Winter Finds #5 2022

I picked up what I thought was a rare double Ferro China DeAngelis Industrial Chemical Co. Providence, RI, but it was in fact yet another variant! My other example has Chemical Industrial so it's switched.

I haven't found many new etched sodas so this Houle Bros. Exchange St. Prov was a nice addition.

A McLaughlin's Soda Works Woonsocket, RI BIM quart rounded out my Woonsocket collection a little more.

A Bare Rock Spring Soda Co. Centerdale, RI ABM quart was a surprise variant. I won't complain as these are fairly tough to find.

Most American Bottling bottles are extremely common, so they aren't normally associated with the word rare. An American Bottling Co. 27 Mathewson St. Providence, RI was a first with the rare early address.

 

Winter Finds #4 2022

 

Some fantastic blobs were part of the collection too! A J.S. Bryne East Greenwich, RI error blob was probably my favorite. This is already a very rare blob, and to see an error version is amazing.

A C.A. Traeger Newport, RI blob is a rare bird, and also a variant!

I have a T.E. Hickey Providence, RI squat soda, but this one has a more traditional blob top versus a double sloping collar lip.

A long elusive Eagle Brewing Co. Providence, RI blob finally joined the collection! The only listed version was the etched example I found many years ago.

A new Thos. B. McLaughlin Woonsocket, RI blob joined my McLaughlin family. There are quite a few variants from this bottler!

 

Winter Finds #3 2022

 I had the rare opportunity to pick through a huge collection of RI bottles, and it was a great one! Kicking off the party was a Wm. K. Reynolds Providence, RI medicine. At 6-1/2” it was a new size!

A same size embossing version James O'Hare Pharmacist Providence, RI was also a new size at 5-1/2”.

An older style Geo. L. Claflin & Co. Pharmacists Providence, RI was unlisted. Of note is how the embossing is backwards compared to almost every known RI med.

A large rectangular W.A. Helmer Pharmacist Providence, RI was an exciting addition. While listed in this shape, the large size was new.

I haven't seen a square O. Sumner & Son Pharmacist Providence, RI in quite some time.  This was a large unlisted size.

Winter Finds #2 2022

A retired excavator was selling off some bottles he dug over the years. While most of them were super common and relatively worthless, he had a few hidden gems. My favorite one was a People's Drug Store Phenix, RI pharmacy bottle. The only other known People's bottle from Phenix is a smaller and plainer example, this one has the classic mortar and pestle which I can't get enough of!

The other highlight was a C.A. Glancy & Co. Pawtucket, RI medicine. This is only the second known Glancy bottle from Pawtucket so it's as rare as they get!

After what seemed like an eternity of being without a decent pre-1910s dump, I finally found a good spot! The first RI bottle to show up was a J.A. Bernard Westminster St. Providence, RI med. This was the first Bernard med to have an address and is probably his oldest bottle!

The second bottle was a great surprise, an unknown John M. Callahan Prescription Druggist Newport, RI med. Finding known Newport meds is hard enough, so a brand new one was a treat!

That was quickly followed by one I have been after for years, an Emil S. Blumenkranz Dispensing Pharmacist Newport, RI. At 5-3/8”, it was an unlisted size!

 

Winter Finds #1 2022

An out of state collector with a knack for collecting rare RI bottles finally decided to let one go! It was a D.B. Griffin Druggist (pictorial owl) Wakefield, RI pharmacy bottle. At 5-3/8” it was an unlisted size!

While I normally find unembossed wine bottles to be garbage, this one had an original metal stopper stamped Sockanosset Bott. Co. Prov. RI. While that name is now associated with a street in Cranston apparently it was used in the big city too!

I grabbed some minty looking Coutu Bros. Central Falls, RI blobs for resale, but when I did the final check I spotted a variant! I'm pretty sure I have all the different Coutu bottles now.

Another bulk resale purchase was a group of Hope Club Beverages Providence, RI deco sodas. I had originally identified two variants, but this group produced a third!

It should come as little surprise when another George A. Peckham Grocers Supplies Providence, RI surfaces. At least I've gotten to the point where most examples that I'm digging or finding are not new variants, there used to be a new one every month!  This one was a nice earlier version.