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The iPunty Rod Internet Newsletter Of The Little Rhody Bottle Club July 2000 This page is updated around the 1st week of every month The next meeting of the LRBC will be held on September 12th at 7:30 p.m. There are no meetings in July and August. The topic for September will be "Outhouses" given by Virginia Williams. Ms. Williams has given this presentation to the club before and it was one of the best we've had. Plan to attend! As is customary, the Show & Tell portion of the evening will be "Summer Finds." What treasures did you amass over the summer? Bring 'em on down! Club News June meeting VAN NOPPEN GLASS STUDIO by Pam Sroka I thought the glass studio was wonderful. What a neat place! To be so close to see how glass is shaped, heated and blown into such beautiful vases, goblets, or bottles was just great! Of course, I've never seen this in person before. There are pictures but I haven't developed them yet. I'm sorry more of you couldn't make it. It was kind of early in the evening, some of you were probably still working, but in the winter we plan to make another trip to the studio maybe on a Saturday morning when more of you may be available.   This was the first meeting we've seen Fred Swiechowicz attend in quite a while. He lives in Randolph, MA which is quite a haul. We were glad to see him and his wife. "New" faces are always a good thing! Rob and Russ have come up with wording for the sticky cards we're having made advertising our club. They are like business cards but sticky so we can put them on car windows, T-shirts, what ever will catch someone's eye.   Antique Bottles Of Rhode Island - online!!! Like Dave Andrews doesn't have anything else to do. He has been working on transferring all of the most current information and listings of RI bottles from the book to the club's website and recently completed the task. The information can be accessed through the category links (Medicines; Soda, Beer, & Mineral Waters; Spirits; and Miscellaneous) on the Antique Bottles of Rhode Island page. Just click and view. Dave is also in the process of photographing his RI bottles and including the photos with the descriptions. Eventually there will be a research section like the one in the book but that's down the road a bit. Right now, the bottles on the website do not have reference numbers assigned to them. Any reference numbers mentioned are related to the printed book. Eventually the bottles online will have permanent numbers but Dave wants to wait to see if any of you collectors and dealers out there have any bottles that aren't listed. He doesn't want to assign numbers and have a large influx of new additions that he has to assign those funky slash or dot numbers to. He plans to assign a permanent reference number to each entry within the next six months. It should be noted, however, that the numbers assigned in the printed book will no longer be valid since there have been so many additions as well as a few subtractions. Dave also requests that everyone who has RI bottles please send him photographs of them so he can include them with the descriptions. The photos will be scanned and returned to their owners. Please help him out since this will be too much and too costly for one person to do. He says "Thanks!" And if you're wondering why the book has gone online for anyone in the world to see for free, basically sales have dried up on the printed book. There are a few books left but Steve reports that he's only sold one in the past few months. Instead of printing an updated version and taking a chance on recouping costs, it was decided to go online with a free version. For those of us who purchased a copy, hang onto it. It's bound to become a collector's item!   Flea markets Well, Pam and Art finally made it to the Jewett City Flea Market in Connecticut, and they report it wasn't what they had expected. It was large, some bottles for sale but mostly common stuff, but they said the people who set up outside might have different stuff more frequently than the inside dealers. There were a lot of painted soda bottles inside. It reminded Pam of the Raynham Flea Market. The dealers inside don't change their stock too often. From there Pam and Art went to the Risom Mill Flea in Danielson, CT. Their opinion? "Don't pay too much attention to this one if you see their ad in any paper. Good grief! They advertise over 200 dealers! Try 10 (ten) dealers, if that! And you must feel your way through a very dark hall with a ramp to get to the restrooms. Maybe this one is better in colder weather when people have to come indoors, but don't bother now!"   A message from the President Recently I opened my copy of American Glass and read the first two pages which is the Forward. This is very well written and thought provoking. The words "critical collector" really caught my attention. These were words used by the author in 1941! I think of myself to some extent, as do many other bottle collectors, as an advanced collector. However, the words "critical collector" appear to be more accurate. As we advance in the hobby we tend to pay more attention to defects, color, and rarity. I'm sure this is a sign of the mature collectors versus the novice. If you don't have a copy of American Glass I urge you to get one. They are available in most public libraries and would be good summer reading. Summer is here and this "critical collector" discovered an exceptional eye-catching five gallon demijohn in it's original wicker with three handles. I was able to purchase it for the huge sum of $3.00! See? The bottles ARE out there! Good luck with your summer finds and I'll see you in September! Upcoming Events July 14 & 15 - York, PA PA Bottle Collectors Festival 2000 Fri. sunrise to 5 PM, Sat. sunrise to 2 PM York Interstate Fairgrounds Info: Fred Uffleman: 717-843-4531 or Jan Hall: 717-244-6618   August 12 - North Blenheim, NY Capital Region Antique Bottle & Insulator Club Summer Show & Sale 9 AM to 3 PM NY Power Authority Visitors' Center at the Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project Info: Kevin Lawless: 518-355-5688, email: kflbostons@aol.com or George Toften: 518-827-4606   August 20 - Millbrook, NY Hudson Valley Bottle Club 13th Annual Show & Sale 9 AM to 3 PM Millbrook Firehouse, 4 miles east from Taconic Parkway on Rte. 44 Info: Kevin DeMartine: 914-677-3638 or Art Church: 914-221-4259   September 24 - Chelmsford, MA Merrimack Valley Antique Bottle Club Show & Sale 9 AM to 2 PM, early buyers at 7 AM Elk's Club Hall, Rte. 110, Exit 32 off of I-495 Info: Jim Rogers: 603-623-4101 or Gary Koltookian: 978-256-9561, email: bottlegary@aol.com Classified Ads Wanted: RI Bottles of all types. I am looking for ALL bottles from RI, common and rare, clear and aqua, colored, medicines, sodas, anything I need for my collection. Special interest in Rumford bottles and go-withs. Contact Dave at 401-942-6634 or on the web at: oaklawn@earthlink.net Do you have RI bottles which are not listed in Antique Bottles Of Rhode Island? Or maybe you have a bottle in a color or size that is not listed in the book? If so, please send the information to me for inclusion in a future revision of the LRBC's bottle book. Proper credit will be given and all information is greatly appreciated. Send by email to: oaklawn@earthlink.net or write to: David Andrews, 192 Wilbur Ave., Cranston, RI 02921 Toy marbles. Will pay cash. Call Jerry Biern: 401-826-3933 Bitters, Peppersauce, and Demi-Johns. Call Jan Boyer: 401-539-2051 1/2 gallon spring water bottles with arched slugplate. Preferably with bail and closure. Call Art: 508-399-6427 or email: blobtops@aol.com Seltzer water bottles. Wanted in various colors such as red, cobalt, pink, and yellow. Please call Angelo: 401-421-3782 For Sale: Scarce RI fire related bottle!! I have several of these scarce bottles for sale. Click here to see a representative photo. All are in excellent condition with some very light cloudiness inside. Bottles are 5-3/4" tall, clear, cylindrical with an eight panelled mug base and are embossed COMBINATION / LADDER CO. They do not say RI on them but the company was in business beginning in the late 1800's in Providence. Company tradecard shows proof. Price is $15.00 (add $3.20 for shipping and $.85 for insurance if desired). Contact Dave at 401-942-6634 or email at: oaklawn@earthlink.net. Carboys. One is about 25 inches tall. A pretty dark green, with swirls in the glass, not pontilled but the base is swirled in the middle. The second is light green, about 21 inches tall. Both are free blown and are about 8 gallon capacity. Wholesale dealer price $100 each. Call Art: 508-399-6427. 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