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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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On the Cover: Jim Berry Ink display at the 2018 Cleveland National.
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FOHBC Officers | 2018 - 2020 ................................................................................ 2
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FOHBC President’s Message ................................................................................ 3 Shards of Wisdom ................................................................................................ 4 History’s Corner ................................................................................................... 5 FOHBC News - From & For Our Members ................................................................ 6 Here’s a huge Coke collection located in a small Georgia city by Bill Baab......... 10
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Virtual Museum News by Richard Siri ............................................................ 12 Hon. Stephen Buhrer, Self-Made in Cleveland by Jack Sullivan ......................... 16
Jim Healy 2018 Cleveland National stoneware jug creation ................................. 19 Pontiled Privies - We Digum! by Peter Jablonski ............................................... 22 Michael Cronan - A Lad from the Old Sod by Steve Abbott ................................... 26
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The FOHBC Rocks and Rolls into Cleveland by Matt & Elizabeth Lacy ............... 38 Warner Labels by Michael Seeliger and Michael Craig ............................... 54 Lost & Found ....................................................................................................... 62 FOHBC Member Photo Gallery .............................................................. 64 Classified Ads .................................................................................. 66 FOHBC Membership Additions & Changes ................................................ 67
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FOHBC Sho-Biz - Calendar of Shows ........................................................ 68
Martin Van Zant BOTTLES and EXTRAS Editor 41 E. Washington Street Mooresville, Indiana 46158 812.841.9495 email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com Fair use notice: Some material in BOTTLES and EXTRAS has been submitted for publication in this magazine and/or was originally published by the authors and is copyrighted. We, as a non-profit organization, offer it here as an educational tool to increase further understanding and discussion of bottle collecting and related history. We believe this constitutes “fair use” of the copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this material for purposes of your own that go beyond “fair use”, you must obtain permission from the copyrighted owner(s). BOTTLES and EXTRAS © (ISSN 1050-5598) is published bi-monthly (6 issues per year) by the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, Inc. (a non-profit IRS C3 educational organization) at 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x103; Website: FOHBC.org, Non-profit periodicals postage paid at Raymore, Missouri 64083 and additional mailing office, Pub. #005062. Postmaster: Send address changes to Elizabeth Meyer, FOHBC Business Manager, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002; 713.222.7979 x103, email: emeyer @ FOHBC.org Annual subscription rate is: $40 for standard mail or $55 for First Class, $60 Canada and other foreign, $85, Digital Membership $25 in U.S. funds. Life Membership: Level 1: $1,000, Level 2: $500, The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, Inc. assumes no responsibility for products and services advertised in this publication. See page 72 for more details.
Membership Benefits, Ad Rates, Donations to the FOHBC ............................... 71 Membership Application & Advertising ..................................................... 72
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Coming next issue or down the road: Candy Canes & Barber Poles - Purple Haze • Montana Digging • This North Carolina Distiller Had the “Old Nick” in Him • On the Trail of Indian Medicine Bottles • American Scent Bottles • Privies of Augusta, Georgia Uncovered by Radar Unit • The Color Aqua • Rushton’s Cod Liver Oil • Cleaning Privy Iron • David Tingen Collector • Old Bourbon Whiskey put up by Wilson, Fairbank & Co. and so much more!
Elizabeth Meyer FOHBC Business Manger 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A Houston, Texas 77002 phone: 713.222.7979 x103 email: emeyer@fohbc.org
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Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Business & News
The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a non-profit organization for collectors of historical bottles and related collectible items. Our primary goal is educational as it relates to the history and manufacture of historical bottles and related artifacts.
FOHBC Officers 2018 - 2020
President: Matt Lacy, 3836 State Route 307, Austinburg Ohio 44010, phone: 440.228.1873; email: mlacy@fohbc.com
Conventions Director: Lindsey Fifer, 604 Topaz, Brunswick, Ohio 44212; phone: 440.552.2454; email: lindsey_stoneman@yahoo.com
First Vice-President: Louis Fifer, 604 Topaz, Brunswick, Ohio 44212; phone: 330.635.1964; email: fiferlouis@yahoo.com
Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x103; email: emeyer@fohbc.org
Second Vice-President: John O’Neill, 1805 Ralston Ave. Belmont, California 94002; phone: 650.631.7495; email: Joneill@risk-strategies.com Secretary: Andrew Rapoza, 28240 Nancy Lane, Conroe, Texas 77385; phone: 832.928.7472; email: rapoza.2025@gmail.com Treasurer: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: jhberry10@yahoo.com Historian: Jim Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net Editor: Martin Van Zant, 41 E. Washington St., Mooresville, IN 46168; phone: 812.841.9495; email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com Merchandising Director: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: vgberry10@yahoo.com Membership Director: Linda Sheppard, P.O. Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net
Director-at-Large: Ferdinand Meyer V, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x115; email: fmeyer@fohbc.org Director-at-Large: Richard Siri, PO Box 3818, Santa Rosa, California 95402, phone: 707.542.6438; email: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net Director-at-Large: John Pastor, PO Box 227, New Hudson, MI 48165, phone: 248.486.0530; email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com Midwest Region Director: John Fifer, 5830 Enfield Circle, Medina, Ohio 44256, phone: 330.461.0069; email: coinop1958@gmail.com Northeast Region Director: Jeff Ullman, P.O. Box 121, Warnerville, New York 12187, phone: 518.234.1288; email: jullman@nycap.rr.com Southern Region Director: Brad Seigler, P.O. Box 27 Roanoke, Texas 76262, phone: 940.395.2409; email: drgonzo818@gmail.com Western Region Director: Eric McGuire, 1732 Inverness Drive, Petaluma, California 94954, phone: 707.778.2255; email: etmcguire@comcast.net Public Relations Director: Elizabeth Lacy, 3836 State Route 307, Austinburg Ohio 44010, phone: 440.994.9028; email: elacy@fohbc.org
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slate of officers for the 2018-2020 term. I am very excited to be ableitting to work with suchdesk, a great of back-to-work individuals. We have many down at my on group this first Monday afternew New energetic officers coupled with some wise and knowledgeable leaders. I Years, I conjure up a vision of a stove with lots of pots-a-cooking. will kettle affirm labeled here thatantique we have many real challenges facing our new board. The bottle events has us all looking forward to the However, we also have lot of great happening as I write this.Botstretch leading up to the aFOHBC 2016things Sacramento National Antique TheConvention following is&my perception on theWe state of the FOHBC. conference tle Expo this August. have a coordination call later in the week and plan to step it up a notch or two. We are also pleased that we locked incompanies Springfield, Massachusetts our 2017 NationDoes anyone remember like Blockbuster for or Toys R Us? Sure al Convention, and by theknow timethey you failed read this message, the weAntique do; but Bottle what happened to them? We to innovate, FOHBC 2018eventually National Antique Bottle by Convention & Expo have been change, and were replaced competitors. Theywill were slow announced for Cleveland, really have ourand teams incontent place and to make decisions, afraid toOhio. moveWe in new directions, were our in motion. I suppose weThis should start ALL thinking about the not 2019 withwheels “the way it has always been.” impacts organizations Convention the Southernbut Region. Planning ahead hasmember-driven many benefits. just for profitincorporations, including the non-profit,
organizations such as the FOHBC. The FOHBC is also proud to say that this March | April 2016 issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS first to times be printed in ways. full color, which We are in “trouble waters” is andthe turbulent in many We have a only costs us an additional $184, an issue. This change prompted a few number of current challenges, including but not limited to: national condesign revisions, which we hope you will notice, such as the Table of ventions, finances, the magazine, web presence, the virtual museum, and Contents and a few of the section headers. We receive quite a few remembership. While I would love to focus on only the positives and work ally nice compliments on how the magazine looks and have come in those we have address of some of the so far inareas, a relative shorttonumber years. Oh,long-standing and look forproblems a new secthat are hurting, even plaguing, the organization. I can confidently sayThis tion in the back of the magazine called “Member Photo Gallery”. that we have a board that appears to be very open to making the changes new section is dedicated to the fine photography of antique bottles and neededPlease to move us in a positive direction. glass. feel free to submit your images for consideration. We have already started work on the May | June issue and hope that you As ofconsider today, we are on a an dangerous paththetomagazine. obsolescence. will authoring article for We In arefact, herethe toprevihelp! ous board had discussions on this topic to see if the FOHBC was even still relevantthis to the hobby with the local and internet “satisfying” collecWithin issue of BOTTLES andclubs EXTRAS, please read the proposed tor’s needs. Think it: less people willing to travel to All shows as the bylaw updates andabout revisions that haveare been marked in red. revisions have been approved by the bottle FOHBC Board of Directors. bylaws internet fulfills their personal needs. Personally, I love These traveling to have andglass, need to reviewed by the FOHBC membership showsbeen and amended finding great butbetimes are changing and many no longer prior tovalue the annual general membership meeting the FOHBC 2016 Nasee the for various reasons, including travel at expense. tional Antique Bottle Convention & Expo in Sacramento, California by an affirmative vote relevant of a majority all votes cast by the eligible We voters This is particularly to the of FOHBC National Conventions. in attendance, provided that a copy of the proposed changes are made have had a few years of constructive feedback provided by members. available to each member in advance, either directly by mail or by timely This has proven very valuable. We have trialed a longer show format and notice thetime Federation’s official or on thewhich Federation for thein first put a show in an periodical “Upper Tier” city, provedwebsite. to be too expensive. We have taken away much knowledge from these experiIn other news, we are moving ahead with photography for the Virtual ences. We are currently working to implement this knowledge. Many of Museum and hope to have regional photography labs set up in regions you are aware, we have a new conventions director and board that are to start photographing bottles both in a standard format and 3-dimentaking a deep look into the restructure of our national events. This muchsionally. This effort is being spearheaded by Museum Director, Alan Deneeded analysis is currently underway. This is something to be very Maison. You may have met Alan at the Virtual Museum table during the excited about future conventions. FOHBC 2015for Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show last August. Financially,member the FOHBC operates membership fees, donations, proFederation Alicia Booth,offisofheading up the nomination and investment earnings The expenses incurred inthe recent cess for the election of primarily. all Federation officers including President, years President(s), have not allowed us to refund the principle in investment Vice Secretary, Treasurer, Businessbalance Manager, Membership
are generally usedRelations to conductDirector, our national shows, butDirector, also maintain Director, Public Conventions Historian, basic FOHBC operating Being good(3), stewards of our finances Merchandising Director,expenses. Directors-at-Large and Region Directors (4). Thesetoelections occur of every two years. Any officer run spend for sucis critical the longevity the FOHBC. Simply put, wemay cannot cessive terms. This in. committee has we prepared a slateevaluating of nominations more than we bring As a Board, are currently budgetsfor each office and listed financial below. Itplan is important to note that any member and looking at a is revised for the future. desiring to run for any office in the Federation may file a nomination form the Election Committee (in accordance with are procedures Bottlewith and Extras is currently in a transition phase. There many approved by theto membership instituted by theWeElection Committee) complexities this topic, butand I will keep it short. are in the process indicating theaoffice theymerger desireoftotwo runkey for.magazines The deadline filing this of evaluating potential in theforhobby. is Aprilare1st 2016. We have toseen successfulhere campaigns our memberThere still many details be discussed as we getbyready to dive ship before so if you want to run for a position, please let Alicia know. into the particulars, details, and the pros and cons to make the best deciYou and reach her at this email address, alicia@cis-houston.org. You sion for the hobby. Beyond that, this magazine is currently in a transition will be receiving a ballot for voting so please take the time to vote. era to a newly restructured group of contributors. We have just formed a small magazine subcommittee that will Ferdinand be workingMeyer through V the staffing FOHBC Candidates President: and details of this transition.Houston, The committee has been given a very tight Texas timeline of slate theofJan-Feb Here is the FOHBC 2019 issue being the first under the new staff. Firstbut Vice Sheldon candidates Thisrecommended may seem like a long time, thatPresident: issue actually startsBaugh compilation Russellville, Kentucky put forth by the nominating in late October. Look for more to come on this. committee (Alicia Booth, Second Vice President: Gene Bradberry Chairperson) for 2014 - 2016. Bartlett, We The have recently expanded our socialTennessee media platforms from the FOHBC slate is being put forth for website and Facebook include Instagram and Twitter. We have your consideration and anyoneto also Secretary: James Berry desiringseen to run great for officeinternet may already growth sinceNew the launch Johnsville, York of this new effort. We be nominated by agoing to the called “Find of the Week” in which a collecare promoting segment Treasurer: Gary Beatty website and printing out a on a great tor will get a spotlight dig, find, or purchase. We have also North Port, Florida nomination form. Then, mail or beenemail reaching out to show chairs to help promote local bottle shows via to Alicia Booth, 11502 Historian: Bender these platforms. TheTexas advertising is goingJim very well and serves as another Burgoyne Drive, Houston, Sprakers, New York great77077. benefit to member clubs. This is going to continue to grow. I am alicia@cis-houston.org encouraged bynominations the number ofEditor: diggersMartin and young collectors who are usClosing date for Van Zant April 1, 2016 atWe midnight. ing isInstagram. now are reaching engaging with a new segment Danville,and Indiana Additional nominations of collectors. This will is very exciting! Merchandising Director: Val Berry be printed alongside the slate Johnsville, New York proposed by the nominating Thecommittee FOHBC and Virtual will be listedMuseum is making amazing strides, thanks to the Membership Director: Linda Alan Sheppard efforts Alan2016 DeMaison and Ferdinand Meyer. Recently, has been in theof May-June issue Sprakers, York of BOTTLES EXTRAS making along traveling theandWest, many visitsNew to incredible collections. The with aand short bio of each of images that Alan is capturing is staggering. For quality expanse Conventions Director: Louis Fifer candidate. those of you that attended Cleveland, Ferdinand Brunswick, Ohio gave a spectacular presentation on the first gallery: Bitters Bottles. Keep an eye out for more Elizabeth Meyer updates and a timeline on theBusiness openingManager: of each gallery. Houston, Texas
Director-at-Large: Our organization exists for you, the membership.Bob We Ferraro want to help keep you informed and up-to-dateBoulder with theCity, latestNevada hobby news and help each of us grow in our knowledge and passion. We also want encourage others Director-at-Large: StevetoKetcham to get involved in this fantastic and rewarding hobby. I would like to Edina, Minnesota personally invite you to join the FOHBC to be a part of the great things Director-at-Large: John Pastor that are happening and continue this great hobby. The FOHBC is also acNew Hudson, Michigan cepting donations to continue to advance our efforts in reaching the next Midwest Region Matt Lacy generation of collectors. I know this hobby hasDirector: been a blessing to me and Austinburg, Ohio it is a great feeling to give back to a hobby that has given us so much. Membership and support is critical to the survival of FOHBC. Efforts are Northeast Region Director: Andrew Vuono currently underway to reachStamford, the next generation of collectors. Connecticut Southern Region Director: Ron Hands In summary, we have a lot on our plate to work on and improve. We Wilson, North Carolina must innovate, change, and grow. One of my personal missions is to Western Region Director: McGuire engage collectors at all levels, and make the FOHBC andEric corresponding Petaluma,ofCalifornia events more appealing and inclusive everyone. Many on the board share this same sentiment. As always we look Director: forward toRick serving the Public Relations DeMarsh collecting community! Ballston Spa, New York
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Bottles and Extras Before I moved up here I had been a part of the Wabash Valley Antique Bottle and Pottery Club. Clubs are so important for many things, including growth in your knowledge. There would be so many times when I would call on a club member to help indentify a bottle. The support and knowledge from club members has been extremely helpful.
Bottle Shows and How to Have One
by Martin Van Zant and Carisa Kimmon
I would also travel with club members to shows and sometimes even share a table or two. The trips are so much more enjoyable when you have someone to share your finds with. It is also nice because as long as they don’t collect what you do, they will be on the look-out for you. I had a buddy who also lived near Indy.
Dave Rittenhouse standing over his table at the Indy Bottle Show
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s there a correct way to have a bottle show? I’m sure there are many answers to this question. None of which I have. Our Circle City Bottle Club just had our 7th bottle show and sale in Indianapolis. There have been many people who have asked how we got this started. I thought I would share some thoughts on how we did it, and when I say, “we”, I mean the bottle club. The bottle club is one of the most important parts of the show. A ton of support will come from the club and surrounding club or clubs. In our case we have several clubs around us. I moved to the Indianapolis area in 2006 and started my job.
One day we decided we would meet and talk bottles, just like we used to when I lived in Terre Haute. We were still members of the Terre Haute Bottle Club, but due to schedule conflicts and distance, we found we were missing more and more meetings. Since we lived close to one another, we decided to get together on occasion and talk bottles. This became our Circle City Antique Bottle and Pottery Club. For a couple of months it was just the two of us meeting.Then, as we would go out and about and talk to other people at auctions and other shows, we would invite them to join us. Next thing you know we had three, four, and then eventually 10 people showing up and talking bottles. We now have about 15 people attend regularly. We generally have so much show-and-
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For the second show, we decided to visit other clubs and were able to get them on board as well. We would go to meetings of the Midwest Fruit Jar Club, the Wabash Valley Club, and even reached out to the Coca-Cola Club. We went to any club that we thought would be a great fit. We even went to the Brewiana Club. They have their own show, but we did get a few of their members to set up. We originally had our tables at $30 which was what was needed to cover cost at the hotel. However, when we moved to the fairgrounds we were able to lower the table cost to $25. I think it is important to have a full house rather than miss out on possible vendors due to high table costs. This price was cheap enough for a table and still allowed the club to make a little bit for future endeavors. This year we sold almost 70 tables! We have been fortunate the past couple years that a popular 50’s festival has hosted their show at the fairgrounds on the same weekend. People that may have never thought of collecting bottles, or even knew about bottle collecting came through our show. Not only was the 50’s festival occurring, but there were other shows in the same vicinity as well. There was a bicycle show, car show, dog show and a flea market! We got really lucky with those additions, and hopefully opened people’s eyes (people that may not have known about the hobby) to the wonderful world of bottles.
HISTORY’S CORNER In Memory of Dick Watson longtime FOHBC Historian
The World’s Largest Glass Bottle
Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest glass bottle is? In September 1992, the Wheaton Glass Museum in Millville, New Jersey blew the largest hand blown bottle in the world. It holds 188 gallons. It is on display at the museum. See YouTube video. On March 2017, the De Dietrich Process Systems Company from Mainz, Germany made a bottle which holds 449 gallons and stands 117” tall. However, this bottle is not blown but made from components and glass welded together. It currently is on display at the Engel Wang Fu Restaurant in Australia. See YouTube video. Watch each issue for a new installment of History’s Corner.
The club sets up the tables on the Friday night before the show, and then worked together to take down the tables and clean-up after the show on Saturday. We shut the doors at 2:00 p.m. in order for dealers to get home at a reasonable time. If I had to give an answer on how to have a bottle show, start with a club or a couple dedicated bottle people who have been to numerous shows. Persist... and what did not work this year
may work next year. Get out there and talk to people. See who is really interested and start meeting. Find a cheap place to start, but you will want to be able to grow. Keep it consistent. Dealers like the same location if you can manage this. I have also noticed that dealers like to be in the same general area year after year. Enjoy yourself. There are so many wonderful people in this hobby. If you have any questions feel free to email me or call and I’m happy to share my experiences.
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FOHBC News From & For Our Members Former FOHBC President Ralph Van Brocklin Dies Suddenly Terrible news spread like wildfire on Sunday, September 9, 2018 when the antique bottle world received news of Ralph Van Brocklin from Johnson City, Tennessee passing away suddenly while jogging the evening before. Ralph was raised in Salinas, Calif., an agricultural town in the central coast region known as “The Salad Bowl of the World.” In 1972, he entered UCLA as a pre-medical science student and upon graduation in 1977, he was selected for the entering class in the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Penn in 1981. Following a one-year residency in hospital dentistry at the University of California, Dr. Van Brocklin began his residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Tennessee in Memphis. He fell in love with the East Tennessee region and called Johnson City his home for the past 25 years. He has been a collector of western liquor items, including beers, whiskeys, flasks, shot glasses and stoneware for more than 40 years. After moving to Tennessee, he also focused on bottles and stoneware from that and other southern states. He is well known for his extensive western flask collection, but also focuses on mini jugs from all regions (with a collection approaching 500 specimens) and bottles from the Monterey Bay area of California. Ralph is a past president of the FOHBC, serving on the board from 2001 through 2006, and as president from August 2002 through August 2004. He is married to the former Deborah Erwin, of Erwin, Tenn., and they have two sons, Mark and Hunter.
Some Chris Hartz Convention Thoughts & Ideas The 2018 FOHBC Cleveland National Bottle Convention is over and LeBron didn’t show up. All the people I have talked to said they had a good time, the facility and hotel were first rate, the displays were good, the presentations went well, and there was a nice selection of bottles and glass for everybody’s tastes and budget. Oddly, only 165 dealer tables were sold (at varying prices or for free); attendance was weak and the auction action was underwhelming. However, everybody agreed that the show volunteers did a great job planning, promoting, and managing the show, with some areas being beyond their control. Sadly, I was unable to attend this show. I’ve attended many of the FOHBC expos and national conventions. As such, I think the time is right to discuss several aspects of bottle conventions in general, both their strengths and weaknesses. In writing this, it is not my intent to find fault with any individual, group of individuals, bottle clubs, or the FOHBC; rather it is to look for areas of improvements and new opportunities for future conventions. The issues I’ve identified below are mostly general in nature, and where possible, I’ve tried to identify possible solutions or alternative strategies. The strengths of any bottle convention is obvious, notably, you get
to visit a new place, see old friends and make new ones, to see and hear about new finds and discoveries, to learn about specific subjects, to both buy and sell bottles, jars, glass, artifacts, and go-withs, etc. More important, it’s a place to leave work and forget about the problems of the world by having lots of fun, 24 hours a day. Some of the best times of my life have occurred at bottle shows and auctions. Sadly, and for whatever reasons, both the number of bottle shows and attendance are in decline, a phenomena by no means limited to bottle collecting. This miasma has in some cases decimated many small antiques businesses and dealers along with antique shows. Other specific areas include but are not limited to, occupational shaving mugs, toys, barber bottles, arts and crafts, furniture and pottery, the Art Nouveau and Art Deco market, catalin radios, silver, pewter, American period furniture, country collectibles and even items that enjoy an international market like cars and vintage guitars. The cause of this collector diaspora is by no means clear. Some postulate it’s because of economics and a shrinking middle class, others say it’s because US History or Civics are not emphasized in schools anymore, while others say it’s because of the instant gratification associated with computers, games, and phones. Who knows, maybe it’s all or none of the above. One thing is for sure, it’s not going to change anytime soon, if at all, which means change and new strategies are inevitable to ensure survival. With this in mind, let’s look at some areas where changes and or improvements may be necessary relative to the FOHBC bottle conventions. The areas I’ve identified are a starting point and not an end point. Specially, I’d like to discuss the following five areas. 1. National Show Frequency and Location The first “national” bottle show was the 1976 National Antique Bottle & Jar Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. It was an event that will never be duplicated and was the zenith of the hobby. Trying to duplicate it would be a folly. This was followed by the 1980 National Antique Bottle & Jar Exposition in Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois which was also fantastic. Other expos were held in Montgomery, Alabama, Las Vegas, Nevada, and elsewhere. Each of these shows was four years apart and at a time when absentee auctions didn’t exist. At some point, the FOHBC decided to go to yearly conventions instead of four year expos. Over the past few years, the bottle conventions were held in Reno Nevada, Manchester, New Hampshire, Sacramento, California, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Cleveland, Ohio. I attended most of them except Cleveland. All had nice facilities, good presentations, nice displays, lots of dealers and lots of nice bottles, although show attendance at some, seemed off, at least to me. For the 2019 convention, the FOHBC just announced it will be held Augusta, Georgia (bring your golf clubs) and the 2020 convention-expo will return to Reno, Nevada. I think the FOHBC should at least reconsider the frequency of these conventions, going from annual to biennial (24 months) conventions. This might help in several areas including attendance and the number
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of dealers. The psychological effect of waiting two years may also generate a level of enthusiasm, which may otherwise be lacking. 2. Show Location I don’t envy the group of FOHBC people who have to pick and approve locations. It’s a no-win situation. On one hand, people feel this show should be spread evenly around the country and that this needs to be balanced against areas that hold the highest likelihood of success. In some cases these do not overlap. When you look at the western United States, three locations loom large, that being Las Vegas, Reno, and Sacramento. These are good central locations with lots to do and a high density of bottle collectors and active people in the FOHBC. Other locations like San Francisco, Calif., Monterey, Calif., Seattle, Washington, Portland, Oregon, Los Angeles/Anaheim Calif., San Diego, Calif., and Denver, Colorado are possibilities, yet each have significant drawbacks (e.g., cost (San Francisco), location (Denver [elevation]), Portland/Seattle (to far from rest of US), and lack of facilities (Monterey, Calif.). One thing nice about Las Vegas is abundant facilities, great, entertainment, and lower airfares. The rest of the United States, (Northeast, South, and Midwest) are even more problematic due to weather and/or isolation. The conventions are summer shows and many people don’t want to travel to the south because of weather, notably extreme heat, humidity, for example Atlanta, Birmingham, Florida, Dallas, Houston, and New Orleans. Additionally, late July and early August is peak hurricane season and or dangerous large tropical storms like those that recently plagued Houston. For the upcoming 2019 Augusta show, I’ll bet the FOHBC has contingency plans in place should a weather event occur. Then you have the Northeast, which has a plethora of bottle collectors, but like Seattle it’s geographically isolated and it can be very hot. I’ve also found airfares generally to be higher priced than the south. Two cities that are attractive may be Philadelphia, Penn. or Charlotte ,North Carolina. Both cities have lots to offer relative to facilities and things to do, and usually have attractive airfares. Lastly, you have the Midwest, again weather can be an issue. Chicago, Illinois and St Louis, Missouri are both good candidates, although Chicago in August could in fact be Dante’s Inferno. There is no easy solution to this dilemma or it is not readably apparent, at least to me. 3. Show Duration Most people agree that all of the recent FOHBC Conventions were too long on the back-end. Sunday is “The Day of the Dead”. Many if not most consider to be a waste of time and money. If you are a dealer, it means an extra night in the hotel and meals along with pure boredom. This maxim holds true for all types of shows and many antique show promoters have responded by cutting the duration of their events. My own opinion is if it doesn’t get done on Friday or Saturday, it’s not going to get done, nor is it worth getting done. 4. Show Auction Initially, neither expos or conventions had auctions associated with the show. This has changed and now every convention in recent memory has had an auction associated with the show with varying results, none of which have been stellar. Generally speaking, in hindsight, several if not most of the auctions appeared threadbare, meaning a lack of top shelf consignments. The bottom line with auctions is either “go big or go home.” You may not like it but it’s the truth...good bottles and lots of them generate enthusiasm, which is contagious especially in live auctions. The Cleveland Auction looked
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dismal to me, many of the bottles were common or damaged or both. The best piece in the auction was a good looking GI-93 Lafayette flask in pale blue green. It was over-estimated at $7,000 - $9,000 \ (high estimates hurt auctions) with a $3,500 minimum bid. The flask opened at the initial bid of $3,500 but received no further bids, accordingly it did not sell. The other issue is this flask stood conspicuously by itself, no great bitters or pontiled medicines, no great Midwestern glass, etc. If you looked at the online catalog just prior to the live auction, many of the items had either no bids or just one absentee bid. The result of auctions such as this one is consignors get hurt and average bottles go cheap with some rare exceptions; additionally many, too many, bottles were damaged. Clearly the current auction strategy is not working and is not a recipe for success. Additionally, show chairpersons are largely powerless to affect the outcome. I’ve spoken to many bottle collectors about the auction situation with near unanimous agreement, something needs to change. Personally, absent change, I think the auctions should be eliminated. All good auctions share one attribute.....nice things, and to get them you need consignors. To improve the process commissions should be reduced for better things; for items over $2,500 (arbitrary) they should be eliminated. Also, perhaps free tables or early admission should be given to consignors. 5. Show Raffle A common feature at many shows is the ubiquitous raffle and bottle shows are no different. A good bottle is procured, tickets are sold both in advance and at the show. During the show, the winner is announced and takes possession of the bottle, if not present the bottle is mailed or otherwise delivered to the winner. In theory, it sounds nice but closer examination reveals some issues. First, the primary purpose of the raffle is to generate enthusiasm, with the second being to generate funds for sponsoring organization, in this case the FOHBC. An immediate issue is where to procure the raffle bottle without arousing suspicion of nepotism. Second, what kind of bottle to procure, flasks and bitters have national appeal, seal bottles enjoy international appeal, while sodas and medicines may have local appeal. No matter what bottle is obtained, it does not enjoy national appeal. There is actually a simple and effective way to ameliorate this issue and create lots of enthusiasm, and ensure a profit. First, forget about a bottle raffle, replace the bottle with a brand new car or truck. It would work something like this: 1. Identify a price range. 2. Identify the raffle vehicle, for example a brand new 2020 Ford F 150 Truck. 3. Identify best source by price valuations prices from different dealers or other sources. 4. Identify the number of tickets that need to be sold to ensure the cost of the truck is covered as well as incidental expenses. If a profit is desired, add that to the total. 5. Limit ticket sales to that the number in #4 above is obtained. 6. Start selling tickets one year in advance, by mail, at bottle shows, bottle club meetings, etc. 7. Pick the winner at the National show.
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Now here is an example: let’s say the truck costs $42,000 dollars, and the FOHBC wants to make $10,000 to cover their expenses and profit leading to a total sunk cost of $52,000. In this case, tickets would cost $100 dollars each, and would be limited to 620 tickets, no more no less (620 X $100 = $62,000). Tickets could be subdivided by purchasers as they see fit. You would be surprised by how many people, many of which do not collect bottles, will buy these tickets. Also, enhancements could be provided to sellers, for example the person who sells the most tickets gets $1,000 cash, 2nd prize is $500. If you think this is far fetched, think again. lt was successfully done by the Indiana, Pennsylvania Bottle Club in the late 1970s. This would generate tremulous enthusiasm and funds.
Virtual Museum Matching Donation The FOHBC and the FOHBC Virtual Museum is extremely pleased to announce that the Jeff Wichmann (left) $5,000 donation challenge was met by Lou Pellegrini (right) at the FOHBC Cleveland National banquet where Lou met the challenge. The $10,000 will assist in the development of the Virtual Museum (see Virtual Museum news in this issue).
and December 16th, 2018. Please note, these are our regular antique sales of this autumn. We spread the bottles of the private collection over three auctions due to the volume/quantity of it. Our auction house is named Veilinghuis Peerdeman | Utrecht auctions. You also can use our international url: utrechtauctions.com. Our website is in Dutch; however, bidding and all emails from the online system are also in English. Of course we are happy to answer all questions in English by email or phone. If you wish, I can send you a direct link of the category as soon as the catalogue is online, this will be 1 week before very auction.
Circa 1750 Colonial Hand-Blown Applied Seal Onion Style Design Green Glass
Attached is an Invaluable Auction url (see bottle picture below) for what I believe to be a bad listing. They have been made aware, as well as have been given info from the Eparks personnel that this is a repro bottle and I have gotten only an indignant response. - Sam Greenberger FOHBC Rick Ciralli: These were reproduced for gifts shops in the Jamestown, Virginia area. Reportedly done by Blenco?! ...this one is a gimp!!
Kind regards, Niek Montanus -Veilinghuis Peerdeman B.V. Tennesseedreef 18-20 3565 CJ UTRECHT
FOHBC New Public Relations Director Hello! I would like to introduce myself. My name is Elizabeth Lacy, and I am the newly elected Public Relations Director of the FOHBC. I have been around the bottle hobby local to my Northeast Ohio home for the last 15 years, much in part to my husband’s life-long collecting. I look forward to serving as a positive public figure for the FOHBC, and part of my goal is to create a source of knowledge and information via social media for FOHBC members and bottle enthusiasts. Over the next couple weeks, I will be introducing you to your FOHBC board via Facebook. This way, you can associate us with the positions we hold and say hi when you seen us around at events! Please feel free to send in any fun treasure finds, any local show promotion, and any bottle related questions via email or right here on Facebook. This way, I can share and help promote interests within this great hobby. Lastly, don’t forget to like or share a post if it catches your eye! Sharing is growth within our hobby!
Unique private collection of antique bottles
Dear Ferdinand, please find an attached image representing a unique private collection of 17th-20th century antique bottles (hundreds). Estimates 30-200 euro, auction dates: September 9th, October 28th
FOHBC: Please visit FOHBC on Facebook or our web site FOHBC. org (Meet Your Officers) for a complete listing of board members and related information. We welcome new Board Members John Fifer, Lindsey Fifer, Elizabeth Lacy, John O’Neill, Andrew Rapoza, Richard Siri and Jeff Ullman.
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E. G. Booz’s Clevenger Repro?
Here are some pictures of a really crude example of the E. G. Booz’s bottle. Crooked applied top, lots of straw marks and bubbles. Thoughts? - Ron Krupa FOHBC Tom Haunton: Good morning Ferd. From what I can see in the photos, this is a Clevenger GVII-8B Booz bottle. A nice crude example, to be sure, but a repro none the less. My identification is based on how low the neck cuts into the word BOOZ on the roof. The embossing on the bottle is not especially clear, but I believe it cuts pretty far into the OOs and even the B. On a Whitney, the neck just touches the first O.
however, I’m wondering whether or not one of the aforementioned three iterations of the glassworks may have been formed prior to or during the 1850s, thus making the Illinois Glass Company a possible producer of the Jackson’s Aromatic Life Bitters bottles? I’d love to hear your thoughts! On a final (and mostly-unrelated) note, here’s my contribution to the TS XC MR mystery (assuming that it’s not some clever Playfair cipher, of course): To Sell Extra-Cheap Means Ruin. Or, more likely, To Sell Cross Country Means Riches. Silly, but possible! Regards, Chris Bubash
The main identification mark for these bottles is not shown in your photos, the K in WHISKEY on the side. On an original, the top fork of the K is wider than the bottom fork. On all the repros (save a machine made Italian Booz), the bottom fork is wider. Hope all is well down south. We have your heat in Massachusetts today with a high of 99! If you have other questions, drop me a line. All the best, Tom Haunton Wilmington, MA FOHBC: Please read Tom’s article Jacob’s Cabin Tonic Bitters in the May/June 2018 issue of Bottles and Extras. This article is an excerpt from his book Tippecanoe and E. G. Booz Too!
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Hi, Ferd, I just read your posting on Jackson’s Aromatic Life Bitters, and thought I would do some preliminary research this weekend in order to see what I could come up with. I was able to locate only three advertisements for Jackson’s Aromatic Life Bitters – all three from Illinois, and all three from cities on the Mississippi: Quincy, Alton and Rock Island. One possible implication of course is that Jackson’s Aromatic Life Bitters may be a Chicago or more likely in my mind, a St. Louis product. Perhaps supporting this theory, I was able to locate a number of advertisements, all from the Alton Weekly Telegraph, announcing the practice of Dr. J.B. Jackson in Alton, Illinois. This may or may not be the same Dr. Jackson; however, all three advertisements for Jackson’s Aromatic Life Bitters are time-coincident with the articles. I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on the matter, any information you may have to support or refute this theory, etc. Interestingly, the Illinois Glass Company was also located in Alton, Illinois. While the “official” start date for that glassworks seems to be 1783, I found a notice that “Edward Levis…became involved in the glass industry in 1873 when he, along with partner William Eliot Smith, purchased the Illinois Glass Company, a business that had failed three times before.” Thus far, I haven’t been able to locate much information about the Illinois Glass Company prior to 1873;
FOHBC: This bottle has always been a mystery. We doubt it is related to Jackson’s Stonewall Bitters. It could be Dr. C. M. Jackson, the man responsible for first marketing and selling Dr. Hoofland’s Celebrated German Bitters in Philadelphia in 1850. The glass looks right and the bottle shape is similar to the early aqua Dr. Hoofland’s German Bitters. There is reference to an Aromatic Life Bitters being sold by Fisher & Heinitsh in Columbia, South Carolina in 1868. No mention of Jackson though. Could be James A. Jackson who initially developed The Home Bitters in St. Louis in 1870. Would someone please reference Bottled in Illinois? Maybe this bottle is mentioned? What about you St. Louis collectors? 2019 FOHBC 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention 1-4August 2019
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2019 Augusta Hotel Information
At FOHBC.org. Here are the reservation links your guests can use to make online and phone reservations. Augusta Convention Center bookended by two Marriott Hotels in historic downtown on the river. Book your group rate for The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors National Convention and Expo. Here is the information to make telephone reservations: Call the hotel direct 706-722-8900 and ask to be connected to reservations. Then, they would need to let the representative know that it’s under The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors National Convention and Expo group rate of $127 per night.
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Here’s a huge Coke collection located in a small Georgia city (Near Augusta!)
By Bill Baab
A pleasant 80-mile drive down U.S. Highway 1 from Augusta through the middle Georgia communities of Wrens, Louisville, Wadley and on into Swainsboro will result in an unexpected view of a super collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia. The collection was gathered over the years by Michael Bright, a former employee of the Summerville (S.C.) Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Back in the early 1980s, he was asked if he’d like to make extra money by working one weekend and cleaning out the bottling plant attic. He responded in the affirmative and was amazed to see the old signs and other Coke-related artifacts that had been up there gathering dust for many years. Once he learned the plan was to throw out everything, he asked if he could have the signs and other items and was told he could. The result of that job is a vivid and astonishing display at the Swainsboro Coca-Cola Museum taking up a lot of the 12,000 square feet of the Main Street Market Antique Mall at 215 West Main Street in downtown Swainsboro. There is no admission charge to check out the huge collection of everything Coca-Cola. There is a large public parking area in the rear. Mr. Bright, who turned 55 in October, also has a booth in the mall from which he sells Coke-related stuff, including reproduction signs that look good, but cost well under the going prices for The Real Thing.
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There are many bottles covering Coca-Cola’s era from the late 19th century to the present. There is a 1904 Coca-Cola tray among many others and calendars and other Coke memorabilia signed by the late Denmark, S.C., artist Jim Harrison, known for his country Coca-Cola sign-themed artwork. Bright said it took him 3-1/2 years to build the collection and he later moved to Swainsboro where his wife had grown up. He found the mall the very best place to set up his collection, which is not for sale. The mall itself has 60 different dealers represented and is one of the best laid-out and cleanest of its kind anywhere. Each dealer is encouraged to rearrange his (or her) stock from time to time, we were told. The mall is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m., to 5 p.m. Should you make the 1-1/2-hour trip in the morning during the week, there are a number of fine restaurants close by. Just ask Bright or any mall employee and they’ll give you recommendations and information on how to get there. For more information, visit www.swainsborococacolamuseum. com or facebook.com/mainstreetmarket/swainsboro.
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Virtual Museum Ne ws By Richard Siri
The FOHBC Virtual Museum has been established to display, inform, educate, and enhance the enjoyment of historical bottle and glass collecting by providing an online virtual museum experience for significant historical bottles and other items related to early glass. **************** It sure has been a great and action-packed two months since my last report. Hopefully I can use this space to give you all a high-level overview, though quite honestly, I could use a few more pages! First of all, at the recent FOHBC 2018 Cleveland National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo banquet, Virtual Museum designer Ferdinand Meyer V, previewed the development of the Virtual Museum website on a large screen and showed the attendees what the experience would be like. Our first gallery (bitters) was used as an example. I have to say, everyone was very impressed with the showing.
Ferdinand and Alan DeMaison, museum photographer and imager, were also set up on the Cleveland showroom floor demonstrating how the 3-dimensional imaging is done. Examples were culled-out from the floor dealers which allowed our archives to expand. Ferdinand also projected Bitters Gallery examples showing what the spins look like when edited. There were lots of positive comments about the process. After the Cleveland National Convention, Alan headed west with his wife Elaine to visit their daughter and newborn boy triplets in Washington State. This gave him an opportunity to visit and image two outstanding collections in Washington. One was the jar collection of Darrell Plank where he captured 38 images of jars and the other was at Steve Hubbell’s where he imaged 36 western bitters and western whiskeys. From Washington, Alan and Elaine drove down to Anderson, California and met up with myself and my wife Beverley. The following day we visited the Ken and Teenie Schwartz Museum of Western Whiskey. There Teenie allowed us to image whatever bottles we desired. While Alan was setting up his equipment
Bottles and Extras for the shoot, I reviewed what whiskies we had already captured at my house in 2017 and the ones Alan did at Steve Hubbell’s in Washington. Picking out bottles to shoot isn’t easy when you are looking at some 1,000+ examples! I stuck with amber bottles as Alan is not completely satisfied with his images of aqua and clear bottles. Always tough to capture. But rest assured, Alan has a plan to improve the images so the embossing shows up better. When he solves that issue, we will go back and shoot images of aqua and clear whiskies. This shouldn’t be a problem as we know where they are all at. With the images we got at Teenie’s, we have enough western whiskies to do a very nice gallery.
So at this point, we have historical flasks (next gallery), bitters, jars, target balls and western spirits. The images from these groups will still have to be fine-tuned and placed in galleries with history and support imagery. This should keep Alan and Ferdinand busy all winter. More good news. Alan now has an apprentice-in-training. Angelina Pellegrini, the person that did all the great photography work at the 2016 Sacramento National Convention, is going to become the west coast Virtual Museum photographer. Her first assignment will be her father’s (Lou Pellegrini) exceptional food bottle collection which is one of the best in the bottle hobby. Your contributions will support our second imaging set-up. And now for something quite spectacular. Earlier this year, Jeff Wichmann threw out a challenge that he would donate $5,000 to the Virtual Museum if someone or group would match the donation. At The Cleveland Convention banquet, Lou Pellegrini, another Californian, matched it and true to his word, Jeff followed through. This fills the flask for now; however, time and expenses will draw down the level so we still would like donations for this project. The Virtual Museum is funded separate from FOHBC other expenses. Thank you, Jeff and Lou. Jim Berry, FOHBC Treasurer, also announced that he had received a donation letter from the St. Louis Antique Bottle Club for $500, with a challenge to other bottle clubs. Way to go! Quite a few clubs have already contributed to our project. So what’s next? It looks like Alan is already planning another imaging trip up Chicago way. I know Ferdinand is working on the Historical Flask Gallery and our team continues to march forward on this significant project. We need to open these galleries! Pictured in order: JD Willoughby NY jar in cornflower blue (Darrell Plank), Tea Cup Old Bourbon cylinder (Steve Hubbell), Creamer attributed to Mantua Glass Works (John Fifer), Duffy Crescent Saloon figural pig, Louisville (Jim Hall).
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(Sunday) TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS
THE LITTLE RHODY BOTTLE CLUB SHOW
Holiday Inn, Taunton, Massachusetts Early Admission, $15, 8:30 am, General Admission $3, 9:30 am
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Hon. Stephen Buhrer Those Pre-Pro Self-Made in Cleveland Whiskey Men! By Jack Sullivan
Foreword: As in the past when I find a piece on a whiskey man of interest that has been written expertly by someone else, my practice is to print it on my Those Pre-Pro Whiskey Men! blog, giving credit to the author. In this case, it is my friend and former president of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC), Ferdinand (“Ferd”) Meyer. As a bitters collector, Ferd concentrated on his subject’s bitters products. At the same time, however, Buhrer was making and selling whiskey and other liquor. His story is interesting and Ferd tells it well. Top of page: Buhrer’s Gentian Bitters trade card from the extraordinary collection of John Kemler – image Joe Gourd. The man in the chair is most likely the Honorable Stephen Buhrer.
Stephen Buhrer was born on Christmas day, December 25th, 1825 on the Zoar farm in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, to Johann Casper Buhrer who was from a province of Baden, Germany and Anna Maria Miller from Stockach, Germany. Johann and Anna Maria arrived in Philadelphia, with many other Germans, in 1817, and settled in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. They were married in short order and had one daughter, Catherine. Knowing of many other Germans and Anna Maria having friends in Ohio, the Buhrers moved to the rich farmlands of Zoar, Ohio.
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Top of S. Buhrer letterhead
Zoar Farming - Ohio Historical Society
B 252.5: Extremely rare and unlisted dark amber Buhrer’s Gentian Bitters - Frank Wicker Collection
Zoar was formed by a group of German Separatists who left southeastern Germany to escape persecution for their religious beliefs. The Separatists thought that the church should be simple and bereft of all ceremony and they emphasized a mystical and direct relationship with God. Zoar was one of the most notable experiments in communal living in our nation’s history. Unfortunately, Buhrer’s father died in 1829 and Buhrer was entrusted to this strict German society of separatists. At a very early age, and without a wage, Buhrer was put to work on the communal farm and at the age of nine was given the task to manage the sheep in the vast pasture ranges of Zoar where he labored for three years. When he was twelve years old, he was placed in a cooper shop in the society. A cooper was someone who made wooden staved vessels, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads. Buhrer did not attend traditional school and was educated mainly in Sunday school and by any education he could pick up after a long days work. Buhrer not only learned the trade of coopering, but at different times did almost any kind of work including brewing and slaughtering. He also was a hostler at the Zoar Tavern and drove horses on the Ohio canal. Buhrer finally left the society and farm life and traveled to Cleveland in 1842 where he continued to work as a cooper. He accepted a position as a traveling salesman in 1846 with his territory at first covering Ohio, and later Indiana and Michigan. With ill health and the prevailing malarial fevers of this era, he cut short his work as a traveling salesman and returned by rail to Detroit. With his funds exhausted, he sold much of his valuables including clothes and purchased deck passage on a steamboat bound for Cleveland, which he regarded his new home. Continued ill health then sent him almost to the poorhouse until a friend Matt and revived his spirits and supported him financiallyBy until he recov-
Above: Eagle Distillery, S. Buhrer lists Buhrer’s Gentian Bitters -1865 Cleveland City Directory B 251: “S. BUHRER. PROPRIETOR – BUHRER’S. GENTIAN. BITTERS”, (B-251), Ohio, ca. 1865 – 1875, golden yellow amber, 8 3/8”h, “C&I” on smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth. Ex Carlyn Ring Collection. – Glass Works Auctions
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ered. With a renewed vigor, Buhrer then returned to coopering and briefly worked at a shipyard in 1847. In 1848, Buhrer married Eva Maria Schneider and had three children: John, Mary Jane, and Lois Catherine. Eva died in 1889 and after her death, Buhrer married Marguerite Paterson. With a family and responsibilities, Buhrer put his strong work ethic to task and went into the coopering business for three years. He then sold his interest to his partner in 1853, at which time he turned his attention to the business of rectifying and purifying spirits. During this period, he was associated with the Masons and Cleveland City Lodge No. 15. He was also First Junior Deacon of Bigelow Lodge No. 243.
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Above: 1873 S. Buhrer receipt for Buhrer’s Gentian Bitters, Bitters Bottles
B 252: Examples of a red and orange amber Buhrer’s Gentian Bitters - Meyer Collection
Buhrer eventually became a well-known wholesale distributor of alcoholic beverages and ran Eagle Distilleries. He had only been a resident of Cleveland for eleven years, and was only 29 years old when he was elected a member of the City Council in 1855. He also ran and served on the City Council in 1863 and 1865. He served on the council during the Civil War, as he could not be drafted because of his health, and was a stalwart champion of the Union and federal government. After his three-terms with the city council, Buhrer was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1867. He served as the Democratic Mayor until 1870. Buhrer’s Gentian Bitters first appeared around 1865 and remained one of his strongest brands well into the 1880s. Along with foreign and domestic liquors, he also sold and bottled mineral and other natural table waters. Buhrer was one of the prominent business men of his day and as mayor, brought forth the project of building a viaduct to connect the east and west sides of Cleveland. The Cleveland House of Correction & Workhouse was also built under his term. After serving two terms, he returned to serve another term on the city council before he died in Cleveland on December 8, 1907. To me, it is truly amazing that this self-made man, with no father or older brothers or no money to borrow from relatives, became so successful in America at such a young age. He truly must have had some type of divine intervention as his trade card on the opening page depicts. Above: Buhrer as Mayor of Cleveland making a toast.
Note: Many of the illustrations shown here are from Ferd Meyer’s Peachridge Glass website, well worth a look for any bottle aficionado.
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Jim Healy 2018 Cleveland National stoneware jug creation Pictured to the right (front & back) is the Jim Healy commemorative stoneware jug commissioned by the FOHBC to raffle at the recent 2018 Cleveland National. The example was similar to the jug the FOHBC auctioned at the 2015 Chattanooga National and raffled at the 2017 Springfield National. In Cleveland, tickets were $2 each or 3 for $5. On Sunday, near the conclusion of the show, the lucky winner was announced. Congratulations Patricia Sprang! We thought we would share a few pictures from Jim showing how he made the commemorative jug. Jim donated his time and materials for this wonderful piece, and we thank him so much.
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was ash on it. “Ben, come here!,” I yelled excitedly. We both probed to check for repeatability and we were starting to get the dimensions of the privy. Without wasting time we headed to the car for tarps and shovels. Winter digging brings its challenges, the trunk lid was frozen and the wet tarp from the previous week’s dig was frozen hard like a roll of aluminum. Ben cut out the sod as I anxiously started to throw dirt. A shard of blue and white transferware was a good omen. As Ben was throwing dirt he unearthed a clay pipe bowl with part of the stem attached. He chuckled as he read the embossing on the stem, “Peter” my first name.
Father & Son Team Snowtacular Privy Dig or Father & Son March Madness Privy Dig or Father & Son Team Unearth 1850 Time Capsule or Father & Son Team Say SNOW Problem! By Peter Jablonski - Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association The weather forecast for Saturday was less than ideal for privy digging with a high of 20 and wind chills of zero degrees. You know the weather is bad when the traffic is moving at 30 mph on the thruway. However, when you have the privy digging fever the only cure for your addiction is to get out there and do what you love best. Privy diggers are a tough breed that will endure bitter cold, summers sweltering heat, patches of poison ivy, prickly briars, aching backs, throbbing muscles, filthy mucky quagmires, barking dogs, disgruntled old ladies, profanity slinging grumpy old men to satiate their hunger for glass relics of yesteryear. As we headed east, the snow subsided and there was just a dusting on the ground. We started our probing where we had dug a double-header wondering, if perhaps there could be a triple-header, but no such luck. Remember, privy diggers always check the yard for a second privy. As we headed to look for another possible privy at a 1825 house we had done very well at in January, I drove past a man coming out of his house and obtained permission to dig. My son Ben, a recent Cornell graduate, joined me in my quest for glass. He probed along the right property line while I worked the back property line. I glanced closer to the house and saw a dip in the grass that all privy diggers relish. I stuck my probe in and it sunk to the handle. I immediately glanced at the tip and to my pleasure there
Once we dug out the first two feet of top soil we hit ash, and then as to be expected at this time of year, ground water. Ben pulled out the first bottle, a small stoneware master ink. I scooped out a broken umbrella ink, the quintessential American inkwell designed to be very sturdy and never spill over. Ben unearthed a broken base with an open pontil (op) scar. This brought a huge smile to my face because if we were getting shards of pontils near the top, the chances for pontiled bottles at the bottom were very good. Shovels full of broken flow blue china made Ben comment, “They must have been very careless or the dishes were very fragile.” Ben then exhumed a Pulmonary Balsam and a Fosgates Anodyne, both with pontil scars. I ran to Kentucky Fried Chicken, the ubiquitous staple of privy diggers. When I returned, Ben disinterred a DEC Balsam op. We sat in the car as the snow fell and replenished our bellies. After a quick reprieve from the cold with bellies full, we returned to the task at hand. I started to throw the remaining dirt in the corner we had finished. As I handed Ben the buckets of groundwater, he commented “They either ate a lot of grapes or made wine as grape seeds were floating.” I gingerly removed a Dr. Mitchell’s Syrup of Ipecap Perry, N.Y. op. It is always fun to dig bottles that you have never heard the likes of. Next I threw out a broken chamber pot lid. Ben flipped it over and said
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in disbelief “There’s a bottle inside the lid!” “Is it whole?” I asked, sheepishly knowing I had hurled it out of the pit. “No the lip is broken.” It was a Dr. Jaynes Alternative Philadelphia op. Ugh, my heart sunk knowing I was the cause of the damage. That was all for the bottom of the privy. I wasn’t willing to call it quits yet as I could still see ash in the walls. I used my metal digging probe to cave in the walls. My perseverance was well rewarded as to my utter delight, a geometric, three-piece mold ink well rolled down from the collapsed wall. Where was this olive amber Sandwich glass bottle made - in a Keene, New Hampshire or Coventry, Connecticut glasshouse? The moving of the glass blowers from factory to factory could account for the dichotomy in the styles and designs of the early New England glasshouses. Another likely reason was that one mold shop sold their molds to the same factories. Upon further research, this particular mold can be attributed to the Keene Marlboro Street Glassworks. It is classified as a GIII-29 in McKearin’s American Glass. This pit had several broken umbrella inks, one encrusted with rust and a few colored broken master inks. Who were the early pioneers who inhabited this home? Clearly they were scholarly and educated. Delving into the past answers some questions, but creates even more. The last bottle to come out from the wall was a aqua W.W. Huff’s liniment op. “Ben, can you imagine if this bottle was emerald green it would be worth $2,000,” I lamented. In the years 18441848, William W. Huff was listed as a bookkeeper at Huff’s Hotel. In 1848, he was a grocer at 17 Exchange Street. An ad in an 1846 newspaper lists Huffs Liniment as a cure for rheumatism. Perhaps Huff was making the product and selling it out of his grocery store. In 1850, Huff was listed as a veterinary surgeon. Perhaps his liniment like many of the day were for man or beast. Digging when it’s snowing is not the most pleasant as your gloves and clothes get wet, and any artifacts placed on the tarp quickly become blanketed in white. For me, it was a day well spent with my son that I will never forget and it sure beats bowling.
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Michael Cronan: A Lad from the Old Sod By Steve Abbott
Fig.4: Casey & Cronan Eagle Soda Works gravitating stopper soda example.
Michael Cronan, Sacramento whiskey and soda dealer, was too ill in the early fall of 1908 to attend the funeral of one of his best friends in San Francisco, so he sent his son Joseph in his stead. San Francisco cemeteries are mostly at the edge of town in Colma, San Mateo County. The horse drawn funeral cortège proceeded through a drizzle along the dirt road, stopping at taverns, not necessarily saloons, every so often to water the animals and warm the mourners. At the last stop, Malloys (currently 1655 Mission Road), the bereaved went inside for a final toast to the deceased friend. Then, one of the sentimental Irishmen thought how unkind it was for the living to be having a drink inside a warm tavern while the deceased lay in a hearse out in the rain. So the boys brought their friend in from the cold. Not only did they bring him in, but they took him out of his coffin, stood him by the fireplace, and toasted him for the last time, hopefully with a glass of Irish dew. This story was passed down by Joseph Cronan to his son “Bud,” who passed it on to this writer. It’s a great story from an Irish family whose American origins began with Michael’s birth in Caven County, Ireland December 12, 1846. Family history says that he probably came from a farm family and immigrated in the late 1860’s. Cronan worked in mills of some sort in the East, then worked his way to California, where he was employed on
a railroad route headed toward the Bay Area. Somehow, and it seems to be true of some other early immigrants, he came up with a substantial amount of cash, which the family says was about $10,000. With this money in 1872, Mike (Fig.1) bought his way into the Brooklyn Hotel at 85 Front Street (address pre-1880) Sacramento. Within three years, he went into business with Hugh Casey, the son-in-law of Owen Casey, the proprietor of Eagle Soda Works, and together Casey and Cronan morphed that business into Casey-Cronan (Fig.2) at 50 Front Street (218 Front post 1880). They were not only business partners, but best friends, Hugh being Mike’s best man at his wedding to Julia O’Brien in 1875. At some point Casey decided to go back to Ireland for a few years, and Cronan began his liquor distributorship in 1887 at 230 K Street, a corner building earlier occupied by whiskey distributors Hall, Luhrs, then Mazzini Brothers, Cronan, Cronan-Wissemann, and later George Wissemann. The earliest ephemera from this budding business is a forwarding card (Fig.3), which would be sent to retailers advising them when Cronan would be in their vicinity for sales. The first bottles related to Cronan are the CASEY & CRONAN / EAGLE / SODA WORKS gravitating stopper soda (Fig.4) and the CASEY & CRONAN / 50 K STREET / SACRAMENTO
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Fig.1: Michael Cronan, age 29, Sacramento whiskey and soda dealer
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half pint and pint coffin flasks (Fig.5), the latter of which may have been paper labeled Pride of Kentucky, a registered brand of Livingston and Company, San Francisco 1873.
Fig.2: Michael Cronan went into business with Hugh Casey, the son-in-law of Owen Casey, the proprietor of Eagle Soda Works, and together Hugh and Mike morphed that business into Casey-Cronan at 50 Front Street (218 Front post 1880). - Sacramento City Directory
Fig.3: Michael Cronan began his own liquor distributorship in 1887 at 230 K Street, a corner building earlier occupied by whiskey distributors Hall, Luhrs, then Mazzini Brothers, Cronan, Cronan-Wissemann, and later George Wissemann. The earliest ephemera from this budding business is this forwarding card which would be sent to retailers advising them when Mr. Cronan would be in their vicinity for sales.
Fig.6: By 1887, Cronan had gone into business under his own name M. Cronan. From this period there is an aqua Hutchinson style soda M. Cronan, 230 K Street, Sacramento.
By 1887, Cronan had gone into business under his own name M. Cronan. From this period there is an aqua Hutchinson style soda M. CRONAN / 230 K Street / SACRAMENTO (Fig.6) and three whiskies. The first comes in two variants (Fig.7): M. CRONAN (monogram) SACRAMENTO, CAL., an unvented bottle with flat lettering and the second M. CRONAN (monogram) M, SACRAMENTO, CAL., a vented bottle with bold lettering. The “M” below Sacramento on the second of these two is a mystery. So far, we have no idea what it means. One guess is that it stands for “malt” whiskey, which had a heavy concentration of barley as opposed to bourbon with a heavy concentration of corn. Cronan’s Irish friend Hugh Casey had gone back to Ireland where “malt” whiskey was the staple and who upon his return sold Old Dundalk Malt Whiskey. These two Cronan big M bottles are marked 113 on the base, which is the same mold number as two other Sacramento whiskies: H. WEINREICH & CO. (1881-1899) and GOLD CROWN WHISKEY / FELTER & SON (1889-91), so we can probably date these to pre-1899. The second kind of Cronan fifth is KENTUCKY STANDARD (monogram with three barrels) / M. CRONAN / SACRAMENTO (Fig.8), an extremely rare bottle one with only two known to this author, who, by the way, broke two others in an accident. Ouch! By 1898, Cronan decided to take in an up-and-coming German businessman, George Wissemann, as a partner. (see California Favorite, Bottles and Extras, March/April 2018) Their partnership branded CRONAN / WISSEMANN, was conducted out of the 230 K Street location, and resulted in an embossed whiskey fifth CRONAN & WISSEMANN / (monogram) / SACRAMENTO, CAL (Fig. 9). The Wilsons in their book on western spirits bottles describe an amber oval screw top flask from Cronan as common. If true, to my knowledge, none have ever surfaced. The label? A dug example from years ago had a very decomposed California Favorite label. And a long disappeared saloon photograph from years ago showed a California Favorite, Cronan & Wissemann sign. In 2018, no proof of either can be provided. However, Cronan’s billheads from as early as 1893 (Fig. 10) and as late as 1907 (Fig. 11) advertised California Favorite Bourbon Whiskey. Pre-Wissemann billheads also advertise Game Cock (monogram) Bourbon and J.M. Harris Old Stock Bourbon Whiskey. Since the label California Favorite stays on the Cronan billheads all the way until the end of the Cronan business, but Wissemann’s use of the name only occurs with A, AA, AAA after it, an educated guess is that without A, AA, AAA the product is Cronan’s, but with them they are Wissemann’s. The merger of the Irish and German immigrants did not last past 1900 when Wissemann stayed in the 230 K Street location and Cronan, now incorporated as Cronan & Company, moved to 323 K Street, taking with him the California Favorite, Harris, and Game Cock labels, but adding both J. B. Sefton Sour Mash Bourbon (Fig.12) and Scotch (Fig.13), label copy machine version, Golden Grain Sour Mash Bourbon, Anderson Co. (Fig.14), and Carlisle Standard Bourbon Sour Mash. Upon splitting with Wissemann, the company incorporated with
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Fig.7: M. Cronan (MC monogram) Sacramento, Cal., an unvented bottle with flat lettering and the second M. Cronan (MC monogram), M, Sacramento, Cal., a vented bottle with bold lettering. The “M� below Sacramento on the second of these two is a mystery. So far, we have no idea what it means.
Fig. 5: Casey & Cronan, 50 K Street, Sacramento half pint and pint coffin flasks.
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Fig.9: Michael Cronan and George Wissemann, as partners. Cronan & Wissemann was located at 230 K Street. The relationship resulted in an embossed whiskey fifth Cronan & Wissemann, (CW monogram), Sacramento, Cal.
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Figs.10 & 11: Cronan’s billheads from as early as 1893 (above) and as late as 1907 (below) advertised California Favorite Bourbon Whiskey.
Figs.12 -14: The merger of the Irish and German immigrants did not last past 1900 when Wissemann stayed in the 230 K Street location and Cronan, now incorporated as Cronan & Company, moved to 323 K Street, taking with him the California Favorite, Harris, and Game Cock labels, but adding both J. B. Sefton Sour Mash Bourbon (below left) and Scotch Whiskey (below center), label copy machine version and a Golden Grain Sour Mash Bourbon (below right).
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Fig.16: M. Cronan Company made amber Golden Grain Bourbon paper labeled pints and half pints.
Fig.15: The new corporation used at least two embossed fifth bottles, an amber M. Cronan Co. (monogram) Sacramento, Cal. and a clear M. Cronan Co (monogram) Sacramento, Cal.
Fig.18: Golden Grain Whiskey Flange sign.
Fig.17: Golden Grain Whiskey curled corner sign, featuring the lovely Lenore, produced by Meek Company in 1907.
Fig.19: Shot glass
Fig.20: Shot glass
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Fig.22: Clear California Favorite with gilt bar bottle.
Fig.21: A wheel etched Golden Grain Rye decanter.
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Cronan owning 365 shares, his wife Julia with five shares, his sister Anna Blanche with five shares, and two investors Thomas Kennedy and Thomas O’Neil with 12.5 shares each. According to information passed down through the family, Cronan knew that national prohibition was coming and had already become law in some states. Sharing his risk and welcoming the investments of two other Irishmen (Kennedy and O’Neil) seemed prudent. Plus Cronan wanted day-to-day help running the business. Apparently Cronan did not keep an agreement with Kennedy who was paid a salary, but whose dividends in the company were not paid in cash but used to pay off his investment in the company. When Cronan died and the estate was settled, Kennedy sued the estate for what he considered to be his share and won.
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Fig.24: M. Cronan & Co. Golden Grain porcelain cork top.
The new corporation used at least two embossed fifth bottles (Fig.15), an amber M. CRONAN CO. / monogram / SACRAMENTO, CAL. and a clear M. CRONAN CO / monogram / SACRAMENTO, CAL. The ones found intact had the J.B. Sefton label on the amber and the Golden Grain on the clear. Plus amber Golden Grain Bourbon paper labeled pints and half pints exist (Fig.16). At the turn of the Twentieth Century, advertising had left its adolescence and the great advertising calendars, reverse painted glass signs, and lithographed metal trays and signs were reaching maturity. Undoubtedly, Cronan had some produced and distributed, though this writer has only seen one, a stock curled corner sign featuring the lovely Lenore, produced by Meek Company 1907 (Fig.17), the year before Cronan’s death. Two of these are known, plus many years ago, a local picked up a blank Lenore sign and airbrushed M. Cronan Company on it. Beware! There is also a two sided enameled flange sign (Fig.18) Golden Grain Whiskey found locally, so it is fairly safe to assume that it was distributed by Cronan. There are at least two shot glasses from this period, a Golden Grain Bourbon, M. Cronan Co., Sacramento Cal. (Fig.19) and a Golden Grain Bourbon, M Cronan, Sacramento in black with a gold rim (Fig.20). To go with this brand is a wheel etched Golden Grain Rye decanter (Fig.21). There is also a clear California Favorite with gilt bar bottle (Fig.22) nearly identical to a Wissemann California Favorite AA clear gilt bar bottle. Among the smaller advertising give aways are a wooden sleeve cork screw Golden Grain Whiskey, M. Cronan & Co. (Fig.23), a porcelain cork top Golden Grain (Fig.24), and a strange one, for the ladies or bartenders’ use, a Golden Grain Whiskey metal funnel (Fig.25).
Fig.25: For the ladies or bartenders’ use, a Golden Grain Whiskey metal funnel, “For Home Use”.
Michael Cronan’s part of the whiskey business came to an end on November 10, 1908, when, as The Sacramento Bee so delicately put it, Cronan “dropped dead.” He was buried in Sacramento’s St. Joseph’s Cemetery. The company was worth between $50,00075,000, had a good credit rating, and paid good wages according to the Dunn credit rating reports. The company continued until 1911 when Mike’s widow closed shop, moved to San Francisco, and tended to her business interests in Sacramento and elsewhere. Michael Cronan’s life spanned his youth on an Irish farm, then in America as a mill and railroad worker, hotel owner, liquor dealer, property owner, and Sacramento businessman. He was a true “Lad of the Old Sod,” who applied an immigrant’s ambition, risk, hard work, and left part of his legacy to those of us who collect bottle related objects and who try to preserve some of the history related to them. Thanks to the Cronan family for use of its research, Mike Henness for the soda photographs, and B.J. Richmond for proofreading. Steve Abbott is a collector of Sacramento whiskey related objects. 1 There was the Cronan Building near 12 & J, the Joseph Cronan near 10th & J in Sacramento.
Fig.23: M. Cronan & Co. Agents Golden Grain Whiskey wooden sleeve cork screw.
Plus almost directly across the American River from the Sutter’s Mill gold discovery site was the Cronan Ranch, which Mike bought from the Central Pacific Railroad in 1891, passed to his wife, and to their son Joseph. What is now called Mount Murphy we collectors can call Mount Cronan. American River Conservancy now owns the site and conducts weekend hikes.
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ometimes it’s hard to step back and objectively look at an event when you have worked endlessly for months to make sure details line up “just so.” Or maybe, because so much heart had been put into the event by Team Cleveland, rounding up the 2018 Cleveland National Antique Bottle Convention and Expo was more like telling a story. This is our Cleveland story. The story begins 2 years ago, when Matt Lacy and Louis Fifer were scouting locations to host the FOHBC’s 2018 National Convention. Several Ohio cities were discussed, but due to availability and appeal, Cleveland was decided to be presented to the Board. It was a revitalized city of youth and energy, a perfect fit for the two co-chairs. Slowly, from there, Team Cleveland was assembled, including: Alan DeMaison taking on the role of treasurer, Adam and Phyllis Koch using their epic skills in culminating the souvenir program with the help of Ferdinand Meyer, Lindsey Fifer and Elizabeth Lacy stepping in to help with the many details and organization of the individual events, and John Fifer who assisted with many decisions and background set-up. As the sponsoring club, many Ohio Bottle Club members volunteered hours during the Convention, adding creditability to the saying “many hands make light work.” Fast forward to Wednesday, August 1, 2018: National Convention and Expo set-up commences! The location of most of our events for the weekend was the Huntington
“You could see the anticipation on faces as the escalators slowly lowered the crowds into the Exhibit Hall”
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Convention Center of Cleveland. This modern, high-tech facility offered large, well-lit space with excellent customer care from our sales rep, Harold. Harold and the security team were courteous, prompt and thorough with any issues that unfold throughout the weekend. Directly across the street was our host hotel, the Marriott Downtown at Key Center. Even though there were minor hiccups (can anyone say elevators?), the stylish lobby and immaculate rooms created a great home base for Convention attendees over the weekend. Throughout
Ohio’s Jerry and Sharon Tebbano catch up with Cure Collector John Wolfe
Thursday, August 2, began bright and early with the FOHBC bi-annual board meeting
the day on Wednesday, we greeted FOHBC board members and convention attendees as they filtered through the facilities, gathering the lay of the land and exploring some of what the great city of Cleveland had to offer. Thursday, August 2, began bright and early with the FOHBC biannual board meeting. Held at the Marriott Key Center, incoming and outgoing board members merged within the board room, as 2018 is an election year. Many important topics were on the agenda, including upcoming National Conventions, the Virtual Museum, financials, and even discussions around a magazine merger. The meeting ran almost the full four hours allotted, and a lot was accomplished with a positive outlook for the incoming board. To kick off National Convention weekend in the land of Rock and Roll, the opening reception was held at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Thursday afternoon. Wow, what a turn out; it was a hit! People started lining up as the Rock Hall employees finished setting up the cheese and crackers, ready to explore the museum and catch up with bottle friends. After grabbing a ride on the charming Lolly the Trolley from the host hotel to the Rock Hall, Lindsey and Elizabeth greeted each attendee at the entrance with their Convention Packet. Almost 150 friends gathered, gabbed, roamed the hallowed musical halls before commencing on a weekend of glass. Thursday night’s entertainment at the “Battle of the Bottles” was provided by Ohio’s own John Fifer and the legendary Rick Ciralli from Connecticut. This dynamic duo hosted a battle between three different Midwest categories, adding insight and laughs the entire evening. Many thanks to dear Northeast friends: Bob and Marianne Strickhart, Jim Bender and Linda Shepard for running the check-in table so smoothly! The amount of entries for each category was a pleasant surprise, as well as the modest crowd who came to partake in the evening’s festivities. Chip Cable and Tom Masiarik did
Thursday afternoon, August 2 The opening reception was held at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Thursday afternoon.
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Bob Watson flips through Saturday’s auction catalog
Sampling the cheese and crackers before taking in all the Rock and Roll
“Wow, what a turn out; it was a hit! People started lining up as the Rock Hall employees finished setting up the cheese and crackers, ready to explore the museum and catch up with bottle friends. “ One of the many displays at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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“The amount of entries for each category was a pleasant surprise, as well as the modest crowd who came to partake in the evening’s festivities.”
A sample of the many entries in the Pattern Molded Tableware category
Fun fellowship, and a spectacular display of Midwest glass Ohio Soda category was full of beautiful bottles and one with partial contents, after the judges decided to taste it
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another fantastic job projecting each Battle entry on the movie theater-sized screen so everyone could see the quality of what was being judged. At the end of the evening, our 3 winners and 6 runners-up took home beautiful awards sponsored by John Pastor. For the Ohio Soda category, Jim Hall’s unusual egg shaped A.T. Blake from Cincinnati took first place, as it is thought to be the only one known. Second place went to Jon Dickinson with a large paneled cobalt David Baker from Cincinnati, and third place was Jim Hall, again, with a paneled J Printz from Zanesville. The winner of the second category, Pattern Molded Tableware, was John Fifer with a Mantua creamer; a citron Kent pan of John Fifer’s taking second place, and Jim Salzwimmer’s yellow Franklin Glassworks 20 rib broken swirl flask being awarded third place. An electric blue GII-126 eagle wreath flask from Matt Lacy took the first prize award in the Midwestern Flask category; followed by Matt’s amber Ravenna Glassworks iron pontil flask and Tom Line’s yellow green GII-69 cornucopia eagle as runners-up. Spectators and participants enjoyed an evening of hors d’oeuvres, fun fellowship, and a spectacular display of Midwest glass FOHBC members meandered down to the Marriott second floor for the annual membership breakfast early Friday morning. A fantastic feast of a buffet was spread out, followed by the membership meeting lead by resigning President Ferdinand Meyer. The incoming FOHBC board members were introduced to the membership after ballots were counted that morning. There was an outpouring of support from the FOHBC community at the breakfast, with a record number of members present. One of the greatest aspects of the bottle hobby is how much knowledge collectors are willing to share with one another. The educational seminars that are held at national conventions are a great place to gather and learn from one another within our community. At the Cleveland National this year, we were privileged to have many well-respected members of the bottle community speak at the seminars. William Barrett educated on the Zanesville, Ohio, glasshouse and glass; Tom Sproat demonstrated his expertise about Hemingray Jars; Dennis Huey The crowd starts to gather prior to Friday night’s Battle of the Bottles
Checking in bottles before the battle competition Chip Cable and Tom Masiarik project each entry onto the movie theater sized screen(below)
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Friday Morning, August 3 Annual membership breakfast
Outgoing President Ferdinand Meyer V conducting annual FOHBC membership meeting
The Membership Breakfast was well attended
taught about his experiences and processes with privy digging; Jim Bender informed on the vast and various reproductions within the bottle hobby; Bob Koren imparted his passion of the Erie Canal and memorabilia; and Ted Krist shared his love and knowledge of all things bitters bottles. Each seminar held a rapt crowd, and much positive feedback was heard excitingly throughout the rest of the day. Following the ribbon cutting ceremony just before 1pm, dealers took to the showroom floor, followed by the early admissions. You could see the anticipation on faces as the escalators slowly lowered the crowds into the Exhibit Hall at the Huntington Convention Center, as each person excitedly awaited what treasures lay ahead to be found. In total, there were 168 tables of dealers from all over the United States, as well as travelers from Australia and the UK. Even more amazing were the number of Western collectors who traveled out to participate in the Cleveland National this year. Thank you to all who traveled to make the show exciting! Many memories were made at the annual FOHBC Banquet on Friday night. Cocktail hour was livened up with a Rock and Roll themed photobooth. The keynote speaker was world-renowned antique expert, Terry Kovel, who imparted on us many tips and tricks in preserving and protecting our collections. Terry spent a great deal of time at the Cleveland National Convention, attending events such as the Battle of the Bottles and having a table of her own where she sold antique guides and caught up with friends, new and old. It was an honor to many to have met someone who played such a pivotal
Members at rapt attention for old and new FOHBC business
Incoming Vice President Louis Fifer and President Matt Lacy address the membership
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Friday Evening, August 3 FOHBC Banquet
President’s Award recipient Alan DeMaison
Ferdinand Meyer inducting Richard Siri into the FOHBC Hall of Fame
part of their collecting story. After Terry’s speech and the annual club awards, Ferdinand Meyer honored two great men by inducting them into the FOHBC Hall of Fame: Richard “Dick” Roller and Richard Siri. An additional honor was further unique as one of Team Cleveland’s own, Alan DeMaison, received the President’s Award for 2018. Being as this was his last banquet as President, the FOHBC board took a moment to honor Ferdinand, also, for his years of service to the FOHBC and bottle community. After much anticipation and hard work, Saturday morning was the live auction event at the Huntington Center. As an FOHBC sponsored auction this year, most of the aspects of the auction were carried out by Matt and Elizabeth Lacy and Louis Fifer. Jesse Sailor came from next door in Pennsylvania to call the auction that morning. Since this is an honest story of the Cleveland National Antique Bottle Convention and Expo weekend, it is FOHBC members enjoying the comraderie at the banquet
FOHBC Hall of Fame Inductee Richard Allen “Dick” Roller
safe to say that the auction did not live up to expectations with a poor turn-out and disheartening outcome. Leaving it at that, the well-lit room saw much remarkable glass that morning, and many bidders left with great finds at great prices with money to still spend at the show that afternoon. Onto the reason bottle collectors come to the National Conventions every year, besides catching up with far-away friends: The Bottle Show. This year, the showroom floor was large, well-lit, in close proximity to natural light, clean and up-to-date. All weekend, the buzz of conversations and the exclamations over great finds could be heard. Early admission attendance on Friday and Saturday was strong, while general admission could have been better, in the nature of keeping things honest. That didn’t stop the great finds and reportedly good sales. Throughout the weekend, Team Cleveland was able to raffle off an FOHBC donation in
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Saturday Morning, August 4 FOHBC Auction
Jordan Ott examining a Peppersauce at the Electric Auction Preview
$100 increments to lucky winners to be spent at the show; as well as a raffle for a commemorative two-foot guitar and a souvenir jug hand painted by Jim Healy specifically for the Cleveland National Convention. Linda Shepard won the guitar, and Patricia Sprang proudly took home the souvenir jug! Our young ones had a ball with the scavenger hunt, and so did the dealers they conversed with! By the time Sunday afternoon rolled around, everyone was used to the loading dock procedures orchestrated by the Huntington Convention Center, so their pack up was smooth and they were on their way home in time for Sunday dinner. Cleveland being in the heart of the Midwest, and Ohio being home to many glasshouses in the past, there were a lot of great opportunity for displays at the Cleveland National Convention this year. One of the most memorable was the collection of Midwest pattern molded glass and tableware that Jim Hagenbuch generously displayed for the weekend! All 16 of the displays were well presented, and a wonderful contribution to the show. Thank you to all of the displayers for sharing your collections with us! Team Cleveland and the FOHBC were proud to award Tom Sproat with the Most Educational Display for his display titled “Glass Jars Made or Patented in Ohio before 1880,” and Ted Krist with Best in Show with his beautiful hand-crafted display for his colorful bitters bottles. While we may be biased because we got to introduce the bottle community to our hometown, overall Team Cleveland was pleased with how the FOHBC 2018 Cleveland National Antique
Louis Fifer and Matt Lacy ready to assist with questions prior to the Electric Auction Saturday morning
Bottle Convention and Expo turned out. As with any event, there will always be room for improvement with negative or undesirable components, but there was also memories, friends, and great glass found this August in the Land of Rock and Roll. Still don’t believe us? Here is some varied feedback from some willing attendees: Jeff Eastland (Virginia): The FOHBC 2018 National Bottle Show in Cleveland was a VERY well organized and smoothly run convention. This event, in a convenient location, featured some nice displays and bottle competitions, plus excellent seminars. I learned a lot and had a wonderful time. Bought some nice pieces for my collection. I can honestly say it exceeded my expectations. Friendly people and great bottles. What more can one ask for? John O’Neil (California): Cleveland was an unexpected surprise and a very nice venue, the City was clean and the Convention Center and its surrounding facilities were exceptional, in fact I think it was better than many first-tier cities in terms of the size of the facilities, and the convenience offered to the exhibitors and attendees. I am a new huge Cleveland Fan. The seminars that I attended were excellent, and really enjoyed learning about The Zanesville Glass Industry, Digging in the Ohio Valley and The Erie Canal. I even came away with a bottle from my area in California. I love returning bottles to their place of origin…….and adding to the collection. Cheers to the organizers of this event, it was really well done.
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Lindsey Fifer explaining the scavenger hunt to a young collector
The reason bottle collectors come to the National Conventions every year, besides catching up with far-away friends: The Bottle Show
Elizabeth Lacy awarding a Raffle winner with FOHBC dollars to spend at the show
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Kevin Sives, Life Member (Pennsylvania): My wife Carla and I have attended many Nationals and Expos, beginning with Toledo in 1992. And I must say, Cleveland certainly stacked up with some of the best. This time, we came as Early Buyers, rather than dealers, so we can’t comment on the dealer experience. However, the rest of the National - the Rock Hall reception, bottle battle, auction, banquet, and show - was great. I’m sure there are little things that could be tweaked, and I’m sure some folks will tell you what they are, but for us, our expectations were greatly exceeded. I guess the only negative would be that unfortunately the host hotel was undergoing renovation, so half of the elevators were not working, which caused quite a bit of waiting sometimes for an elevator. And I’m one of those folks that head down to the lobby early in the morning in search of an urn of free coffee somewhere, which didn’t exist. But to sum up, if waiting for an elevator, or not finding free coffee, is the biggest complaint we had, then you know the National was a huge success! David Harper (Missouri): Being my first time ever, I was concerned a bit at first with empty tables and no one around fifteen minutes before show start. However, after the ribbon cutting and rush of excitement I realized how the vendors too had to wait. What a great show!! The knowledge I left with, thanks to the seminars, is invaluable too. I am now a FOHBC member, and look forward to next year’s show. All the way from Sedalia Missouri, thank you!!
Alan DeMaison explaining the 3-D imaging process of the FOHBC Virtual Museum
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Dennis Huey (Ohio): Still trying to get caught up after a wonderful National Show here in Cleveland. In response to Matt Lacy’s request for some feedback I would like to offer the following. The National Show in Cleveland was a great show because of the hard work of Matt Lacy and Louis Fifer and their wonderful spouses. Behind the scenes Ferdinand Meyer and the officers of the FOHBC were there to support the show and are cheerleaders for the hobby. Without these folks’ hard work, it never would have happened. My hats off to you. Furthermore, I would like to thank the officers and members of the Ohio Bottle Club who provided support and even helped dealers unload their vehicles. Your efforts did not go unnoticed. Thank you. Jerry McCann (Illinois): The 2018 FOHBC show was planned and executed to make it a great experience for both sellers and buyers. The show succeeded. The convention center was a perfect venue (lighting, access for dealers and attendees, convention staff), and the hotel convenient with a great banquet room. Any problem at the show was immediately addressed by Matt and Louis (and their support partners) in a courteous polite, efficient manner. Unfortunately, the show was not well supported by the bottle community (in Ohio, as well as in the surrounding states). This is explained (in part) by a changed world of electronic sales, both individually and by auction. Thus, it was an opportunity lost for hundreds, no thousands of collectors to make this show the spectacular event it should have been, and a lost opportunity to have experienced the bottle community at its best. Without these
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Outstanding Displays
Display of Ohio Stoneware, several from Cleveland Display of Glasshouse Whimsies, generally called turtles
Some fantastic bitters from Ted Krist
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events a collector loses the exposure to other collectors and their ideas about collecting. The six seminars given by knowledgeable collectors would have justified the expense and time of attendance at this show. My personal thanks to all those who worked on this show...you all rock! Jim Hall (Illinois): I believe the show was great and everything went well. The only comment (s) that I heard was that it was too long (as we discussed) and that attendee, customer parking was not identified what I suggest is for the next national if parking is not in the immediate area that it is identified in the advertising saying “parking is readily available within a two block radius of the convention center” just to let people know you will not be able to park at the convention center itself. Otherwise it was a great venue!!! I hope this helps Duane Rader (Ohio): Hello Matt and Louis, I thought the show went very well. Unloading and loading went very well. It would have helped to have a large sign at the turn in place, more than the convention center sign. I was unable to attend any of the seminars, but the subjects seemed to be appropriate. Thanks for all your hard work. It is greatly appreciated. Also thanks to your wives for their help and putting up with your complaining at times I am sure. Thanks for everything, Tom Lines, Life Member FOHBC (Alabama): The Cleveland Show was one of the best planned and executed nationals I’ve attended. The venue itself was spacious and well lighted.... but an occasional walk upstairs to natural light was prudent. The host hotel was convenient (across the street) and provided plenty of areas for fellowship with friends. Cleveland itself was a very pleasant surprise to my wife and I... lots of good eating spots. Plus, the kick-off reception at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was most memorable for this old baby boomer! I like the concept of the bottle battles that have evolved over the past few years, not because I had an item that placed but because it’s a great fellowship experience. The displays were all well done. My hats off to each and every displayer that takes the time to prepare, pack and lug his or her treasures to the show purely for the benefit of everyone else except themselves! I attended Two of the seminars
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Ed Gray greeting attendees with a smile at the convention Saturday
with my favorite being Jim Bender’s talk on reproduction pieces. Very informative and more than a little scary with what’s out there! The auction...without being too negative, I’ll just say I think its time to drop this from the show format. It was a downer. As a dealer, I sold fairly well...but bought even better. It’s an age-old problem for me! I did add a flask, an ink, 2 chestnuts and a perfume to my collection. The perfume was compliments of winning one of the dealer-only $100 gift certificates...a really great treat for the dealers! My biggest complaint has nothing to do with how the Cleveland Team managed the show but it has to do with it being a 4-day event as mandated by the Federation. It’s just too long. And because of the length, expenses were high...3 nights at the host hotel was $450 plus tax plus you gotta eat too. Maybe we’re a bit too frugal in the South but I know several collectors that didn’t attend simply because it would have been too expensive. I think the dealer participation was affected as well as the
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general admission. At the membership breakfast, Ferd brought up that the frequency of the national shows is under discussion. I’m not sure how I feel about that. Having evolved from a 4-year interval between shows (Expos) to a 2-year interval to every year, each has its merits and concerns. I think the 4-day show length should be addressed first before changing the frequency. Well that’s it! Thank you, Matt and Louis, for all your hard work! Noel Cook (Maryland): Dear guys, we were both extremely disappointed in the show itself it was unusually. small this year. We come from the Baltimore Maryland area and for having an extravaganza show, I just didn’t see it. I have watched these shows go down every year and I am sorry to say about your gathering I was extremely disappointed in this one. We both were there for the early bird and if you add airline time and accommodations. It just seemed to be a huge amount of time and effort. And having to pay to park at the Marriott at ridiculous amounts of money and then you can’t even take your car out. I don’t know if I’ll be attending another one. Sorry guys - a big disappointment! Jim Masterson (Michigan): First, I had a wonderful time. Hats off to Matt Lacy and Louis Fifer for putting on a fantastic, well run show. I have no suggestions for improvement of any facet that they had control over. My goal was to sell the balance of my dad’s patent medicine signs and I sold all but Two. I wanted to sell all of my duplicate and unneeded reference books, but I priced them based on an assumed interest in reference books and only sold a few. I packed along a few bottles and early glass pieces and sold a few. This was the first time in 25 years that I actually sold at a bottle show. I had great neighbors. To my left, was a couple on vacation from the UK. They unloaded about 100 English poisons/etc onto their table Saturday morning and walked away 2 hours early on Sunday having sold every last bottle. (I took the last dozen off their hands in exchange for a sign they liked.) I don’t think the guy to the right of me sold anything, but he was at his table maybe 1/3 the time. The couples behind me had fantastic fruit jars for sale. I traded one of my signs for one and if this starts me on yet another collection, I’m not gonna be happy. LOL. I walked around a bit and bought a few pieces of pressed glass for my main collections. I had casual interest in a few more pieces, but the dealers left them unpriced and each time I was at their table, they were nowhere to be found. I hope everyone who went to sell and buy there was as pleased with their outcomes as I was. Again, hats off to those who made this show possible. Chuck Gildea (California): First let me say all involved did a great job. The Rock Hall was worth the trip. Sales were ok but not as much as expected. The displays were fantastic and there were many great bottles to see. Now for the not so great. Parking for the hotel and the event was limited or not easy to find. There weren’t a lot of food choices when at the event. The restrictions for loading at the Hall were a little too much. I was in line when 12 vehicles came out and they let only one in. The wait was 20 to 25 mins. Many memories were made at the 2018 Cleveland national. FOHBC, Thanks to all those who attended this year and made Cleveland the success it was! See you at the 2019 FOHBC 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention in Augusta, Georgia
Lots of activitie during the first couple hours of the show
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Bob Koren and Jim Salzwimmer (right) watch a busy showroom floor from their tables
Mark Vuono (Connecticut): One of THE FINEST Nationals I have
attended. Team Cleveland did a fantastic job headed by Matt Lacy and Louis Fifer. Everything was well coordinated and perfectly run from start to finish. I know my son Andrew and I certainly appreciated all their efforts. A job well done!
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Warner Labels By Michael Seeliger and Michael Craig There appears to be only three different Warner Kidney and Liver Cure bottles; the double collar top, slug plate double collar top and blob top. When you start to compare and look at labels used over the 20 to 40 years the product was sold, many different bottles start to appear. To a Warner collector, labels tell a story of company name changes, tax consequences, advertising gimmicks, price changes, branch additions, product name changes, and changes as to what maladies the cure proposedly cured. The story of how the company tried to deal with the FDA regulations after 1906 and how the FDA forced changes onto the company can be seen in the labels. We can also see how Warner sold the company, bought it back and then lost it again. This article will show how the labels changed on only the Kidney and Liver Cure. The Nervine, Diabetes Cure, Rheumatic Cure, Tippecanoe and Safe Pills had significant label changes also. We start with Hulbert Warner and his original “Liver Cure” product and examine its name changes and the company’s name changes until it ends up as the “Safe Remedy for the Kidneys and Liver” sold by the Warner’s Safe Remedies Co. A Warner collector therefore not only needs to have the bottle but one with a label. Then we try to collect all the different labels that exist for that bottle. By collecting and comparing the labels, we learn a lot about how the Warner Company transformed throughout the years. After all, Warner was a stickler for amber bottles as part of his trademark. Therefore we don’t have color variations until we get to the foreign bottles and later remedy bottles which happened after Warner was out of the company operations. Almost all of the labels pictured here come from the collection of Mike and Kathie Craig of San Jose, California. Many were owned at one time by the author of this article. Only by having all the labels together in one place can the complexity be realized and appreciated. I’m sure other cures bear the same changes when studied, especially if they existed for a long period of time such as Dr. Kilmer, Radam’s Microbe Killer and many others. But again Warner was the “King” of the patent medicine companies and he never let an advertising opportunity go to waste.
First label: 1879 Hulbert Warner, Rochester N.Y. U.S.A. Product: The Original Dr. Craig’s Kidney Cure - An Absolute Specific for Bright’s Disease and for all Diseases Arising from Disordered Kidneys, Liver & Urinary Organs. Label significance: 1. The company name Hulbert Warner. 2. The Original Dr. Craig’s Kidney Cure (no liver). 3. Bright’s Disease and for diseases arising from disordered Kidneys, Liver & Urinary organs. 4. Trade Mark is a 4-leaf clover.
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Second Label: or the First Label for H.H. Warner & Co. Rochester NY. 1880 Slug plate bottle Product: Warner’s Safe Kidney & Liver Cure Label significance: 1. Name change to H.H. Warner & Co. 2. Now it is Warner’s Safe Kidney & Liver Cure. 3. Many maladies listed on the label most notably Rheumatism (1892 he makes a specific Rheumatic Cure) and Diabetes is listed. In 1880, he has his Diabetes Cure as a specific cure. He specifies to order his Diabetes Cure at the bottom of the label. 4. Trade Mark is now a safe with his other remedies listed. Bitters, Nervine, Pills and Tonic. Also shown are maladies inside the safe trade mark. 5. Price is now $2.00 a Bottle. 6. Directions to shake bottle well with bottom end up.
Third Label: 1881, H. H. Warner & Co. Rochester NY. Product: Warner’s Safe Kidney & Liver Cure Label significance: 1. More maladies listed as being cured by Warner’s Safe Kidney & Liver Cure. Note Rheumatism is cured here, no separate cure yet. 2. The trade mark safe has only products listed on it. The Bitters and Tonic have now been replaced by the Tonic Bitters. 3. One color label. 4. Directions to just shake bottle well, doesn’t say with bottom end up. 5. No statement to look for Revenue stamp.
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H. H. Warner & Co., Rochester N.Y.
Fifth Label: after July 1, 1883, H. H. Warner & Co., Rochester N.Y. USA, Toronto Can., London Eng., Appears on Double collar top bottle and new blob top bottle
Product: Warner’s Safe Kidney & Liver Cure for Bright’s Disease
Label significance:
Label significance:
1. Cure name change, it is now Warner’s Safe Cure for Kidney & Liver and Bright’s disease.
1. Red lettering under Kidney & Liver Cure stating that this medicine is only genuine if a six cent revenue stamp is affixed over the cork.
2. Now listed are over 20 maladies to be cured. Added are many “female illnesses” as well as Headache. Rheumatism is removed because of the new product - Warner’s Safe Rheumatic Cure.
2. Two color label.
3. Trade mark safe has Tippecanoe replacing the Tonic Bitters as well as the Rheumatic Cure listed. 4. The red genuine statement mentions the private stamp and firm’s signature. The revenue stamp is no longer used after July 1, 1883. 5. Warner has now expanded to Toronto and London and these cities are listed on the bottom of the label. 6. Directions to keep the bottle corked are added to the shake directions.
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Fifth Label again:
Sixth Label: late 1880s
A side note here: the two unusual bottles that do not seem to fit into Warner’s bottles are the neck embossed Warner’s Safe Cure and the pint size Warner’s Safe Cure (embossed safe) and Rochester NY on bottom of front panel.
H. H. Warner & Co and Warner’s Safe Cure Co., Rochester NY, Toronto Can., London Eng.
These bottles perhaps were transition bottles used for the Canadian market early on or prototypes which Warner did not like and abandoned.
1. Although the name on base is H. H. Warner & Co., it also has Warner’s Safe Cure Co. in the trade mark safe on the label. The company name is about to change.
These were not Warner’s first bottles as some think because they have the Warner Safe Cure name which came in 1882. Also labels found on the neck embossed Warner’s Safe Cure bear the fifth label.
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2. Many maladies have been removed from the list of those which can be cured. 3. Price is $1.00 a bottle.
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Seventh Label: Early 1890s Warner’s Safe Cure Co., Rochester NY USA, Toronto Can., London Eng. Product: Warner’s Safe Cure for Kidney & Liver and Bright’s Disease Label significance: 1. Name change to “Warner’s Safe Cure Co.” inside the trade mark safe as well as on the base of the label. There is no reference to H.H. Warner & Co. 2. Price is still $1.00 a bottle 3. Maladies remain the same, order changes, next label has them removed.
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Eighth Label: circa 1906 Warner’s Safe Cure Co., Rochester NY USA, Toronto Can., London Eng. Product: Warner’s Safe Cure for Kidney & Liver and Bright’s Disease Label significance: 1. Obviously this label is after 1906 when the FDA went into effect. A statement of alcohol percent (15.12%) is listed at the top of the label where the directions to look for the genuine stamp was on earlier labels. 2. Warner uses FDA statement as a guarantee of quality statement. 3. Many less maladies are listed. 4. Tippecanoe is gone from the trade mark safe picture. 5. Diabetes Cure is not advertised on the base of the label safe as well as the Rheumatic cure. 6. The red genuine private stamp directions appear below the trade mark safe. 7. No price is indicated on the base of the label.
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Ninth Label: circa 1908
Tenth Label: circa 1909 (Label from clear K & L Remedy bottle)
Warner’s Safe Remedies Co., Rochester NY USA, Toronto Can., London Eng.
Warner’s Safe Remedies Co., Rochester NY USA, Toronto Can., London Eng.
Product: Warner’s Safe Remedy for the Kidney and Liver and Bright’s Disease
Product: Warner’s Safe Remedy for the Kidneys and Liver
Label significance: 1. Cure is now Remedy. 2. Alcohol % is changed to 15 ½%. Guaranteed by FDA statement US Serial No. 5017. 3. All cures are now Remedy in trade mark safe.
Label significance: 1. Alcohol is now 15% and no mention of the FDA statement. The FDA did not allow patent medicine producers to use FDA statement as a proof of quality. 2. How to tell if medicine is genuine statement is below the safe.
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Labels circa 1912: After Warner abandoned the individual embossed bottles for each Remedy, a new bottle was created which came in amber, clear and two shades of aqua, blue and green. These bottles sported individual labels and the remedy now appeared in non-alcoholic, 15% alcohol and 12 ½ % alcohol versions. These bottles were used well into the 1920s and perhaps 1930s. The Warner Safe Remedies Co. closed its doors finally in 1947 ending a 68 year reign as the “King of the Patent Medicines.”
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Above: Drought reveals ‘Hunger Stones’ in Europe. The drought in Europe is revealing ominous messages. Low water levels on the Elbe River have unearthed dozens of “hunger stones” warning of the hardships of drought.
Above: Mona Lisa’s mysterious smile has baffled the world for centuries but a medical professor thinks he may have cracked the key behind it. United States based experts now think the smirk was caused by an under-active thyroid gland. Known as hypothyroidism, it can cause swollen hands, thinning hair and a lump in the neck - all visible in the portrait. According to new research, this was the condition triggered the enigmatic facial expression of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous model. It was spurred by not eating enough dairy products, seafood and meat - and her earlier pregnancy. The smile may be due to disability caused by muscle weakness. Professor of Medicine Dr Mandeep Mehra, medical director of the Heart & Vascular Centre at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, said: “The enigma of the Mona Lisa can be resolved by a simple medical diagnosis of a hypothyroidismrelated illness.”
Above: At the last meeting of the Northwestern Bottle Collectors Association, headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, one of our members, John Louder, presented a wicker covered bottle he recently purchased. John didn’t really know what he was purchasing except for the obvious, for he only knew it was shaped like a whiskey bottle and it was covered with wicker. After some discussion he decided to have the wicker removed to unveil what appeared to be some embossing hidden by the wicker work. Club member Leisa Lambert volunteered to remove the wicker, first by gently cutting off the base material, with the idea of then sliding out the bottle thus retaining the integrity of the remainder of the wicker. After that attempt was unsuccessful, Leisa tried slicing some more of the wicker along the side of the bottle. With more of the embossing now showing the suspense was building as to what the bottle might be. That is club member Deanna Jordt, providing support for the surgical operation, along with Richard Siri in the background. The bottle was finally released from its protective weave, which at this point was essentially trashed. Through the dirt and grime of a hundred years in the making, Leisa attempts to decipher the embossing on the side of the bottle. The bottle was revealed as brandy from the vineyards of Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin, one of the few extremely successful entrepreneurs of California’s formative years. - Eric McGuire (See more pictures at FOHBC.org)
Below: Was wondering if you had ever seen an embossed Coca-Cola in this color and a rough idea as to collector value? Purchased it a few years back from a collector in Atlanta. Story was that it and 2 or 3 other pieces were ordered up from the glass factory and were considered for production at some time in the early 60s. The bottle is absolutely genuine, has been tested for any dye or coating and passed everything we tried on it, acetone, nitric acid, razor test and so on. The color is true through and through. Best color description would be a deep 7-up green. - Ralph Bryant
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Below: In rural Kansas, a Native American lost city called Etzanoa has been found in and around Arkansas City. Donald Blakeslee, an archaeology and anthropology professor at Wichita State University, helped uncover this major piece of Midwestern history. Blakeslee said the site, which was home to possibly 20,000 people between the 1450s and the 1700s, is thought to be the second-largest native American settlement in North America after ancient Cahokia, Illinois.
Above: After 13 years of being away from home, the FBI announced on 04 September this year that a stolen pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz have been recovered. A sting operation spearheaded by the Minneapolis branch of the FBI brought an essential piece of pop culture memorabilia back to Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Judy Garland’s childhood home and the site of the Judy Garland Museum -- where the shoes were held before their theft in 2005.
Above: Recently dug embossed Walters & Co. Baltimore, 3-piece mold cylinder in a beautiful yellow amber – Thomas Johnson
Above: CARTAGENA, Colombia - President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia hailed Saturday the discovery of a Spanish galleon that went down off the South American nation’s coast more than 300 years ago with what may be the world’s largest sunken treasure. At a press conference in the colonial port city of Cartagena, Santos said the exact location of the San Jose galleon, and how it was discovered with the help of an international team of experts, was a state secret that he’d personally safeguard. The San Jose originally sank somewhere in the wide area off Colombia’s Baru peninsula, south of Cartagena.
Right: This find comes from John Savastio. Congratulations to his nephew, Michael Savastio, for a GREAT dig! Hello Bitters Collectors. My nephew dug this bottle last week. Per Carlyn Ring’s 1980 For Bitters Only, page 121, it is C55 Carmeliter Stomach Bitters, New York. Square, Amber, LTC, Exceptional. Lettering reads base to shoulder.
Above: The Paris Canal Saint-Martin was recently drained for cleaning, first into a puddle and then into a dry ditch. Popular with Parisians and visitors alike for its arched bridges, locks and trendy surrounding neighborhood, the canal was completed in 1825 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte, who wanted to reinforce the city’s supply of drinking water. Looks like a lot of bottles.
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A collection of spectacular and inspiring photographs from around the world and around the web. Please feel free to submit your images for consideration. Ghostly image in the glass. Hilltown Bucks County Case bottle 1755 to 1780 Stephen Atkinson
Well, I just couldn’t resist another shot of the two pontiled Zaras I dug at the weekend... here meeting their much younger (and waaay less charismatic) relative. - Marcus Pennington (Bottle Collectors FB)
Demijohns in Color - Dale & Barbara Santos
“Just in Case”.... might be a few days late but hey, Phish was in town, I got distracted! Sandor P. Fuss
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Three Mason Thursday! Michael George
Brilliant sapphire blue blown three mold flask blown in the German half post technique. Generally thought to be from Tyrol, Austria, early 19th century. Robert Girouard
Whittled Medicines Michael George
Some Pickles Charles Aprill
Here’s an English bubbly sauce bottle! Richard Paananen
Pitkins for your Pleasure Jeff & Holly Noordsy
Lockports for whittle Wednesday. - Dave Kam
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Message Brown 4114 W.President’s Mullen Avenue, Tampa, Works S.F. (flag green color); New Castle FL 33609 Phone: (813) 286-9686 Email: Bottling Co., New Castle, DE (crossed rbrown4134@aol.com. flags); J.E. McKinley, Frankford, PA (flag); McKinley & Schafer Frankford, FOR SALE: Reproduction midget jar PA (flag); American Flag Hutchinson, top lids. Handmade from standard zinc lids. price for any “flags” that I do not already Query ETSY “repro midget lids” or see have. Contact: R.J. Brown, 4114 W. Facebook “Wizard of Lids”. Contact: Rich Mullen Avenue, Tampa, FL 33609 Phone: Calendar Shows Green, 1894 Ledgeview Rd, DePere, WI of(813) 286-9686 54115 & Related Events WANTED: Illinois Bottles: Keeley & Bro FOR SALE: Oregon Medicine, Pioneer Altonill Ale; Buff & Kuhl Alton GraviDrug Co., Goldfield, Nevada, Oregon Beers tatingstopper; A & F.X. Joerger Alton Ill; and Whiskeys. Coco-Colas pre1940’s. L. Abegg’s Soda Manufactorybelleville, Contact: J. Paxton (541)318-0748 Ill; Jos. Fischer’s Selters Water Belleville, Ill; J.N. Clark Belleville, Ill; Beck & Bro. FOR SALE: Books printed and bound, Highland Ill; Mueller & Beck Highland “A History of the Des Moines Potteries,” Ill; Weber & Miller Highland Ill; Danl & Affiliated withIndividual additional information on BoonesKaiser Quincy Ill; Mr & Hw Lundblad boro, etc. Cost $27, History of Eldora Quincy, Ill. Contact: Theo Adams 3728 Club Information and Mingora Potteries, Cost is $23 plus Fair Oaks Drive, Granite City, Ill. 62040. shipping, Media Mail add $4.50, Prior(618) 781-4806 ity $6.00. Mail to Mark C. Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, & DesAffiliated Moines, Iowa WANTED: Pittsburg, PA bottles, sodas, Individual 50310-4557 beers, Porters and ales. Broken or cracked Club Information Hastetter’s Stomach Bitters and Weyand FOR SALE: C.H. EDDY BRATTLEbottles. Contact: Aaron Weyand (724) BORO VT 5-1/2” Pumpkin Seed Flask, 455-2255 $10 Postage Paid. SASE for a large list of bottles and depression glass. Contact: WANTED: Pittsburg Double Eagles in Timothy Hart, 20 Masten Road, Victory, color. Unions in color. Galen ware 125 VT 05858 N 11th SE, Connellsville, PA 16425. Contact: Galen Ware (724) 626-0715 or Email: galenware70@gmail.com Wanted For Sale
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FOR SALE: The 2018 updated POISON BOTTLE WORKBOOK by Rudy Kuhn. Price $50 plus $5 media mail USA. Contact me for postage out of USA. Email: jjcab@b2xonline.com. Phone: (540) 297-4498. Make check or money order out to Joan Cabaniss, 312 Summer Lane, Huddleston, VA 24104
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FOR SALE: I am trimming down a 950-bottle collection of cures and I have got about 500 bottles to sell. Cures plus some medicine’s pharmacy bottles, a few poisons, reference books, and old magazines. Write to me at bobshari@gmail. com (preferred) or at Bob Jochums, 3440 Kingsland Circle, Berkeley Lake, GA 30096 for a list or ask me about specific bottles or items you desire.
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Individual & Affiliated WANTED: AT ANY PRICE! Corbin’s Membership –Benefits Syracuse; Corbin’s Liverpool Summer FOR SALE: AMBER & COBALT Club Information Complaint Tincture Worm Destroyer Open HUTCHINSONS: City Bottling Works, Detroit, MI $200; The Twin City Bottling Wks, Chas Klein Prop $250; E. Ottenville, Nashville, TN $200; G. Norris & Co. City Bottling Works, Detroit, MI $175; J.A. Lomax 14-16-18 Charles Place, Chicago, IL $125; W.W.W. Chicago, IL $125; F.A. Jenning, Hudson, NY $125; AMBER: Standard Bottling Works, Minneapolis, MN $100; Boonville Mineral Spring Co, Boonville, NY $100; Fords Pop, East Liverpool, O $100; Moriarty & Carroll, Waterbury, CN $100; J.S. Wilersbacher, Pittsburg, PA $100; J.S. Clark, Pitts, PA $75; D.L. Clark & Co., Pitts, PA $75; A.K. Clark, Pitts, PA $75; Buy all three (3) Clarks for $150. Postage and Insurance $7.50 per bottle. Contact: R.J.
Pontil. Please contact: Ed Kantor (315) 706-5112 WANTED: Bottles, Pottery, Ephemera from Oak Park, Illinois. Contact: Ray at komo8@att.net
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Amber Cylinder 5th Whiskey (Barnett 55); Ed Henry Napa Cal Seltzer bottle; Migliavacca Co. Inc. Seattle Napa California amber cylinder quart (Bennett 557). Contact: John (707) 230-0967 Email: louder@sonic.net
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WANTED: HUTCHINSONS: G.H. Wilkison, Wallingson, CN (eagle with flags and powder horn); American Soda
WANTED: Bottle Tree Antiques, Donalds, South Carolina. S.C. Dispensaries, N.C. Dispensaries, local and upstate bottles, pottery and advertising. Website: bottletreeantiques.com or Contact: John Bray at (864) 379-3479 WANTED: Enameled back bar bottles. Also etched, enameled and wheel cut shot glasses. Contact: Jim Searle (309) 346-7804 WANTED: Rare Dr. Kilmer examples (such as sample bottles of Female Remedy or Cough Cure) or any examples w/ contents/boxes/circulars. Also, cobalt blue “Extract Of Witch Hazel”, 8”. Contact: Mike @ maleect@aol.com(preferred) or (623) 825-2791 WANTED: HUTCHINSON: Florida Brewing Co., Tampa, FL Gator; Any
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Bottles and Extras “flag” Esposito, Philada, PA that I do not already have. Contact: R.J. Brown, 4114 W. Mullen Avenue, Tampa, FL 33609 Phone: (813) 286-9686. Email: rbrown4134@aol.com WANTED: Rare Nevada items: Bottles, Advertising, Railroad items: Hats, Badges, Locks & Keys, Hotel Key Tags. Contact: James D. Jacobitz, MD (415) 516-9146 or Email: jacobitz31@hotmail.com WANTED: BREWERIANA Stoneware, BOTTLES, EPHEMERA, ADVERTISING from Western NY AREA, Jamestown, Dunkirk, Salamanca, Springville, Medina, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Lockport, Rochester and surrounding towns. Peter Jablonski, 12489 Hunts Corners Rd, Akron NY 14001. Text pics to (716) 440-7985 or Email: peterjablonski@roadrunner.com WANTED: Dose glass fever. It’s nothin’ dangerous. I feel no pain. But the only cure is more shot glasses with druggists’ advertising embossed. Please help. Call or email your offerings or advice: Contact: Tracy Gerken. Email: 1gerken@bellsouth.net WANTED: Meadville Rye Whiskey bottles and go-withs. Soyer from Meadville, PA. Contact: Alan DeMaison (440)3581223 or a.demaison@sbcglobal.net WANTED: Rare, unusual colored Los Angeles bottles i.e. WH Stoll/Los Angelos/Soda works. Blob soda with Los Angeles misspelled. For Excelcior Soda work $700 OBO. Contact: Bob Hirsch (562)941-6979 WANTED: Washington (State) Advertising Jugs and Mini Jugs from any state. Contact: Mike Parris (360) 697-2231 or Email: mnparris@comcast.net WANTED: Jar lid for Cohansey 2-1/2 gallon R.B. #628. Contact: Ed DeHaven
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November - December 2018 (609) 390-1898. 23 W. Golden Oak Lane, Marmora, NJ 08223 WANTED: Interested in Saratoga bottles? Join the Saratoga Bottle Collectors Society. ($20 Annual Membership) Beautiful quarterly newsletter, great club! Send contact information and email address to Ron Rainka, PO Box 685, Warren, MA 01083-0685 WANTED: Rare American Poisons. Joan Cabaniss, 312 Summer Lane, Huddleston, VA 24104. Email: jjcab@b2xonline.com. WANTED: THEO. BLAUTH/WHOLESALE WINE AND LIQUOR DEALER whiskey fifth (Barnett 55). Shot glasses: C&K WHISKEY (not bourbon); SILVER SHEAF/BOURBON: H. WEINREICH CO.; GOLDEN GRAIN BOURBON/M. CRONAN (in black); CALIFORNIA WINERY (LUG); CALIFORNIA A FAVORITE (not FAVORITE A). Contact Steve Abbott at (916) 631-8019 or email to foabbott@comcast.net WANTED: **COCA WINE & SECONAL BOTTLES* Any Seconal & Coca wine & *COCA TONIC bottles* with label intact. Preferably N-Mint to Mint Condition. Also, TUINAL & PENTOBARBITAL bottles, vintage compounding bottles of *SECOBARBITAL & PENTOBARBITAL* ANY OLD PHARMACY FINDS, Medical artifacts & related advertising. Please save this add & contact me with any of the above. TOP $$$ PAID! Contact: pharmatiques@gmail.com WANTED: Odd/scarce/rare: COD LIVER OIL bottles. I’ve 115 different examples... many more exist. BYRON DILLE’ 60325 Acme Rd, Coos Bay, OR 97420 or (541) 2600499 or email: Byronincoosbay@msn.com
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WANTED: Just love Bitters! Especially Ohio Bitters. Here are a few I am looking for. Star Anchor Bitters, Portsmouth, Ohio. Henry C. Weaver Mexican Bitters, Lancaster, Ohio. H.I. Weis Dayton, Ohio. Stewart Bros. Swamp Root Bitters, Columbus, Ohio. Greenhut’s Bitters, Cleve. Ohio, Cliff’s Aromatic Bitters, Clev. Ohio. Catawba Wine Bitters, Cleve. Ohio. American Plant Bitters, Wooster, Ohio. Hofstettler Bitters, Galion, Ohio. B&L Invigorator Bitters, Cincinnati, OH. Dear Wahre Jacob Bitters Toledo, OH. Frazier’s Root Bitters. For The Blood, Clev. Ohio. Hartley’s Peruvian Bark Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Night Cap Bitters Cincinnati, Ohio. Pale Orange Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. M. Pinton’s Pure Stomach Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Holtzernann’s Patent Stomach Bitters Piqua, O. this is an amber square. Any other Ohio Bitters you might have; also, Blue Jacket Bitters. Thank you for your consideration and Best Regards, Contact: Gary Beatty (941) 2761546 or Email: tropicalbreezes@verizon.net WANTED: Sacramento shot glasses: C&K/WHISKEY, Casey & Kavanaugh; California A Favorite; SILVER SHEAF/ Bourbon/H. WEINREICH & CO. (double shot); GOLDEN GRAIN/BOURBON/M. CRONAN & CO. (in black); bar bottle, JAMES WOODBURN (white enamel). Contact Steve Abbott: 916-631-8019 or foabbott@comcast.net WANTED: Amber quart cylinder whiskey shoulder embossed Garrick & Cather Chicago, IL plus embossed image of a palm tree. Contact Carl Malik, PO Box 367, Monee, IL 60449 (708) 534-5161.
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FOHBC Sho - Biz is published in the interest of the hobby. Federation affiliated clubs are connotated with FOHBC logo. Information on up-coming collecting events is welcome, but space is limited. Please send at least three months in advance, including telephone number to: FOHBC Sho-Biz, C/O Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979; e-mail: emeyer@fohbc.org, Show schedules are subject to change. Please call before traveling long distances. All listings published here will also be published on the website: FOHBC.org
November 4 Elkton, Maryland 46thAnnual Antique Bottles & Collectibles Show & Sale, also table top antiques and advertising, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm., Singerly Fire Hall, Routes 279 & 213 (I-95, exit 109A), Elkton, Maryland 21922, Admission – $3 Children under 12 Free, Contact: Dave Brown, 302.388.9311, dbrown3942@ comcast.net Tri-State Bottle Collectors And Diggers Club, Inc.
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November 11 Oakland, New Jersey North Jersey Antique Bottle Collectors Associations 49th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, early buyers 8:00 am, Pompton Lakes Elks Lodge No. 1895, 1 Perrin Ave, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, Contact: Ken, 973.907.7351, froggy8@optonline.net
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November 10 Jacksonville, Florida Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida 51st Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm; Early buyers Friday, 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm, $25. Free admission Saturday, Fraternal Order of Police Bldg, 5530 Beach Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida, Contact: Mike Skie, 3047 Julington Creek Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32223, 904.710.0422, jaxbottleshow@yahoo.com or Corey Stock, 904.268.9316, jaxbottleshow@yahoo.com
November 11 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Pittsburgh Antique Bottle Club’s 49th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm; early buyers 7:00 am, www.PittsburghAntiqueBottleClub.org, Ice Garden, 101 Gallitin Orad, Belle Vernon, Rostraver Twp. (Exit 46B off I-70 to Rt. 51 North), Contact: Bob DeCroo, 694 Fayette City Road, Fayette City, Pennsylvania 15438, 724.326.8741 or Jay Hawkins, 1280 Mt. Pleasant Road, West Newton, Pennsylvania 15089, 724.872.6013
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November 10 Royal Oak, Michigan The Metropolitan Detroit Antique Bottle Club’s 36th Annual Antique Bottle Show & Sale, Saturday, November 10th, 2018, Location: Royal Oak Elks Lodge #1523 2401 E. Fourth St., Royal Oak, Michigan, 9:30 am – 3 pm – Admission: $2, For further information contact: Mike Brodzik, 586.219.9980, bottlemike@outlook.com
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November 10 Belleville, Illinois Eastside Antique Bottle, Jar & Brewery Collectibles Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; early buyers 7:00 am, $20, Belleclair Fairgrounds, 200 S. Belt East, Belleville, Illinois (15 minutes from St. Louis), Contact: Kevin Kious, 618.346.2634, whoisthealeman@aol.com November 10 & 11 Grayslake, Illinois Grayslake Illinois Antique and Vintage Market Presents an Accent on: Antique Bottles & Advertising, Saturday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and Sunday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 Peterson Road, Grayslake, Illinois 60030, $7 Admis-
November 25 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors Association 45th Annual Bottle and Antique Show and Sale, Sunday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Bethlehem Catholic High School, 2133 Madison Avenue, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017, Early Shopper Admission at 7:30 am (additional fee), Info: Bill Hegedus, 610.264.3130 December 1 Roseville, California One Day Show Best of the West – 49er Historic Bottle Assn. 41st Antique Bottle, Insulator & Western Collectibles Show, Placer Grounds, 800 All America City Boulevard, Roseville, California, Saturday, Dec. 1st, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, $10 Entry from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, Info: 916.367.1829
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November 17 Terre Haute, Indiana The 20th annual bottle pottery and antique show and sale. Friday Nov 16th hugh bottle auction at 6 pm. Saturday Nov 17th, 9am bottle show and sale. Free Admission and Free Parking. Vigo Co. Fairgrounds, 133 Fairgrounds Drive, Terre Haute, IN 47802. Tables $10 while they last. Contact: Doug Porter, ertrop@aol.com or 812-870-0760
November 18 Albany, New York The Capital Region Antique Bottle & Insulator Club 22nd Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Polish Community Center, 225 Washington Avenue, Albany New York, Contact: Jason Privler, 518.506.2197, nyscapitol@yahoo.com
January 13 Taunton, Massachusetts The Little Rhody Bottle Club Show, Holiday Inn, Taunton, Massachusetts, Early Admission, $15, 8:30 am, General Admission $3, 9:30 am, Contact Bill or Linda Rose, sierramadre@comcast.net, 508.880.4929, Directions: Take Exit #9, off Route #495 for 700, Myles Standish Blvd.
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November 18 Greensboro, North Carolina 17th annual Greensboro Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale on Sunday November 18, 2018 indoors at the Farmer’s Curb Market, 501 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27405. Public admission 9:00 am – 3:00 pm for $1. Free appraisals. Dealer setup 7:30 am – 9:00 am, No Early Buyers. Info: Reggie Lynch 704.221.6489. Web: www.antiquebottles.com/greensboro
February 17 Enfield, Connecticut 49th Somers Antique Bottle Club Antique Bottle Show and Sale, St. Bernard’s School, West Campus, 232 Pearl Street, Enfield, Connecticut 06082, Sunday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Early admission 8:00 am Sunday, Cost of admission for show & early admission: early $10; general $3, Somers Antique Bottle Club, Contact: Don Desjardins, Show Chair, 22 Anderson Road, Ware, Massachusetts 01082, 413.967.4431, dondes@ comcast.net
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(More) Sho-Biz More show-biz February 23 Grand Rapids, Michigan The West Michigan Antique Bottle Club’s 29th Annual Show, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm (Set-up 8:00 am to 10:00 am), Fonger American Legion Post, 2327 Wilson S.W., Grand Rapids, MI. General Admission $3, No Early Admission. Contact: Steve DeBoode, 616.667.0214, thebottleguy@comcast.net
April 14 Harrisonburg, Virginia The Historical Bottle-Diggers of Virginia 48th Annual Antique Bottle and Collectible Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Rockingham County Fairgrounds, U.S. Rt. 11 South, (Exit 243 off I-81), Harrisonburg, Virginia, Info: Sonny Smiley, 540.434.1129, lithiaman1@yahoo.com
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March10 Baltimore, Maryland The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club’s 39th Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, Website: baltimorebottleclub.org, Physical Education Center, CCBC-Essex, 7201 Rossville Boulevard (I-695, Exit 34), Essex, Maryland, Contact: Rick Lease, 410.458.9405, finksburg21@comcast.net or Andy Agnew, 410.527.1707, medbotls@ comcast.net
April 28 Rochester, New York 50th Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association’s Bottle, Paper, Postcard and Table Top Antiques Show & Sale, Roberts Wesleyen College, Voller Athletic Center, 2301 Westside Drive, Rochester, New York 14624, Admission $5. 17 and Under FREE, Show and Dealer Inquires: Aaron and Pamela Weber, gvbca@frontiernet.net 585.226.6345
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March 15 & 16 Morro Bay, California 51st Morro Bay Antique Bottle Show, Morro Bay Veterans Memorial Hall, 209 Surf Street, Morro Bay, California 93442, Friday 1:00 to 6:00 pm & Saturday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Early admission: Friday 12:00 Free Admission, Set up day(s) and time: Friday the 15th, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, Free Admission, San Luis Obispo Bottle Society, San Luis Obispo Bottle Society on Facebook, Contact: Webb Tartaglia, Show Chairman, 805.543.7484, dirtydiver53@gmail.com
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April 6 St. Clairsville, Ohio The Ohio Valley Bottle Club’s annual Bottle & Table Top Antiques Show, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm; early buyers 7:30 am $15. Admission $2, J.B. Martin Recreation Center, 102 Fair Avenue, St. Clairsville, Ohio Exit 216 off I-70, Contact: Tom Chickery, 740.296.9430, tchick65@gmail.com April 7 Bloomington, MN The North Star Historical Bottle Association’s 48th Annual Minnesota Antique Bottle, Advertising, and Stoneware Show and Sale, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, $2 admission; Set-up 6:30 am to 9:30 am, no early admission. Knights of Columbus Bloomington Event Center, 1114 American Blvd. West, Bloomington, Minnesota. Contact: Jeff Springer, 651.500.0949, springer_associates@yahoo.com or northstarbottleclub.com
May 4 Gray, Tennessee State of Franklin Antique Bottles & Collectibles Association 21st Annual Show – Sale, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Free admission & door prizes, Gray, Tennessee, Exit 13 on I-216, Appalachian Fairground, sfabca.com May 11 Mansfield, Ohio 41st Mansfield Antique Bottle Show, Hosted by the Ohio Bottle Club, at the Richland County Fairgrounds, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Early admission, May 10. Info: Matt Lacy at 440.228.1873 or email info@ antiquebottlesales.com or Louis Fifer at 330.635.1964, fiferlouis@yahoo.com
at Sea World, 10100 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32821. 15,000+ sq. ft of Glass and Porcelain Insulators, Hardware, Signs, Lightning Rod Balls, Battery Jars and Rests, Lamps, Bottles, Jars, Telephone and related items and MUCH, MUCH more! 175+ Dealer and Display tables. Friday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (NIA only). Open to the public Saturday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. and Sunday 9:00 am – 1:30 pm. WANTED: DEALERS!! Additional show info available now: Jacqueline Linscott-Barnes (bluebellwt@aol.com). Show packets/table sales available 9:00 am Friday, June 22, 2018 at the 49th Kansas City NIA Convention and Show August 1 – 4 Augusta, Georgia 2019 FOHBC 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, SHOW PAGE LINK, Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center and Augusta Convention Center, Information: Augusta National Consortium Chairs: Bill Baab, riverswamper@ comcast.net, Ferdinand Meyer V, fmeyer@fmgdesign.com, Mike Newman, thenewm@aol.com, Walter Smith, supplies@furnituredoctor.net, Marty Vollmer, martyvollmer@aol.com, Eric Warren, scbottles@aol.com, FOHBC National Convention – Southern Region
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May 19 Washington County, Pennsylvania Washington Pennsylvania Washington County Antique Bottle Club 44th Annual Show and Sale, Alpine Star Lodge, 735 Jefferson Avenue, Washington, Pennsylvania 15301, Admission $3, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Info: Ed Kuskie, 412.405.9061, 352 Pineview Drive, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 15037, bottlewizard@comcasat.net June 14-16 Orlando, Florida 2019 National Insulator Association’s Annual Convention and Show, Oceans Convention Center at the DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando
August 10 Lincoln, Alabama 4th Annual Lincoln Bottle Show, Lincoln Civic Center, 123 Jones Street, Lincoln, Alabama 35096, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Vendor set up on Friday, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 9:00 am. Contact chairman Jake Smith 256.267.0446, syl_bottleguy@yahoo.com. Free public admission, free kids table free appraisals. This is our fourth year and like every year we honor a different soda. This year Celery-Cola. Info on Facebook.
2020 July 30 – August 3 Reno, Nevada 2020 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Information: Richard Siri (rtsiri@ sbcglobal.net) or Ferdinand Meyer V (fmeyer@fmgdesign.com), FOHBC National Convention – Western Region
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Louis Blanchard 3370 N Bronco Street Las Vegas, NV 89108 lb300wm@yahoo.com Jon Dickinson PO Box 30276 Cincinnati, OH 45230 (513) 509-7420 jondickinson75@cinci.rr.com Early Ohio Bottles Jay Jacobs 1041 Los Amigos Road Napa, CA 94559 (707) 226-6800 napagrowers@aol.com Historical Flasks
Gregory Meyer PO Box 781414 San Antonio, TX 78278 (210) 289-3745 greg.b.meyer@gmail.com Sean Montgomery 13 Rosemary Avenue Parafield Gardens, South Africa 5107 61-412240075 bomberm67@hotmail.com Tom Tuttle 20 Hamilton Avenue Wheeling, WV 26003 (304) 272-4350 ktut386@aol.com
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Herb & Carol “Weaver, Jr.” 32 Barrington Cr. Savannah, GA 31419 (912) 925-4519 hweaver@hargrove-epc.com Bitters, Southern Bottles, Flasks James Wolff 3115 Wild Cherry Ridge West Mishawaka, IN 46544 (574) 298-5404 varieties.wolffiepac@sbcglobal.net Historical flasks, Pepper Sauces and Bitters. One of a kind or unlisted. Thomas R. Woodside 13150 Lincoln Way N. Huntingdon, PA 15642-2145 (724) 863-3125
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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is a non-profit organization supporting collectors of historical bottles, flasks, jars, and related items. The goal of the FOHBC is to promote the collection, study, preservation and display of historical bottles and related artifacts and to share this information with other collectors and individuals.
Federation membership is open to any individual or club interested in the enjoyment and study of antique bottles. The Federation publication, Bottles and Extras is well known throughout the hobby world as the leading publication for those interested in bottles and “go-withs”. The magazine includes articles of historical interest, stories chronicling the hobby and the history of bottle collecting, digging stories, regional news, show reports, advertisements, show listings, and an auction directory. Bottles and Extras is truly the place to go when information is needed about this popular and growing hobby.
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• Free advertising of “For Sale” items in Bottles and Extras (restrictions apply ads may be up to 100 words, items must be of $25 or greater value, and free advertisements are limited to the first 100 received, based upon date mailed). One free ad of 60 words each year for use for items “Wanted”, trade offers, etc. • Follow the development of the FOHBC Virtual Museum. FOHBC members will be museum members. • The opportunity to obtain discounts to be used on “Early Admission” or table rental at the annual Federation National Shows and Conventions. • Access to the private FOHBC web site Member Portal and a wealth of historical information. • FOHBC digital newsletter and so much more. We encourage Affiliated Bottle Club memberships by offering these additional benefits to your group: • Display advertising in Bottles and Extras at an increased discount of 50%. • Insertion of your bottle club show ad on the Federation website to increase your show’s exposure. Links to your club website free of charge. Social Media (Facebook) exposure. • Free Federation ribbon for Most Educational display at your show. • Participation in the Federation sponsored insurance program for your club show and any other club sponsored activities. We need your support! Our continued existence is dependent upon your participation as well as expanding our membership. If you haven’t yet joined our organization, please do so and begin reaping the benefits. If you are already a member, please encourage your friends and fellow collectors to JOIN US!! For more information, questions, or to join the FOHBC, please contact: Linda Sheppard, PO Box 162, Sprakers, New York 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net or visit our home page at FOHBC.org
Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave Donations to the FOHBC. Did you know the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a 501C(3) charitable organization? How does that affect you? It allows tax deductions for any and all donations to the FOHBC. You might also consider a bequest in your will to the FOHBC. This could be a certain amount of money or part or all of your bottle collection. The appraised value of your collection would be able to be deducted from your taxes. (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney). The same type wording could be used for bequeathing your collection or part of it, however, before donating your collection (or part of it), you would need the collection appraised by a professional appraiser with knowledge of bottles and their market values. This is the amount that would be tax deductible. Thank you for considering the FOHBC in your donation plans.
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November - December 2018
Bottles and Extras
Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information FOHBC Individual Membership Application For Membership, complete the following application or sign up at www.fohbc.org (Please Print) Do you wish to be listed in the printed membership directory? (name, address, phone number, email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No
Shards of Wisdom
Name_______________________________ Address_____________________________ City________________________State____ Zip _____________Country____________ Do you wish to be listed in the Telephone___________________________ online membership directory? E-mail Address_______________________ (name, address, phone number,
Wanted
email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No
BOTTLES and EXTRAS FREE ADS
Category: “WANTED” Maximum - 60 words Limit - One free ad per current membership year. Category: “FOR SALE” Maximum - 100 words Limit - 1 ad per issue. (Use extra paper if necessary.)
For Sale
Collecting Interests_ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Would you be interested in ___________________________________ serving as an officer? { } Yes { } No
Additional Comments___________________ Would you be interested ___________________________________ in contributing your bottle ___________________________________ knowledge by writing articles
for the BOTTLES and EXTRAS? { } Yes { } No
Membership/Subscription rates for one year (6 issues) (Circle One) United States - Standard Mail $40.00 - Standard Mail for three years $110.00 - First Class $55.00 - Digital Membership (electronic files only) $25.00
Canada - First Class $60.00 Other countries - First Class $80.00
- Life Membership: Level 1: $1,000, Includes all benefits of a regular First
Class membership. No promise of a printed magazine for life. - Level 2: $500, Includes all benefits of a regular membership but you will not receive a printed magazine, but rather a digital subscription. Add an Associate Membership* to any of the above at $5.00 for each associate for each year
Name(s) of Associate(s)______________________________________ *Associate Membership is available to members of the immediate family of any adult holding an Individual Membership. Children of ages 21 or older must have their own individual membership. Associate(s) Members enjoy all of the right and privledges of an Individual Membership
Signature ______ Date___
Please make checks or money orders payable to FOHBC and mail to: FOHBC Membership, Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002 Effective 8/2015
Affiliated Club Membership for only $75.00 with liability insurance for all club sponsored events, 50% discount on advertising in the BOTTLES and EXTRAS, plus much more, Contact: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979; email: emeyer@fohbc.org
Clearly Print or Type Your Ad Send to: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; ph: (713) 222-7979; or better yet, email Elizabeth at: emeyer@fohbc.org
Article Submission Requirements: All BOTTLES and EXTRAS articles or material need to be submitted on CD (preferable) or an email using a compressed (zipped) file. The file must be created by Microsoft Word, Publisher or Adobe N-Design so the editor does not have to retype the work. High-resolution digital images are our preferred format. Please submit digital images on a CD according to the instructions below. We will accept e-mail submissions only if the image resolution is acceptable. The e-mail or CDs must have only ONE subject per transmission to minimize confusion. Each image must be accompanied by a caption list or other identifying information. Professional-grade equipment is a must to achieve the size and quality image we require. The highest setting on the camera should be used for maximum resolution and file size. Only high quality images will be considered. Please do not send photographic prints or scans of images—the color and quality are generally not up to par compared with digital images or slides scanned by our imaging department. We will consider exceptions for photos that can’t be easily found, such as older historical images. We rarely use slides anymore and prefer not to receive submissions of slides due to the time and liability involved in handling them.
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Seeking quality consignments for our 2019 auction schedule!
American Glass Gallery TM
As a consignor, please consider the following benefits to help ensure your valued items reach their highest potential: w Competitive consignor rates and low buyer premiums w Broad-based and extensive advertising w Attention to detail and customer service w Experience, knowledge, honesty and integrity
These fine bottles will be included in our 2019 Auction schedule.
For more information, please feel free to contact us at your convenience. American Glass Gallery • John R. Pastor • P.O. Box 227, New Hudson, Michigan 48165 phone: 248.486.0530 • www.americanglassgallery.com • email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com
FOHBC C/O Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002
Please Check your information and notify us of errors.
FOHBC.org
Heckler Items Pictured From Our Select Auction 170, November 5-14, 2018
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