Ok, to make sure I’m true to my word, I’ll pick up where I
left off. Last week’s yard sale produced
two more unlisted RI sodas. The first
was a Shiloh Club Beverages Providence,
RI. It’s an unlisted 8oz. size of
the shoulder and heel embossed version.
The last bottle was a striking Venus Bottling Co. Providence, RI crown top quart. It was a pretty deep aqua, and is only listed
in smaller sizes.
Sadly this was broken before I could get a picture.
While brand new, exciting unlisted bottles usually come once
every 5 or so years, this year has been quite the exception. After digging my Leonard’s Electric Pain
Lotion, I saw a bottle on ebay that nearly excited me just as much. It was a Hopkin’s
Magic Gold Dust by J.H. Hopkins
(of Providence, RI).
It was in similar design of the A.J. Hopkin’s Magic Healing Powder, only
a later version, perhaps put out by his son.
With a name like that it was no wonder it wasn’t too successful, but I
have to admire his creativity. I scooped
this damaged example up for a bargain $10, the second brand new quack medicine
to show up this year!
One of my favorite towns to find bottles from is East Greenwich, RI. I somehow didn’t realize there were three
different pharmacists from this town, so when a Charles D. McGettrick PhG Main St. East Greenwich, RI bottle showed up, I
had an obligation to acquire it. It was
a beauty with fluted shoulders, Oz. and CC markings, and a packed
slugplate. I was even more surprised when a large size came up for auction a month later! Now I have two unlisted sizes, 4” and 7-1/2"
This September I was excited for the return of the Little
Rhody Bottle Club’s monthly meetings.
While we had a small turnout, a newcomer brought a nice mix of RI
bottles to sell which produced a new J.A.
Hebert 472 Broad St. Central Falls, RI blob.
