Wednesday, March 21, 2018

My Most Wanted Bottles

If you come across any of these bottles I will have no problem paying top dollar for them.  These are some of my all-time favorites!  Prices next to bottles are what I'm willing to pay for a mint condition example.  Any form of damage can significantly reduce the value of these bottles.


Block Island bottles

There are three milks and two medicines
City Drug Store Block Island, RI ($50)
Cundall & Ball Block Island, RI ($60 plain version, $100 fancy version)
E. Roy Payne embossed milk bottle ($300)
Henry D. Heinz Seaside Farm ($300)
Payne pyroglazed milk ($400)


Jamestown Pharmacy Jamestown, RI-
The only medicine bottle from Jamestown ($50)


Wickford milks

Cedar Spring Farm ($100 with tree, $75 without)
Almira Congdon ($100)
Cocumcussoc Farm, embossed pints and quarts, all pyro versions ($50-75)
Schartner's Dairy- ($40-75) pyro only
Otto Froberg ($75 embossed, $75 pyro)
Maple View Dairy (pyro $50)
E.G. Tingley half pint embossed (acquired!)

Medicines
E.E. Young Wickford Pharmacy ($20, $40 for large size)
S.H. Farnham Wickford- ($20 squares, $30 thin rectangle, $40 fancy version)


Stoneware:
Alfonso Church (stamped on shoulder) $100
Geo. T. Cranston Variety Store Wickford (multiple style jugs) $150-200


Narragansett & Wakefield Bottles

Sodas
John F. Perry Narragansett Pier blob top ($30) ($25 narrow crown top)
Wakefield Mineral Water Co. Wakefield, RI ($30)
Walter & Baur Narragansett, RI version I don't have ($30) (acquired!)
Gladstone Spring Water Narragansett Pier, RI demijohn ($150)

Milks
Ray P. Littlefield Wakefield ($100)
J.C. Tucker Narragansett Pier  ($100)
Watts & Watts Narragansett Pier ($50)
Broad Rock Farm Peace Dale  ($40 embossed, $30 pyro)
Mountain Farm Dairy Peace Dale ($75 embossed (acquired!), $30 (half pints pyro) ($40-50 pt, qt pyro)


Medicines
Purogen ($25 for 16oz, $40 for 32oz.)
H.E. Taber Wakefield ($25)
Wright & Clarke Wakefield ($40)
S.H. Donahue Wakefield ($30)
W.C. Clarke Narragansett Pier ($20, $40 large size)
Frank Watson Narragansett Pier ($30, $50 if Rhode Island spelled out)
Frank Watson Narragansett Pier & Peace Dale ($50)
D.B. Griffin Wakefield ($50-75 with owl, $20 small square, $30 large aqua)
Silas G. Wright Wakefield ($25-35)
J. Attmore Wright Wakefield (older versions) ($25)
Thomas J. Bannon Westerly, Watch Hill, & Narragansett Pier ($50)


Local Milks:

Lindenwood Dairy Usquepaugh, RI ($75 pint)
Congdon Richmond, RI (acquired!)
Locust Farm Exeter ($50)
Rhode Island State College buy war bonds ($300)
Horseshoe Falls Shannock ($50 pint, half pint embossed) ($50 all pyros)

( Generally any milks from Charlestown, Richmond, South Kingstown, North Kingstown Narragansett, and Exeter.)