A few years ago I passed up a handmade Hand Brewing Co. Pawtucket, RI crown top beer. The machine made examples are one of the most
common RI liquor bottles known, but I had only seen one handmade (aka unlisted)
example. I was still kicking myself until recently, when I was finally able to purchase
two from a fellow collector from Mass. To my delight, they were both different
variants!
Also included in the BIM Hand bottle package was a machine
made Hand Brewing Co. Pawtucket in
light aqua. This common bottle usually
comes in a greenish aqua, so this light aqua is an unlisted color.
I didn’t expect to see another variant of the LaSalle Shiloh Bottling Wks. Providence
green quart soda. I have two versions of
this shoulder and heel embossed soda, but now I have three! They are all unlisted. I believe LaSalle was the Shiloh Bottling
Work’s brand of ginger ale.
The last unlisted bottle from my friend was a nice S. Levin & Sons Co. Providence blob
top. This narrow monogrammed example is
unlisted.
A recent dig at the big town dump produced a Ruhland & Co. Cranston, RI crown
top. This is the scarce version of the
Lewis Ruhland bottles, and is unlisted as a crown top. Sadly this example lacks a bottom…
