On the hunt for an old time diggers collection, I was able to track down his digging partner. He was a very nice guy with a bunch of fun stories to share. Surprisingly he sold most of his RI bottles as he preferred bottles from the 1880s or earlier. I was about to leave when I spotted an odd bottle in his window. I nearly fell over when I saw it was embossed New Aetna Stopper Pawtucket, RI! It was an extremely rare salesman sample that was promoting the new closure. I have never seen anything like it and was even more shocked when he told me to take it. I owe him a dig now!
A friend who bought some of the
Bergseng collection managed to turn up a few more conical style
glasses. One was an O'Connor & Wilbur Pawtucket. All of
these conical glasses are either unique or have very few known
examples.
A Frank E. Crawford conical glass also joined the collection.
After obtaining an etched glass, I now
also have an Anthony Pharmacy conical style glass!
The last one to join the collection was a J.A. Bernard Cathedral Sq. conical glass. I think it's safe to say that I now have the largest collection of RI dose glasses ever assembled!
