2021 Issues of Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37  No. 9 | January 2021  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: North Dakota Bottles Are Really Booming – Tom Askjem Interview Ralph Finch 7 At the Badger’s Dump Rick Weiner 28 What Are The Odds (A New CD Number?) Tod von Mechow 33

Vignettes: Early Lattice / Quilted Bottles Richard Sheaff 12 It Pays to Advertise Ralph Finch 14 Come On, Pay Attention! Ralph Finch 16 WWII’s Infamous Gas Wars Ralph Finch 45

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – Mason’s (shield) Union Jars Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – The Near Ultimatre Medicines John Panella and Joe Widman 42


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37 No. 10 | February 2021  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: At the Badger’s Dump Part II Rick Weiner 7 What’s the picture on Painted Demijohns? Ralph Finch 13 Gettysburg Katalysine Water Kevin A. Sives 29 A Big Man in Idaho Springs Jack Sullivan 35

Vignettes: There is Sickness at the Smithsonian Ralph Finch 39 George Washington: American Cincinnatus? Ralph Finch 40

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles–The Little Beef Jars Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest–TheBest Bitters in America John Panella and Joe Widman 42


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37 No. 11 | March 2021  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: The Wearin’ of the Green Robert Strickhart 7 When a Star is not a Star Charles Bukin 31 Woody the Woodchuck Showed Me the Way Peter B. Samuelson 38

Vignettes: Rare Centralia Stoneware Bottle David Graci 12 Welcome to the Grant Marsh House Tom Askjem 14 The History of Bottle Collecting Michael Seeliger 34  Catawiki? Cowabunga! Ralph Finch 37

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles Extra Mini-Jellies Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 27 In the Medicine Chest: My Second Shelf John Panella and Joe Widman 42


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37 No. 12 | April 2021  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: Unmasking the Traveller Chris Bubash What Did They Do About Sex? Steve Ketcham 30 Shards of Glory 3: Phoenix Glass Jeff Mihalik 35

Vignettes: John Ault, England’s Bottle King Ralph Finch 11 History Written in Ink Ralph Finch 14 Follow Your Dreams Peter McQuade 15

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – The Farley Jar Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 27 In the Medicine Chest House of Fahrney John Panella and Joe Widman 40


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 38 No. 1 | May 2021  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: A Dump of Epic Proportions Eddie DeBlock 11 Bitters Bottles – What’s in a Name? Robert Strickhart 33 A Few More Thoughts on Provenance Ralph Finch 40

Vignettes: The Queen of Snuff Jars Ralph Finch 30 Memories of Mansfield(s) Ralph Finch 32 

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 New England Review – Pimlico Tobacco Works Mike George 7 Fruit Jar Rambles – Wells, Provost & Spratt Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 27 In the Medicine Chest – House of Fahrney Part 2 John Panella and Joe Widman 42


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 38 No. 2 | June 2021  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: Fifty Fabulous Years of Fenners Vince Martonis 7 The Van Bergens and “The Holy Grail” of Western Whiskeys Jack Sullivan 30 Collecting New York City Slugplate Strap Flasks Mark R. Smith 33

Vignettes: Boston Hop Bitters Ralph Finch 38

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – Collins, Wheaton & Luhrs Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 27 In the Medicine Chest – House of Fahrney Part 3 John Panella and Joe Widman 41


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 38 No.3 | July 2021  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue (and Green Too!) Robert Strickhart 7 Time Ran Out for Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup (and the Shakers, too) John Ault 12 History in a Name? Jeff Mihalik 32 Fabulous Fenners, Part II Vince Martonis 35

Vignettes: History Repeats Itself Ralph Finch 40

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – Putting A Lid on 1930s Jar Closures Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 27 In the Medicine Chest – One Bottle, But It’s Worth A Story John Panella and Joe Widman 30


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 38 No. 4 | August 2021   (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: Stocking a Glass Collecting Library Kevin A. Sives 7 Deciphering A.M. Bininger Part 1: Abram M. Bininger Chris Bubash 29 The Little Rhody Show Roars Back William Rose 34

Vignettes: The Multifaceted Alan Blakeman Ralph Finch 13 Snake Eyes! Ralph Finch 38

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – Four-Shoulder-Mason Jars Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – What Does it do? John Panella and Joe Widman 40


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 38 No. 5 | September 2021  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: The Covid Bottles of 2020 John Savastio 7 Deciphering A.M. Bininger Part 2 Chris Bubash 29

Vignettes: Potlids Loaded with History Ralph Finch 34 Big News about a Big Jar Ralph Finch 36 A Blast Heard Across the Pond Ralph Finch 38

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – Upcycled Pots Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 25 In the Medicine Chest – Neat Bottles John Panella and Joe Widman 40


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 38 No. 6| October 2021  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: The Covid Bottles of 2020– Part 2 John Savastio 7 Barn–Pick’n Good Deals Eddie De Block 34

Vignettes: Does J.P.F. Sound Familiar? David Graci 13 You Can’t Get Blood out of a Turnip, but… Ralph Finch 14 Stories About Books Ralph Finch 32 Title Champions Pack a Punch! Mike Beardsley 39

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – Lutted’s Cough Drops Tom Caniff 17 Bitters Bottles – No Trick, Just a Halloween Treat Robert Strickhart 29 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 25 In the Medicine Chest – Gladstone’s Celery and Pepsin Compound John Panella and Joe Widman 40


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 38 No. 7 | November 2021  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: The Turk Comes Home and Brings a Comrade Gary Beatty  12 Charles Wharton Jr. Was “Master of Chestnut Grove” Jack Sullivan 14 After John Ryan Tod von Mechow 36

Vignettes: I’m Stuck on Tar Balsam Ralph Finch 31 Reproduction Warner Bottles? Michael Seeliger 34 Tom Hitches his Wagon to Find Old Glass Across the Country Ralph Finch 42

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Bitters Bottles – Aviary Bitters? Robert Strickhart 7 Fruit Jar Rambles – Long’s California Preserves Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 25 In the Medicine Chest – Some New York Finds John Panella and Joe Widman 28


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 38 No. 8 | December 2021  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: Tom Askjem Really Digs America Tom Askjem 7 Everything Old Is New Again – Part 1 Bob Strickhart 28 The Rensselaer Glassworks Phil Bernnard 31

Vignettes: Jarring Comments from Tom Caniff Ralph Finch 36 The Votes Have Been Tallied – Alan Blakeman’s Auction Ralph Finch 38

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – The SNH Jar Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – Bottle Hunting in the Big Apple, Part 2 John Panella 40