I spotted a group of bottles on ebay
that looked rather dismal. Yet, among “junkers” and other common
bottles, I spotted a D. Miller & Co. Providence, RI quart
whiskey! D. Miller whiskey bottles aren't easy to find, and there
are none listed in a quart size. I'll take it!
I almost forgot to mention a bottle
you're probably pretty familiar with by now. A Puritan Bottling
Co. Providence, RI ABM crown top. Hiding on a Brimfield table, I
was surprised to see it was (1) machine made, and (2) aqua! Together
those two attributes make it yet another unlisted variant.
The Keene, NH show always starts the
fall bottle season off in a grand style. My first pick was a Rumford
Chemical Works. This early version has crude gothic panels
embossed on each side, making it unlisted.
While at the Keene show a RI collector
hitting up local flea markets called me about a dealer with a table
full of RI bottles! They were all $5 each, and by the time he was
done listing them there were 10 that I wanted. Among them was an
A..F. Cappelli Providence, RI shoulder slug plated beer.
There is a similar bottle listed, but this version had This Bottle
Not to Be Sold on the back.
Another exciting addition from the flea
market find was a J.H. Branaghan Exchanage St. Pawtucket, RI
blob. Not only was this the only Branaghan blob with an address on
it, but it was an address I've never seen! I even checked the old
city directories, and while he was on Exchange St. for 2 years, it
was not at this address!
