Spring Finds #3 2024

 I noticed a rather unusual bottle on ebay embossed Townsend's Phosphated Cereal Tonic. I was curious since the seller was in RI, and some research showed that it was in fact a brand new RI bottle! Not only that, but it's quite a stunner! I had to pay up for this one, but I doubt I'll come across another!

A friend found a Geo. A. Wood Newport, RI at the Newport dump. At 5-1/2” it's a new size!

He also traded me a United Mineral Water Co. Wayne St. Providence, RI crown top. This was another unlisted version from this company with an address!

The last one he traded me was probably my favorite, a National Wine Co. Providence, RI crown top. I recently found the first intact example of this rare bottle, and this one is a different size!

Another friend found an Emil S. Blumenkranz Newport, RI as the dump was getting covered. At 5” it's an unlisted size.

 

Spring Finds 2024 #2

 

A friend picked up a McKenna Bros. 54 Eagle St. Providence, RI blob top for me. While I have a lot of these good looking blobs this one was a new variant!

My friend also dug a J. Keron Central Falls, RI skinny crown top with me recently that I got in a trade. I'm surprised this is the first one in this style from Keron.

I spotted a rare whiskey embossed The Nutshell John J. Kean Providence, RI on ebay. It had a lot of competition but managed to take it home. I was surprised to see it was an unlisted pint size!

Sad news greeted me at the Newport dump. I arrived to find they were working on the “bottle trench” we had been digging in. It was going to become a drainage ditch. However, for the time being they had drained it and dug out the other side which we had not dug yet. I quickly found a massive 9” Wright & Hay Newport, RI! While I have a soft spot for small meds, the monster (16 and 32oz) will always be my favorites.

A former archaeologist reached out to me to look at some bottles he had. One was a Seaside Beverage Co. Newport, RI seltzer. This is the third known bottle from this short-lived company. Now the hunt is on for the other two!

 

Spring 2024 Finds #1

 The Newport dump was being somewhat neglected, so I decided to give it some attention. I was very happy to find a J.T. Lyon Newport, RI blob. This is an error version of the T.J. Lyon blob. Sadly it was a victim of the slippery mud it was rescued from and ended up breaking in half. Still, it's a fantastic discovery.

Back at the soda spot I found an Orme Carbonating Co. Providence, RI in green. There are two sizes of the green version and this was the unlisted one I didn't have!

Newport offered up another amazing crier! A P. Bryer Choice Groceries Newport, RI is a completely unknown bottle. The lip was missing but I was able to spy it in the mud and glue it back on.

A familiar Frank L. Powell Chemist Newport, RI pharmacy was a new size at 5-3/4”.

I noticed a possible RI bottle in a large group of bottles for sale online and asked the seller for a close up picture. I was amazed to see it was embossed Boston Store Toilet Dept. Newport, RI. That makes it an extremely rare department store perfume bottle! I now have Boston Store bottles from their Pawtucket and Newport locations.

 

Early 2024 Finds #2

 Back at the cellar hole dump I found a nice A.E. Remington Providence, RI pharmacy. At 5” it's an unlisted size!

A Mt. Hope Distilling Co. H. Providence, RI crown top also showed up. Normally these are super common and no cause for excitement, but this time it was actually a nice looking unlisted version!

Next in line was a Roger Williams Bottling Co. Cranston, RI crown top. I have a large family of these, so finding a new variant is an uncommon occurrence!

A friend's new spot has been producing an absurd number of ABM crown top sodas. A Jas. E. Nolan Providence, RI was unlisted in aqua.

Nearby the Nolan was a Dexter Bottling Co. Central Falls, RI crown top. I'll never say no to a Dexter, and this was a nice mug base/fluted shoulder example!

 

Early 2024 Finds #1

 I was cleaning up some bottles from the mega-dump and found a damaged Narragansett Brewing Co. Providence, RI beer. I was surprised to see that it was an error bottle with Registered spelled Registerd!

A walk down a secret river spot of mine turned up a seemingly common Warwick Club Ginger Ale Co. green quart. I took it home because the green ones sell and surprise! It was a new variant!

Once my brain started turning on the last bottle I snagged a Warwick Club Ginger Ale Co. clear quart I had left at another dump. Sure enough that one was a new variant too!

A trip to a very familiar dump turned up very little, but I did find a Mt. Hope Distilling Co. Providence, RI crown top. I was surprised because it was a much different shape than all the other Mt. Hopes I've seen!

Another river walk produced an A.H. Williams & Co. Pine St. Prov. RI etched blob. I like the etched ones, and when they are super obscure companies that is even better!

 

Winter Finds #4 2023

 Back at the “cellar hole dump” I found a stellar whiskey! It is embossed The Shepard Company. Yes, the famous department store! Previously they were known to have stoneware jugs, milk and cream bottles, and perfumes. Now add whiskey to the list! It's a nice impressive quart size, and the color and glass stopper just makes it better!

A rare style Caproni Bros. Co. Atwells Ave. Providence, RI blob came out in tough shape. I like these sloping shoulder variants which I suspect to be ginger ales.

I made it back to my favorite river and found a familiar N. Cappelli Providence, RI blob top. Color me surprised again because it was a new variant! Just when you think you've seen them all.

Another one I was pretty certain I had a was a shoulder embossed. American Bottling Corp. Prov. RI. It was BIM, and most examples I have are ABM.

Back at the cellar dump my friend Maia dug a D. & C. half pint flask. She was kind enough to gift it to me, and the Dodge & Camfield family grows!

Winter Finds #3 2023

 Back at an newish spot a friend found, I dug a United Mineral Water Co. Providence, RI. This is the first example known with an address, and the earliest known United Mineral Water bottle!

 

Lightning stuck twice with yet another ABM Sullivan Bros. Providence, RI crown top. And yes, it is different than the last one! Where have these ABM Sullivan Bros. been for the last 24 years?

A common looking James Lavell Providence, RI blob turned out to be a new variant.

This McKenna & Conaty Providence, RI crown top looked like a new variant, and sure enough it was! Shame about the damage.

This dump largely dates to the mid-later 1910s so pharmacies are scarce. I did find a James O'Hare Providence, RI. At 6-3/4”, it is my largest size yet and an unlisted one too!