Spring Finds 2023 #3

A friend recently posted a Dr. Flint's Stomach Bitters for sale on Facebook. This is the rarest of the Flints bitters by a mile, and to my amazement it was a totally different version! Mine has the embossing on the front and back panels, and this one was side embossed! While not super showy, finding a significantly different variant of a RI bitters is pretty much unheard of and quite exciting!

Back at the new dump another John M. Callahan Newport, RI med showed up! This one was 4-1/4” making it size number 3.

My friend dug a pharmacy bottle simply marked Cotton. Research showed that William Cotton was a pharmacist in Newport. It is possible the bottle was made after his death in 1900 as his estate continued to operate the pharmacy for a few years.

All this digging of Newport bottles must have willed this one to show itself! A friend had a nice large size Wright & Hay Newport, RI. At 7” it is the largest one known!

The Lorah family continues to grow with a 5” J.R. Lorah & Co. Newport. 

 

Spring Finds 2023 #2

 At the new dump I ran into a giant pile of broken etched wines and sodas. Among them were a few torpedoes embossed Newport Club Soda PF. I had seen one before but was unable to confirm that it was a RI bottle. Dug with a pile of bottles marked Peter Faerber it became quite clear what the PF stands for, and I was able to confirm it was from RI! Sadly they were all broken on purpose but I got a few that were mostly intact. (picture of undug intact example)

Also in the carnage was a P. Faerber Newport, RI etched crown top soda. A neat addition!

Nearby I dug my second The F.L. Powell Pharmacy Newport, RI in a new 5-1/4” size. Again this was the new shape compared to the listed size!

I hit a pocket of Charles M. Cole Newport, RI meds with sunken panels. Sadly they all had damage but they were a new style Cole!

The streak continued with a large 6-7/8” Charles M. Cole Newport, RI med. This style is listed but the size is not!

Right next to the last bottle was it's big brother at 7-3/4”!