I picked up two sodas at the last
bottle club meeting, and both turned out to be unlisted! The first
was a P. Faerber & Son Newport, RI crown top. This
handmade example has an oval slugplate, but the embossing would fit
in a round one.
The second soda was a Geo. S. Wilcox
Providence, RI. Listed as a clear BIM crown top, this one is
aqua and ABM. I now have four of these!
Recently spotted in an antique shop was
a J.A. Hebert Central Falls, RI crown top. While not rare, I
noticed that Contents 10-1/2 Fld. Oz. embossed on the heel, which the
listed version doesn't have.
I was pretty happy to acquire my first
labeled Batchelors soda bottle, and to make it even better it was
unlisted! It is embossed Batchelor's Bot. Wks. Inc. on the
base.
Stopping by an antique shop I don't
usually visit paid off quite well when I came away with four scarce
RI seltzer bottles! First up is a M. Shmirer Provience, RI.
This is only the second RI seltzer I have seen with an animal (this looks like a deer?) etched
on the front.
