The Eagle – Anchor flasks from New London Glass Works

Here is a spectacular example of a yellow-olive quart GII-66 Eagle – Anchor “New Lindon Glass Works” historical flask. It’s special when you find a family consisting of a quart, pint, and half-pint of the same themed flasks such as [...]

Connecticut Yankees’ sodas documented in new book

Connecticut Yankees' sodas documented in new book By Bill Baab After penning a number of articles about 19th century soda water manufacturers and their bottles of his home state in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine, William G. (Bill) Beckett [...]

2018-02-14T07:49:24-06:00February 14, 2018|Advice, Editor's Picks, History, News, Publications, Soda Water|1 Comment

Enfield Connecticut Bottle Show Report

Nothing like bottles in a window! Enfield Connecticut Bottle Show Report 02 March 2017 This past weekend I was able to attend the 44th annual Somers Bottle Club Show and Sale held in Enfield Conn. Once again the [...]

Somer’s Antique Bottle Clubs 46th Annual Show and Sale

Somer's Antique Bottle Clubs 46th Annual Show and Sale This past weekend I attended the Somer's Antique Bottle Clubs 46th annual Show and Sale held at St. Bernard’s School West Campus located in Enfield, Connecticut. I have attended this show [...]

Manchester National Seminar Pictures

Manchester, NH Seminars We wanted to get some pictures up as quickly as we could. The seminars, simply put, were awesome, informative and well attended. It was truly hard to select a topic each of the three hour periods. Look [...]

2013 National Antique Bottle Show Seminars Announced

Manchester, NH Seminars Michael George, show chair and Rick Ciralli, seminar coordinator for the 2013 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire just announced officially, an exciting line-up of seminars and presenters that will want to be added [...]

“knife-edged” Pitkins made by “that guy”

This Sunday a week ago, the annual members' meeting of the Museum of Connecticut Glass was held at the Manchester Connecticut Historical Society. One of the highlights was an outstanding presentation by Tom Haunton on 20th Century South Jersey Glass. [...]

Demijohns – Some great new pictures

There is some great dialog and pictures being posted on the bottle and glass facebook sites regarding early American demijohns. We have corralled a few for your perusal. Read more: “Loaf of Bread” Demijohns Read More: Rare & Choice Demijohns in American [...]

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