Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Spring Finds #4 2016

Facebook is slowly becoming a better source for finding new bottles, I was recently contacted by someone in Canada who had an Otis Clapp & Son in milk glass! This is one of the holy grails of Otis Clapp bottles, and now I know there are two milk glass variants.


My trip to the Baltimore Bottle Show was quite enjoyable. Among the spoils was the elusive Perry fruit jar! Simply embossed Pat. Aug. 8, 1882 on the lid, this jar was patented by F.H. Perry of Providence, RI.



A lady was recently kind enough to give me a few boxes of bottles dug on her family's property. Most of it was recyclable, but among the lot was a T.M. Morris Bristol, RI soda. Despite the damage, it was different than the examples I have.


One of my favorite New England shows is in Dover, NH. This year was quite rewarding! I snagged a nice M. Lenahan & Co. Family Wine Store Providence, RI whiskey. (explain)


Another prized Dover find was the scarce Inhale Dr. Townsend's Oxygenated Air. One has to wonder if there was anything in the bottle when it was sold!