUTTER. STORING BUTTER WAS IMPORTANT SO … ------------------------- THIS MANTUA CREAMER WAS JUST ADDED TO THE TABLEWARE GALLERY

THIS

DIMINUTIVE YELLOW CREAMER WON 1ST PLACE IN THE PATTERN MOLDED TABLEWARE CATEGORY IN THE JUDGED COMPETITION AT THE FOHBC 2018 CLEVELAND NATIONAL ANTIQUE BOTTLE CONVENTION. THE PIECE WAS PROBABLY MADE BY THE MANTUA GLASS COMPANY IN RAVENNA, OHIO. ------------------------- BITTERS BOTTLES SUPPLEMENT 2 UPDATE

BBS2

UPDATE. THE INDESIGN DIGITAL DOCUMENT WILL GO OUT TO THE PROOFREADING TEAM HEADED UP BY JOE GOURD TOMORROW FOR FINAL REVIEW. WE ARE CLOSE TO 500 PAGES OF NEW BITTERS INFO, UPDATES, AND NEW IMAGERY. WORKING WITH BILL HAM AND BITTERS COLLECTORS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS OR SO. THE PRINTER HAS BEEN LINED UP IN HOUSTON. HALF OF THE 500 BOOKS WE ORDER WILL BE STORED HERE IN BAYOU CITY, THE OTHER HALF WITH BILL HAM IN CALIFORNIA. ALL NEW BITTERS FINDS ARE BEING RECORDED AS THEY COME IN AND PLACED IN A LIVING BBS3 DIGITAL DOCUMENT. I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS BOOK, THE TEAM I HAVE WORKED WITH, AND EXCITED TO MOVE THIS EXCITING AREA OF BOTTLE COLLECTING FORWARD. THERE IS ALSO AN INDEX THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM ALL THREE BOOKS. THIS PIECE ALONE IS QUITE AMAZING. -------------------------

Wideman & Chappaz

AFTER

ABOUT A WEEK OF SITE MAINTENANCE, MUSEUM REPAIRS, AND PUBLIC AREA CLEANING, WE ARE BACK TO PUTTING BOTTLES ON THE SHELVES IN THE GALLERIES. WIDEMAN & CHAPPAZ IS A VERY DIFFICULT BITTERS BOTTLE TO FIND AND RESEARCH. THE WIDEMANN & CHAPPAZ BOTTLE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE EARLIEST WESTERN MANUFACTURED BITTERS. THE LABEL, IF ONE COULD BE FOUND, MIGHT READ ‘ALPINE STOMACH BITTERS.’ ------------------------- MOSS GREEN EXAMPLE OF A WILLINGTON CATHEDRAL PICKLE

AN

IMAGE OF AN 8 1/2″ SMALL SIZE WILLINGTON IN A MOSS GREEN WAS ADDED TO THE FOHBC VIRTUAL MUSEUM

.

WITH A NICE IRON PONTIL. CLEAN AND CRUDE AND THE COLOR IS OUTSTANDING. MANY OF THE EARLY AMERICAN PICKLE BOTTLES AND JARS OF THIS STYLE WERE MADE STARTING IN THE 1840S AND UP TO THE TURN OF THE CENTURY AND WERE USED AS A WAY TO PRESERVE FOOD FOR OUT-OF-SEASON USE AND FOR LONG

JOURNEYS…

------------------------- NEW SARRACENIA LIFE BITTERS

HERE

ARE THE NEW SARRACENIA LIFE BITTERS PHOTOS WITH DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF BOTTLES THAN THE PREVIOUS IMAGE. GENEROUS LIGHTING WITH NO FLASH. PHOTO NUMBERS 1871 (TOP) AND 1874 (MIDDLE) ARE ALL THE OLDER VARIANTS, WHILE PHOTO 1876 (BOTTOM) HAS TWO OLDER ON THE ENDS WITH FOUR NEWER VARIANTS IN THE CENTER. THESE WERE ALL PRODUCED BETWEEN 1872 AND 1879. THE NEWER VARIETY WITH THE WHISKEY TOP ARE ALMOST ALWAYS JUST SHADES OF AMBER TO YELLOW AMBER. THE LEGS RUN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND THEY ARE NOT AS CRUDE AS THE OTHERS. WHILE SOME OF THE COLOR DIFFERENCES ARE MINOR, OTHERS ARE EYE-POPPING. I AM STILL TRYING TO GET THEM ALL TUMBLED UP AS I HAVE THE TIME. – ROD VINING ------------------------- J. W. HUTCHINSON’S TONIC BITTERS – MOBILE, ALABAMA I HAD SOME TIME TO TAKE SOME NEW PHOTOS AND THOUGHT I WOULD SEND YOU SOME UPDATES FOR YOUR WEBSITE. HERE ARE THE J. W. HUTCHINSON’S WITH THE NEWEST ADDITION IN THE CENTER. THE BLACK MARK VISIBLE THROUGH THE BASE IS THE BLACK IRON PONTIL ON THIS NEVER BURIED SPECIMEN. THANKS,

ROD VINING

------------------------- DR. A. W. COLEMAN’S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC AND TONIC BITTERS

NEW

IMAGES IN FROM BIG TIME ALABAMA COLLECTOR ROD VINING. “THE ONLY THING NEW HERE IS THE BLACK ONE THAT I USED TO OWN, AND PURCHASED BACK FROM DR. APRILL’S AUCTION. THIS BLACK ONE IS WHITTLED. MOST OF THE BLACK ONES ARE SMOOTH.” THANKS, ROD ------------------------- FOHBC VIRTUAL MUSEUM NOW OPEN!

As some

of you may have heard, the FOHBC Virtual Museum opened at midnight on 01 January 2020 when we went from our construction mode to our Soft Opening. There is no place, anywhere, where you will see our great antique bottle and glass pieces, images and research in one location. A true museum experience. MORE INFO ------------------------- AUGUSTA PRIZES AND DRAWINGS

AS A

BONUS TO SHOW-GOERS AND DEALERS, THE FOHBC RAFFLED A JIM HEALY 2019 AUGUSTA CANAL COMMEMORATIVE STONEWARE JUG . TICKETS WERE $2 EACH OR THREE FOR $5. YOU WERE ENCOURAGED TO “PLAY TO WIN!” THE WINNER WAS ANNOUNCED AROUND 4:30 PM ON SATURDAY. VAUGHN JONES FROM STATESBORO, GEORGIA WON THIS JUG. THANKS TO MIKE NEWMAN FOR MAKING SURE VAUGHN RECEIVED HIS JUG AS YOU DID NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN. ------------------------- AUGUSTA PEOPLE ON THE SHOWROOM FLOOR

SO

FAR, WE’VE PUT OUT ELEVEN (11) AUGUSTA EVENTS ON THE FOHBC WEB SITE AND RELATED SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS INCLUDES ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS FROM THURSDAY, 01 AUGUST, LIKE THE FOHBC BOARD MEETING, MIKE & JULIE NEWMAN OPEN HOUSE, AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY RECEPTION AND SWEET GEORGIA PEACHES BOTTLE COMPETITION. WE ALSO COVERED THE FRIDAY, 02 AUGUST EVENTS, SUCH AS THE MEMBERSHIP BREAKFAST, EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, RIBBON CUTTING, AND BANQUET. ------------------------- AUGUSTA EDUCATIONAL DISPLAYS

THE

EDUCATIONAL DISPLAYS ARE ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING COMPONENTS OF A FEDERATION NATIONAL CONVENTION. THE FOHBC ENCOURAGES COLLECTORS TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, ENTHUSIASM AND INTERESTS WITH OTHER COLLECTORS BY DISPLAYING THEIR COLLECTIONS OR RELATED MATERIAL. THIS YEAR, WALTER SMITH FROM TEAM AUGUSTA, WAS IN CHARGE OF OUR DISPLAYS. HE DID A GREAT

JOB!

------------------------- AUGUSTA GENERAL ADMISSION | ON THE TABLES

SO

FAR, WE’VE PUT OUT NINE (9) AUGUSTA EVENTS ON THE FOHBC WEB SITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS INCLUDES ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS FROM THURSDAY, 01 AUGUST, LIKE THE FOHBC BOARD MEETING, MIKE & JULIE NEWMAN OPEN HOUSE, AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY RECEPTION AND SWEET GEORGIA PEACHES BOTTLE COMPETITION. WE ALSO COVERED THE FRIDAY, 02 AUGUST EVENTS, SUCH AS THE MEMBERSHIP BREAKFAST, EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, RIBBON CUTTING, YOUTH CORNER AND THE BANQUET. YOU CAN ALSO READ THE AUGUSTA SOUVENIR

PROGRAM.

------------------------- FOHBC AUGUSTA BANQUET

EACH FOHBC

NATIONAL EVENT HAS A BANQUET THAT IS PRECEDED BY A COCKTAIL HOUR. WHAT IS SO NICE ABOUT THESE DINNERS IS THAT IT IS A CHANCE TO UNWIND AFTER A LONG DAY THAT TYPICALLY INCLUDES THE MEMBERSHIP BREAKFAST, EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, RIBBON CUTTING AND EARLY ADMISSION… ------------------------- AUGUSTA YOUTH CORNER

WE STRUGGLE

EVERY YEAR TO BRING YOUNGER PEOPLE INTO OUR HOBBY. USUALLY WE ARE UNSUCCESSFUL AS THERE ARE JUST SO MANY COMPETING INTERESTS FACING THE NEXT GENERATION. WHERE ONCE A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT WOULD SPEND PRECIOUS WEEKEND TIME WORKING WITH A CHILD ON A POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM OR LOOKING THROUGH OLD COINS FOR THAT ELUSIVE INDIAN HEAD PENNY, NOW VIDEO GAMES SEEM TO BE THE NORM. INTERACTION WITH ELDERS HAS BEEN MINIMIZED AS A VIRTUAL WORLD IS BOUNDLESS. OF COURSE THERE ARE MANY OTHER REASONS AND WE SHOULD NOT GIVE UP. ------------------------- TEAM AUGUSTA & THE RIBBON CUTTING

IT IS

NO SECRET THAT IN RECENT YEARS IT HAS BECOME EVER SO DIFFICULT TO FIND INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL STEP UP AND CO-CHAIR A NATIONAL FOHBC CONVENTION. THE WORKLOAD IS IMMENSE, AND THE CHALLENGES SEEM UNSURMOUNTABLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE INCLUDING SITE SELECTION, EVENTS, WORKLOAD, BUDGET AND OPERATIONS TO NAME A FEW. WITH THIS IN MIND, A GROUP OF EXTRAORDINARY SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN BANDED TOGETHER TO TAKE ON THE TASK AND MAKE THE FOHBC 50TH ANNIVERSARY.. ------------------------- AUGUSTA EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS

AFTER

OUR FOHBC MEMBERSHIP BREAKFAST, WE WERE TRULY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT A VARIETY OF FASCINATING EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS THIS YEAR AT OUR CONVENTION. WE HAD A DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF SEMINAR PRESENTERS ORGANIZED BY SEMINAR COORDINATOR BILL BAAB FROM TEAM AUGUSTA. BILL DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND MADE SURE WE ALL WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK

FORWARD TO.

------------------------- FOHBC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING BREAKFAST

THE

FOHBC BYLAWS REQUIRE THAT AN ANNUAL MEETING BE HELD WITH OUR MEMBERS DURING OUR NATIONAL CONVENTION. IN PAST YEARS, WE HAD THE MEETING ON THE FIRST DAY, DIRECTLY AFTER THE FOHBC BOARD MEETING AFTER A QUICK LUNCH BREAK. PROBLEM WAS, ONLY A HANDFUL OF MEMBERS WOULD SHOW UP, AS MANY HAD NOT ARRIVED IN TOWN YET OR THEY WEREN’T INCLINED TO START OFF THEIR BOTTLE TRIP WITH A MEETING. ANYWAY, BACK IN 2015 AT THE CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL, WE DECIDED TO HAVE A MEMBERSHIP MEETING BREAKFAST. YOU KNOW THE OLD ADAGE, HAVE FOOD AND THEY WILL COME. ------------------------- SWEET GEORGIA PEACHES BOTTLE COMPETITION

OUR

POWER OPENING DAY ALREADY STARTED OUT WITH THE 8:00 AM- NOON FOHBC BOARD MEETING FOLLOWED BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON MIKE & JULIE NEWMAN OPEN HOUSE. WE SPENT OUR LATE AFTERNOON AT THE AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY RECEPTION. THIS LEFT THE EVENING FOR OUR NEXT EVENT. ------------------------- AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY RECEPTION

THURSDAY

WAS OUR BIG FIRST DAY AS WE STARTED OFF IN THE MORNING WITH THE FOHBC BOARD MEETING FOLLOWED BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON MIKE & JULIE NEWMAN OPEN HOUSE. AS THIS ENDED AT 3:00 PM, OUR TEAM… ------------------------- MIKE & JULIE NEWMAN OPEN HOUSE

THE

WIDELY AND WILDLY ANTICIPATED MIKE & JULIE NEWMAN OPEN HOUSE OCCURRED AFTER THE FOHBC BOARD MEETING. THIS WAS OUR LEAD-OFF EVENT AND BOY WAS IT A SUCCESS! GUESTS WERE GIVEN DIRECTIONS TO CAR POOL OR THEY COULD BE SHUTTLED BY TWO (2) CONTRACTED VANS THAT RAN BETWEEN OUR HOST MARRIOTT AUGUSTA HOTEL AND THE NEWMAN RESIDENCE. A PAIR OF THE NEWMAN’S RETIRED FRIENDS, TOM … ------------------------- FOHBC BOARD MEETING AT THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL BOTTLE SHOW

THE

FIRST EVENT FOR ANY FOHBC NATIONAL ANTIQUE BOTTLE SHOW IS ACTUALLY THE BOARD MEETING. THE NINETEEN FOHBC BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND, PREFERABLY IN PERSON, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A CONFERENCE LINE FOR OFFICERS WHO CANNOT MAKE THE SHOW. READ ABOUT THE 2018 – 2020 OFFICERS HERE. FOHBC MEMBERS, AS GUESTS, ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND IN A NON-SPEAKING CAPACITY. ------------------------- LOOKING AT A MOFFAT BILLHEAD

BEN

SWANSON SUBMITTED THIS IMPORTANT ILLUSTRATED BILLHEAD IN THE FORM OF A STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER DATED 1846 TO DR. WILLIAM WASHINGTON FRITTS OF CARLISLE, KENTUCKY FROM DR. WILLIAM BRINCKERHOFF MOFFAT PROPRIETOR OF PHOENIX BITTERS. HAND WRITTEN AND SIGNED. ------------------------- 2019 FOHBC 50TH ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL ANTIQUE BOTTLE CONVENTION | AUGUSTA, GEORGIA | SOUVENIR PROGRAM WELL, THE SHOW IS OVER AND WE ARE CATCHING OUR BREATH. A COUPLE OF YEARS OF WORK BOILING DOWN TO THREE OR FOUR INTENSE DAYS IN AUGUSTA. NOW AS THE DUST SETTLES, WE SETTLE OUR ACCOUNTS, COLLECTS SOME COMMENTS, LOOK THRU A COUPLE THOUSAND IMAGES AND PREPARE FOR WRITE-UPS IN _BOTTLES AND EXTRAS_ AND _ANTIQUE BOTTLE & GLASS COLLECTOR_. A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO ADVERTISERS IN OUR SOUVENIR PROGRAM. AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF REVENUE AND INFORMATION. ------------------------- CANNON’S BITTERS STUDY & TIMELINE – WASHINGTON D.C.

WITH

NEW MATERIAL AND RESEARCH ON CANNON’S BITTERS, IT SEEMS LIKE HIGH TIME TO RE-LOOK AT THIS INCREDIBLE BRAND. I THOUGHT I WOULD LAY OUT WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED AND SEE IF WE CAN CONNECT THE DOTS ON THE LISTINGS IN BITTERS BOTTLE SUPPLEMENT 2. ------------------------- PLOWS CELEBRATED SHERRY BITTERS – CHICAGO

GLASS

WORKS AUCTIONS HAS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF A FIGURAL PLOWS SHERRY BITTERS IN THEIR UPCOMING ‘COLORS OF SPRING’ CATALOG AUCTION #130. THE BOTTLE IS PICTURED AT THE TOP OF THE POST, IN THE GROUPING ABOVE AND BELOW. THE PLOWS, IN THE FORM OF A CLUSTER OF GRAPES, IS DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS. EVEN THE LABEL PANEL ON THE REVERSE IS SHAPED LIKE A GRAPE LEAF. THE AUCTION OPENS FOR BID ON APRIL 22ND AND CLOSES ON APRIL 29TH, 2019. I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE BEFORE AS IT HAS BEEN NESTED AWAY FOR MANY YEARS WITH SIDNEY GENIUS, A NAME I’VE HEARD OF, BUT A PERSON I HAVE NOT MET. APPARENTLY HE HAS OR HAD SOME GREAT BITTERS WHICH ARE NOW BEING AUCTIONED BY GLASS WORKS OVER A

PERIOD OF TIME.

------------------------- U.S. ARMY HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT BOTTLES

I’VE

ALWAYS WANTED TO CREATE A GALLERY OF U.S. ARMY HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT BOTTLES. THE MOLDS, COLORS AND USE DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND LATER YEARS EPITOMIZES THE HISTORY AND STUNNING GLASS IN OUR HOBBY. I WILL UPDATE THIS POST AS MORE IMAGES BECOME AVAILABLE. THERE IS SOME REALLY GREAT INFORMATION ON THESE BOTTLES BY FRANK STERNAD IN BOTTLES AND EXTRAS AND ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO ON HIS MEDICAL ANTIQUES WEB SITE. THAT IS ALSO HIS PICTURE OF FIVE U.S.A HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT BOTTLES AT THE TOP OF THIS POST. ------------------------- NICHOLAS LONGWORTH – CATAWBA WINE BITTERS, CINCINNATI, OHIO

NICHOLAS

LONGWORTH WAS AN INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF AMERICAN WINE, PRODUCING SPARKLING CATAWBA WINE FROM GRAPES GROWN IN HIS OHIO RIVER VALLEY VINEYARD ON HILLS NORTH OF CINCINNATI. HE WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR CATAWBA WINE BITTERS, AND THE BOTTLES EMBOSSED WITH THE CLUSTER OF GRAPES. HIGHLY DESIRABLE TO COLLECTORS. ------------------------- MISSOURI IXL BITTERS – ISIDOR BUSH

ISIDOR

BUSH (OR IN EUROPE, BUSCH) HAS HIS NAME ON THE EXTREMELY RARE MISSOURI IXL BITTERS BOTTLE WHICH TO ME IS QUITE AMAZING. I’VE ONLY PERSONALLY SEEN THIS BOTTLE ONCE AND THAT WAS AT THE FOHBC 2015 CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL ANTIQUE BOTTLE SHOW WHEN BITTERS COLLECTOR, BRAD SHULTIS, CAREFULLY UNWRAPPED THE BOTTLE TO SHOW ME. THE IMAGE AT THE TOP OF THE POST WAS TAKEN AT THE SHOW. ACTUALLY, THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS BOTTLE AND THE MAN BEHIND IT. ------------------------- SOLOMON’S STRENGTHENING & INVIGORATING BITTERS – SAVANNAH, GA.

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UPDATE: SOMETIMES I HAVE BOTTLE POSTS THAT TAKE A LONGER AND BROADER RANGE APPROACH SUCH AS THE FANCY SQUARE SERIES AND THE FIGURAL BARREL SERIES ETC. OTHER POSTS JUST ANNOUNCE ANTIQUE GLASS RELATED TOPICS OR DEAL WITH CURRENT EVENTS FOR BOTTLE SHOWS AND AUCTIONS. THIS POST TODAY OCCURS BECAUSE OF A REQUEST OR INSPIRATION FROM A FELLOW COLLECTOR. IN THIS CASE, IT IS CHARLES APRILL, AGAIN. CHARLES AND JANE APRILL ARE THE KING AND QUEEN OF BLUES IN THE CRESCENT CITY OR NOLA. ------------------------- POND’S BITTERS “MAKES YOU GO SOME”

POND’S

BITTERS IS NAMED AFTER GEORGE MORGAN POND WHO WAS BORN IN TAREYTOWN, NEW YORK ON 29 MAY 1854. TARRYTOWN IS A VILLAGE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURGH IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK. IT IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN BANK OF THE HUDSON RIVER, ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF MIDTOWN MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY. HE WAS THE SON OF LOYAL SYLVESTER POND (VERMONT) AND HARRIET SARAH TAYLOR (NEW HAMPSHIRE). HE LATER MARRIED LOUISE FITCH IN 1882. THEIR CHILDREN WERE ANNIE, KATE, GEORGE JR., GUY

AND RAINSFERD POND.

------------------------- IF YOU CAN’T DO BUSINESS, DRINK REX BITTERS – CHICAGO

HERE

IS WHAT I CALL A TELEPHONE BITTERS. A BITTERS PRODUCT SO LATE THAT YOU COULD CALL YOUR FAVORITE SALOON, LIQUOR OR DRUG STORE AND ORDER A CASE OF REX BITTERS USING YOUR CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY ISSUED TELEPHONE, IF YOU WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE ONE. ILLINOIS BELL WOULD NOT FORM UNTIL 1923 WHEN THEY BEGAN AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SERVICE IN CHICAGO. ------------------------- JACOB & DAVID HOSTETTER – DR. J. HOSTETTER’S CELEBRATED STOMACH

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DAVID

HOSTETTER WAS A MILLIONAIRE MANUFACTURER OF ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE MOST FAMOUS AND SUCCESSFUL BITTERS EVER PRODUCED, THE DR. J. HOSTETTER’S CELEBRATED STOMACH BITTERS. MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE BRAND. I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY TO TIE IT ALL TOGETHER. OF DUTCH EXTRACTION, DAVID HOSTETTER WAS THE ELDEST CHILD OF JACOB HOSTETTER BY HIS WIFE MARY LANDIS, AND WAS BORN IN LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ON 23 JANUARY 1819. DR. JACOB HOSTETTER WAS BORN ON 13 OCTOBER 1785 IN YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA… ------------------------- BININGER GALLERY UPDATE

I HAVE

BEEN NESTING SOME GREAT IMAGES OF BININGER BOTTLES FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO WAITING FOR A FEW MISSING PICTURES TO JUSTIFY A POST GALLERY. WITH THE GLASS WORKS AUCTIONS | AUCTION #96 ADDITIONS, I CAN NOW RELEASE THIS POST. IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OF ANY DIFFERENT BOTTLES, PLEASE SEND TO ME. MY INTEREST IN BININGER’S STARTED EARLY WITH FIGURAL CLOCK, CANNON AND BARREL ADDITIONS TO GO WITH MY BITTERS COLLECTION. MANY OF US DO THIS AS THE BININGER NAME MEANS GREAT BOTTLES AND HISTORY. ------------------------- POST UPDATE WITH EARLY USE INFO: LOG CABIN SERIES – DRAKE’S

PLANTATION BITTERS

THIS

MEDICINAL MAKE-UP WAS UNKNOWN UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. THE NATIVES OF PERU WERE GENERALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN LONG PREVIOUSLY ACQUAINTED WITH ITS MOST WONDERFUL MEDICINAL QUALITIES. HUMBBOLDT MAKES FAVORABLE MENTION OF THE FEBRIFUGE QUALITIES OF THIS ARTICLE AS AN ANTIDOTE TO FEVER AND AGUE, INTERMITTENT AND MALARIOUS FEVERS, IN HIS EXTENSIVE SOUTH AMERICAN TRAVELS. THE COUNTESS, WIFE OF THE VICEROY OF PERU, HAVING IN HER OWN PERSON EXPERIENCED THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF THE BARK, IS SAID, ON HER RETURN TO SPAIN … ------------------------- 4 RESPONSES TO _ANTIQUE BOTTLE AND GLASS NEWS_

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Warren Friedrich says: 20 April 2011 at 6:13 pm I’ve just spent several hours perusing this website for Antique Bottle Collectors, I have to say this is the most comprehensive internet site ever developed for the antique bottle enthusiast. It is destined to be the GO TO site for all those interested in the antique

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FinBotClub says:

28 April 2011 at 11:43 pm This is a great looking website — well done! Love all the pix of the beautiful bottles. Looking forward to watching this site grow. All the best wishes from the Findlay Bottle Club! –Marianne Dow

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Mike Dolcini says:

6 May 2011 at 12:18 am Well done, Ferd. Lots of great info and destined to be a favorite of a bunch of collectors.

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dale says:

16 July 2012 at 4:21 pm Great job Ferd ! The information and enjoyment of your site is a huge asset to the bottle and glass collecting community not to mention the history buff ! My enjoyment of collecting has just increased 10 fold thanks to your efforts !

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