Summer Finds #2 2021

Bottles from Warren can be very tough to find, so I was very happy when an Eagle Bottling Co. Warren, RI quart soda showed up on ebay and I had no competition! The quart size is not listed.

A friend sold me an Oliver Johnson & Co. Providence, RI medicine, which is normally a common bottle. This example looked slightly taller than my other two, and sure enough, it was an unlisted 6-1/2” size!

Similar to Warren, Bristol bottles are hard to find as well, unless they are a Morris soda. I was pretty sure I had this T.M. Morris Bristol, RI crown top, but it had registered erased, which was yet another unlisted variant!

I was happy to be back at Brimfield this year, even though the finds were fairly slim. I spotted a Frank Bros. M. Providence, RI blob in one dealer's booth. I have never seen one with an M in the slugplate, so it's a new variant!

A friend came across a United States Bottling Co. Providence, RI blob, but it was different than your average example. Most of these have an embossed eagle, but this was an early example with a fancy embossing style. I have to say I like it!

 

New and Not Mine 2021 Part 1

 

Well I just realized that it has been quite some time since I did one of these! There have been some great unknown RI bottles that my friends and other people have acquired recently.

A friend of a friend dug this DeAngelis Beverage Co. Drink Hygea Providence, RI ABM soda. Dr. DeAngelis was an iconic fixture in Providence and put out an exciting variety of bottles. This one is interesting because although he is known as a doctor, he apparently dabbled in the beverage industry with little success!

Another friend of a friend came across this neat Eagle D.P. Co. Ames St. Providence, RI blob. I have no idea what D.P. stands for, another mystery blob for me to research!

A friend recently showed me a bottle I was hoping really existed but was a little skeptical of. Sure enough it was real! This Bruce's Liquid Dentine Providence, RI has one of the coolest shapes I have seen in a while.

A Facebook user posted a great Florence Drug Store Providence, RI citrate of magnesia. There are very few embossed citrates from Rhode Island, so it's nice to see another one surface!

A friend recently dug a true crier shard embossed Dr. Sprague Centreville, RI. There were no known embossed pharmacy bottles from Centreville, until now! There has to be an intact one out there somewhere!

 

Summer Finds #1 2021

In literally the last box of bottles from the Newport haul was the real prize, a cobalt Frank L. Powell Pharmacist Newport, RI med! These are very hard to find, and I have had the good fortune of having three in my collection. At 3-1/2” this is my 4^th size and an unlisted one too!

I have been trying to get more sizes of the R.L. Rose & Co. whiskey for years now with little success. I finally scored an 8 ounce size, and this style is unlisted!

The last soda from the haul I didn't have was a nice D.W. Sheehan Newport, RI blob.

The last new medicine was a Caswell Massey & Co. NY Newport variant. Most of these are square, so rectangular versions are often unlisted!

A friend of mine was kind enough to give me an Otis Clapp & Son Boston & Providence lid in a trade. I originally thought it went to a specific jar, but I found their catalog and it shows the lid being sold separately!

 

Spring Finds #3 2021

 A friend recently picked up a medicine embossed C.L. Ormsbee PhG Greene, RI. I was floored because not only was it completely unlisted, but from a very small village! Small town meds are some of the most satisfying to find, and this one is no exception!

Pictorial RI pharmacy bottles are certainly more elusive than their more generic kin. I got lucky and won a nice John F. Oates Providence, RI med off ebay. It was an unlisted size at 4”. Mr. Oates had a sense of humor because he had a bundle of oats embossed on most of his bottles.

In case you were wondering there are more bottles from the Newport haul I haven't gotten around to! Another nice addition was a J.R. Lorah & Co. Dispensing Chemists Newport, RI. Very few RI pharmacists describe themselves as dispensing chemists, except a few in Newport. I wonder if it was a local thing or perhaps they were copying each other?

Another nice addition was a Geo. A. Wood Newport, RI medicine. At 5-1/2” it's an unlisted size!

A crier addition was this cute Caswell Mack & Co. NY & NP medicine. Sadly it has a crack and hole in it. Listed in cobalt, it is surprisingly unlisted in clear!