Summer 2024 Finds #6

A second George A. Peckham was noticeably older looking than your standard example, and joined the unlisted party as well.

The CT collection continued to give with an unlisted 5" E.T. Luther Olneyville, RI med.

Brimfield has provided few and far between finds the last couple of visits, but naturally I am still determined! My persistence paid off with the purchase of four Bare Rock Spring Soda Works Centerdale, RI deco sodas. I picked up a clear version last year and at long last one of the most elusive RI deco sodas finally surfaced!

A recent marsh dig turned up a rather sad looking shoulder embossed soda. Upon cleaning I found out it was a Royal Carbonating Co. Prov. RI variant.

A good friend of mine recently let me go through his collection of RI pharmacy bottles. It was an occasion I had waited years for, and the day had finally arrived! First up is an Emil S. Blumenkranz Newport, RI. Even after digging a few, this 6" size was a new one!

 

Summer 2024 Finds #5

 A common Sherba Beverage Co. West Barrington, RI quart caught my attention because of the color, aqua! I dug it sadly broken in place.  I've seen at least two dozen in clear so hopefully I can upgrade this one I pieced back together.

A friend gave me a box of common sodas including a The Edw. Smith Co. Pawtucket, RI. While there are a bunch of variants, this particular one is unlisted in clear.

I went to see a collection in CT recently and was excited to discover that many of the bottles were from an old RI estate cleanout! The biggest standout was a D. Miller & Co. Square Deal Premium Wines & Liquor Prov. RI. A giant square quart is an unlisted shape and size!

The single RI blob turned out to be one I've been chasing for a while! A Caproni Bros. & Co. Prov. RI script slugplate blob. This is definitely one of the rarest of the Caproni bottles.

Another rare common bottle variant was a George A. Peckham Grocers Supplies Providence, RI with a disc neck. 

 

Summer 2024 Finds #4

 Yet another D. & C. flask turned up, and yep it's a different variant! I swear I don't know how they keep manifesting.

A recent marsh dig with some friends turned up a Caproni Bros. & Co. Providence, RI quart size crown top. This is the first quart I've seen with the embossing in a slugplate, so I was pretty excited! My friend isn't very into crown tops so he generously gifted it to me.

A recent call to look at some sodas was almost a dud. I did find a new Puritan Bottling Co. Providence, RI variant to add to the family.

A marsh dig turned up an Orme Carbonating Co. Providence, RI in clear. The listed colors are aqua and green so this makes a color trio!

Another find from the dig was a United States Bottling Co. Providence, RI crown top. Most of the machine made ones abbreviate United States as US so this was a nice variant.

 

Summer 2024 Finds #3

 I noticed a Dyer's Healing Embrocation Providence, RI on ebay recently. At first glance it looked exactly like all the other common pontiled Dyers, but upon closer inspection this 6-3/4” example had different punctuation!

I went to a yard sale in CT recently and despite arriving around 12 there was still a box of decent bottles left after 3 hours! My favorite find was an aqua Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment. This was the second aqua variant, the first one I have is listed and this one is not!

A hollow hands Francis Gavin Pawtucket, RI turned out to be a variant as well!

A woman gave me a bunch of boxes of bottles she found hunting local rivers. I ended up recycling 95% of them but there were a few keepers. A rare etched What Cheer Bottling Co. Prov. RI was my favorite find.

I also added a L.H. Meyer Co. Providence, RI crown top, which is a lot harder to find than your average blob from this company.

 

Summer 2024 Finds #2

 

On the old bottle forum website, someone posted a stunning Holley Mineral Spring Water Stephen Wilcox Woonsocket, RI half gallon blob. I was instantly compelled to message the owner, and to my surprise he agreed to sell it! I had to drive halfway across the Cape to pick it up, but it was a trip well worthwhile!

Back at the cellar hole dump my friend Danielle found an A.E. Remington Providence, RI medicine. It was an unlisted 3-3/4” size, so we worked out a trade!

At the bottle club's summer tailgate show, I picked up a J. Fred Gibson Co. Providence medicine. At 2-3/4”, it was a new size to add to the Gibson family.

A river walk didn't produce a lot of bottles, but I took home a broken Geneva Springs Bottling Co. No. Providence, RI deco soda. Sure enough, I noticed that it was aqua in color as opposed to clear, making it unlisted!

Also lurking in the river was a Warwick Club Ginger Ale Co. West Warwick, RI quart. I took it home as a potential seller, but surprise! It was also a new variant.

 

Summer Finds 2024 #1

 

A friend from the antique shop I sell in (Nostalgia in Providence) brought in a few bottles for me to look at. I was rather delighted to see she had a W.H. Buffington Bristol, RI pharmacy bottle! Buffingtons are one of the rarer Bristol meds, and this was an unlisted older style!

She also had an equally rare Morris Pharmacy Bristol, RI. I have one of these, but at 4” it was a new size!

Back at a dump I've dug on and off for a while, I opened up a big hole with a friend of mine and we hit the good layer! First out was a W.H. Boardman Lonsdale, RI. At 6-3/4”, it was a new size.

Next up was a very rare Walter B. Peck Lonsdale, RI. At 3-1/2” it was also a new size.

My friend dug a real heartbreaker, an intact but badly cracked McGunagle Bros. Valley Falls, RI pharmacy. I would love to find one of these in good condition!

 

Spring Finds #4 2024

The Providence construction site wasn't done yet! I caught a worker there who let us poke around a spot they just dug up. I found a Armington's Flavoring Extracts Providence, RI. I found a piece of one of these years ago so it was a wonderful feeling to finally get an intact one!

It was a sad day when I heard the Newport spot had been covered up an landscaped. I got two final bottles from a friend as a final sendoff for that legendary spot. The first was a Thos. Denniston Newport, RI blob. While beat up, it was a new version!

He also had a Carbonated Spring Water Newport, RI seltzer. While it was missing the top, it was an unlisted seltzer and will certainly suffice for now!

The construction site also gave up a Geo. L. Claflin & Co. Providence, RI pharmacy. At a respectable 6-1/2” it was an unlisted larger size.

My favorite find was a little W.R. Greene Providence, RI pharmacy. It has a lot of embossing for a tiny bottle!