A Massachusetts digger recently
unearthed an O. Sumner & Son Pharmacists Providence
medicine. It got me pretty excited, because the ornate design on the
front was unlike any other RI medicine I have seen. We agreed on a
price, and soon I was the proud owner of the nicest Sumner bottle!
A friend tipped me off to a dam in West
Warwick that was being worked on. The river had dropped a few feet,
exposing all sorts of goods. The only blob I found was a typically
common W.H. Arnold Riverpoint, RI.
However, this one has sloping shoulders, which no listed
variants have. Despite being damaged, it was a neat find.
A scarce Newport medicine popped up on
ebay recently, and I was on it like a flea on a dog. I came away
with an unlisted variant Geo. A. Wood Chemist Newport, RI.
The listed version has the embossing in script, while this one is
just plain block letters.
A few weeks ago I dug a Puritan
Bottling Co. Providence, RI. I
certainly had some déjà vu when I found one at a new dump I was
digging. All of the sodas were broken besides this one, which had
damage. Unlike my other example, this one has punctuation including
a random period after Bottling.
A recent yard sale produced a Rosseau
& Brown Druggists Woonsocket, RI
medicine. It is one of my favorite prescription bottle shapes, round
with a flat front panel. There is a Rosseau & Brown listed in
this shape, but it is also embossed Rexall, which this one is not!
