Hello!
I don't have info on the company, but I'd like to offer you a quick lesson neck seam ID.. this bottle has a "tooled" lip, which means the lip was part of the bottle when it was made, and shaped by a hand tool. That's why part of the neck seam got 'erased'.. the tool wiped it off during the shaping process. BEFORE tooled lips, there were "applied" lips, which were a separate piece of glass which was stuck on to the bottle while the glass was still hot. Applied lip bottles usually have the seam go all the way up to the base of the lip.
It was generally during the 1880's that the switch from applied to tooled was made. That seam dating info you saw is messed up!
Judging from the embossing, I would date your bottle to right around 1900.. most 1880's tall blobs didn't say REGISTERED, and "THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD" was embossed on the back half, taking up a lot of room, not squished down the bottom like this one.. hope this was of some help!
hi this clubs website has some providence brewing company bottle examples
http://www.littlerhodybottleclub.org/index.html
on left side click on (bottle book),then (P) and look up prov brew co
you can also on the same page with the tabs on the left click on (research) they have infomation on the providence brewing company...I was going to copy and paste the info and pictures from the website but not sure if thas cool to do
Thanks as always.
I found that advertisement on another web site but i didn't realize what it was and it was what i was actually looking for. I hope i can sell it. I put it on ebay.
Thanks as always
Dennis
Gotta hand it to the gang at Little Rhody Bottle Club. It seems to me that they are really contributing to the History of Rhode Island bottles and the companies that produced them. My idea of one of the things a bottle club ought'a do.
"The Providence Brewing Co., formerly the American Brewing Co., was located at 431 Harris Ave., corner of Eagle St., in Providence in 1896 with James Hanley as it's president. He was joined in 1897 by John E. Good who became the company's secretary and treasurer.
In the meantime, Hanley was also the president of the James Hanley Brewing Co. and John E. Good was the owner of the Providence Bottling Co. In 1906 Good quit the business with Hanley and devoted his time to his bottling company only.
In 1907 Hanley took on Gustave F. Mensing as a manager for the Providence Brewing Co. and Mensing soon became its secretary and treasurer. They were producing Bohemian beer, ales, and porters of the finest quality.
The Providence Brewing Co. remained in business until 1925 and in 1926 Mensing turned the building into the Providence Storage Co."