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The iPunty Rod Internet Newsletter Of The Little Rhody Bottle Club July 1999 This page is updated around the 1st week of every month The next meeting of the LRBC will be held next September 14th, at 7:30pm at the Pontiac Library. The program topic will be "Summer Finds". Club News June Meeting It was a very hot night when the June meeting of the LRBC convened. There was a very small crowd possibly because of the high temperature outside, but inside it was cool and pleasant. Steve said it was the first time the a/c had ever been on at one of the meetings.   There were only six attendees when Steve called the meeting to order but another eight to ten people filed in during the first half hour. We saw some new faces and several we hadn't seen in a while. Jan Boyer was able to come to the meeting as was Dave Andrews. There were also a couple of visitors, Mr. and Mrs. Pizzi. They brought in a box of miscellaneous bottles and I believe Jan was able to purchase a ginger beer from them.   Jan also brought in several Hero Fruit Jars and a nice half gallon refrigerator bottle with a paper label. The contents were vanilla beans.   There was a suggestion that some of our members who collect milk bottles should get together and compile a list of all known RI milks. Milks were not included in Antique Bottles Of Rhode Island. Because of the shear quantity of these bottles it was felt that they deserved a reference of their own. Stay tuned for more information.   Correction In the June Punty Rod it was reported that Pearl had brought in a Sandwich vase to the May meeting on "Sandwich Glass." What Pearl brought in was what is called a "spillover". The spillover was used to hold sticks next to the fireplace. The sticks were lit and carried around to light candles or lanterns.   FYI A previously unknown Rhode Island bottle was sold on eBay which is an online auction house. The bottle is embossed PIERCE & CO. / INDIAN LINIMENT (front) / THE GREAT (side) / RHEUMATIC / REMEDY (reverse) / PROVIDENCE, R.I. (opposite side). The bottle is 6" tall, clear with a gray tint, and is rectangular shape with sunken panels on all four sides. The embossing is very bold while the bottle itself is very crude looking. The only thing wrong with it was a 1/16" shallow flake off of the tooled lip, otherwise it was perfect. The hammer price? How about $69.90 not including shipping and handling! Dave Andrews went high but was bumped in the last minutes of the auction. Anyone got one of these for sale? He's interested.   And in a related note, Steve Bergquist has the paper box for this bottle! He found it in the third floor of a house several years ago and kept it. Anyone need a box? 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. 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 Toy Marbles. Will pay cash. Please call Jerry Biern at 401-826-3933 Bitters, Pepper Sauce, and Demi Johns always wanted. Call Jan Boyer at 401-539-2051 1/2 gallon spring water bottles with arched slugplates. I have 5, would like more! Call Art at 508-399-6427 The following people are not bottle collectors but are looking for milk bottles from their family's dairy. Sam Terzian / Pleasant View Dairy / Whitman, MA. Cal Alice Tavitian at 781-447-5141 Lodi Dairy / Plymouth, MA. Cal Winthrop Pachard at 617-447-3966 Homestead Dairy / Erbeck / W. Bridgewater, MA. Call Dick Cogswell at 508-586-6272 Morton Dairy / Foxboro, MA. Call Laurie Morris at 508-697-0392 Ritchie Dairy / Virginia. Call Sue Worden at 413-697-5492 Please direct comments or corrections to: dandrews@littlerhodybottleclub.com Back To Top