Winter Finds #4 2018

While I still haven't been able to prove this is a RI bottle, I bought the iron pontiled Read & Hall just to be on the safe side. It's a nice rare squat so I'll keep it until it's proven to be from somewhere else!

My friend Mark had a few more nice RI bottles tucked away. One was a George S. Morgan Chemist Pawtucket, RI. These Morgan bottles were unknown until a few variants were dug this winter. So far there are five different bottles from him. Where have they all been the last 50 years?

I was very excited to add a Strachan's Anti-Mosquit to my “almost positive it's from RI” group. This is the second one dug in RI, and there is a William D. Strachan listed as a pharmacist in Pawtucket. The evidence is looking pretty good!

And yes, Mark finally parted with his Krealin Co. Providence, RI. I had included this bottle in a “New But Not Mine” post a while back. Here's a picture of it all cleaned up!

Lastly I rounded out my Pawtucket soda collection with a Crown Bottling Co. Pawtucket, RI. This one has an unlisted round slugplate and long neck.

Winter Finds #3 2018

I was completely surprised when Jim Hall messaged me saying that he had yet another Paine's Vegetable Pain Curer. Getting the last two from him was a monumental achievement, so to add the final 4-3/4” size went far beyond my expectations.

My VT friend David scrounged up a quart crown top American Bottling Corp. Providence, RI. Easily one of the most common RI soda/liquor bottles, almost all of the listed examples are 12oz bottles. This big guy was a welcome surprise!

Ebay delivered again with a small pontiled Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam. I have this bottle with a flared lip, so the rolled lip on this one was a nice contrast. It is also so crude that it doesn't even stand up!

A little cabin fever digging at the mega dump unearthed a 2-7/9” Fisk & Co. Druggists Pawtucket, RI. It's my smallest size yet, and happens to be unlisted too.

 

My friend Mark (aka the human backhoe) had a few bottles rolling around in his basement. One of them became my favorite bottle from this company. A Caproni Bros. & Co. Spruce St. Providence, RI blob just has a great look to it. Despite being damaged it's a real looker!

Winter Finds #2 2018

My friend Art had the luck of finding two beefy 16oz. Newport meds. One was a 8-1/4” Chas M. Cole Pharmacist Newport, RI. I have a few of these, but not this big!

It was deja vu for the other large med. It was a nearly identical Frank L. Powell Chemist Newport, RI. The odds of finding two different pharmacy bottles that are the exact uncommon size is pretty slim!

My friend was doing alright in his soda bottle dump. He cleaned some of his summer finds and among them was a J.L. Gannon Co. Providence, RI. It looked a lot like the listed ABM version, but this one was BIM.

I bought a large lot of RI soda bottles that were dug just across the border in Mass.  They were all pretty common but I did get a J. Keron Central Falls, RI narrow crown top.  I was pretty sure I had it but surprise!  It has the contents embossed on the heel.

A friend picked up a 3-1/2” Mullen's Prescription Pharmacy Pawtucket, RI. A tougher medicine to find, I was happy to see it was an unlisted size to boot!

Winter Finds #1 2018

One of my favorite purchases from the dose cup collector was a Baldwin & Northup Sick Room Supplies Providence, RI glass spoon! These are pretty rare to find in general, and one from RI is a truly awesome addition.

The mega dump produced yet another crier, this time a Royal Carbonating Co. Providence, RI topless soda.

A friend slowly selling his collection came up with a 6-1/2” W.W. Logee Pascoag Pharmacy Pascoag, RI it is my largest size yet and is also unlisted!

A while back I determined that base embossed whiskeys that said D & C were from Dodge & Camfield of Providence. What I didn't realize is that there were a few variants out there! Instead of an ampersand this ABM one says D and C.

I figured these were all ABM but then surprise! Here's the BIM D & C version.

(picture on the way!)

Fall Finds #4 2018

Things got exciting at the big dump when a friend dug an A.J. Johnson Jr. (owl) Pawtucket, RI medicine. It is the only pictorial Pawtucket pharmacy, so I was very exited when he agreed to part with it in a trade.

There was some activity on ebay with a W.E. Cates Pharmacist Providence, RI medicine. No Cates with a mortar and pestle are listed, so it's a new one!

Recently one of the biggest dose glass collectors in the country decided it was time to sell his collection. I made two purchases, and much to my anguish the USPS lost one of the boxes. Thankfully the box with the embossed glasses made it. Among them was a W.H. Hinds Providence, RI dose cup.

Also in the lot was a Hall & Lyon Providence & Waltham dose cup. I really like two state bottles, and now that includes two state dose cups!

The big dump produced another exciting find, a nice medicine embossed Morgan in script. Sadly it was damaged, but it is definitely the same from the same Morgans Pharmacy my friend had!

Fall Finds #3 2018

Colored RI medicines are generally very elusive, so when I spotted a n amber J.R. Lorah & Co. Newport on ebay, I just had to have it. As a bonus it was an unlisted size!

I picked up a Hope Club Beverages Providence, RI semi-deco soda that brought back some fond memories. A similar soda was one of my first surface finds.

My friend from the last two posts also had a killer Geo. T. Dana & Co. Druggists Pawtucket, RI medicine. This one was rectangular which was an unlisted shape!

Also in his basement was a mysterious Morgan's Pharmacy. It didn't take me long to discover that it was a Pawtucket, RI medicine! This 5-1/4” size was the first of hopefully a few more!

I made a trip back to my friend's huge soda dump. Among a bunch of fun finds was a badly damaged ABM Batchelor's Bottling Works Woonsocket, RI. 

 

Fall Finds #2 2018

My same friend had an exciting unlisted Dr. Chas. H. French Pawtucket, RI sunning itself in his backyard! I was lucky enough to dig one a month later.

I'm getting close to finding all of the Standard bottles but there are still a few out there! A Standard Bottling Co. Pawtucket, RI narrow crown top isn't listed.

Another one was a Standard Bottling Co. Pawtucket, RI ABM crown top. While newer these are pretty tough to find.

One of my favorite sodas he had was a S.H. Zucker & Co. Pawtucket, RI with an address on it! Normally Zuckers are pretty common but this one really stands out.

An Albert P. Carpenter Reg. Pharmacist Central Falls, RI was an 3-1/2” size. 

Fall Finds #1 2018

Back in the mega-dump I dug a crier W.H. Grimes Co. Pawtucket, RI monogrammed blob. Thankfully on the next dig I found a whole one!

A digger in northern RI was selling off the remainder of his collection, and among them was a Geo. E. McGunagle Druggist Pawtucket, RI in an unlisted 5” size.

He also had a Fisk & Co. Druggists Pawtucket, RI square also in an unlisted 3-1/2” size.

The unlisted size parade continued with a Barbour's Westerly & Watch Hill, RI measuring 4-3/8”.

I met up with an old digging friend who had a few RI bottles lying around. One was a Providence Wine Co. Inc. Providence, RI in clear. I have the listed color which is aqua.