While they are not officially documented online, there is
one listing under the miscellaneous group for a dose cup from Rhode Island . Dose cups (or dose glasses) were used to
measure out doses of liquid medicine.
Compared to bottles they are very hard to find, and I have never heard of
one being dug (though I imagine some must have been). After many years of failing to obtain one, I
was delighted to find one at a local antique store. It was marked A.J. Heon Drugs Warren, RI on the base. Dating to the 1920s, it is too late for this druggist
to have an embossed bottle, but the conical dose cup is an exception.
Last month (in May, in case this post is late, which is
fairly inevitable), I made my first pilgrimage to the massive Antiques
Marketplace in Putnam, Conn. It was four
stories and 22,000 square feet of bliss.
While bottles weren’t coming out of the woodwork, there were enough to
make me happy! My one unlisted find was
an ABM quart Crystal Beverage Co.
Providence, RI soda. It is nearly
identical to RI-915, but it lacks a slug plate.
I’m still working on a handful of Otis bottles that are yet
to be documented. Among them was a Chemical Industrial Co. R.DeAngelis
Providence, RI 7” screw cap medicine.
All screw cap versions are unlisted, and this example was a size I
haven’t reported yet.
A J.H. Branaghan 6 Pawtucket , R.I.
I never get tired of the United States Bottling Co.
Providence, R.I. sodas with the embossed eagle. This example was
machine made, and embossed 11oz. on the base, which made it unlisted. Quite often early ABM bottles have weaker embossing than their BIM counterparts, but this bottle is certainly an exception!
