Early this March the ground finally
neared the defrosting phase, and it was open season in my favorite
town dump. After failing to annihilate one of the last chunks of
frost from one of my old holes, I settled for a hit-and-miss spot
that today provided some hits! A nice J.L. & P. Gannon N.
Providence blob was one of the first to surface. Normally a
common bottle, this example had a nice block letter G monogram.
Additionally, the heel read “this bottle registered / not to be
sold”, which is an uncommon phrase.
Next up was an exciting What Cheer
Bottling Co. Providence blob.
Sadly it was cracked, but that didn't lessen my excitement! I have
an example that is not embossed Providence, so they will make a
perfect pair! What Cheer is the motto for Providence.
One of the most common sodas from this
dump is the John Theroux Pontiac, RI blob. This larger size
of the two known variants, and this one has a period after Pontiac
and no period after the R in RI. Erased embossing on the heel adds
to the mystery.
A recent trade involved a nice Sullivan
Bros. Providence 13oz. ABM blob. Only a crown top is listed with
the 13oz. embossing, and the machine made blob factor was a surprise.
By the time machine made sodas were becoming popular blobs were
becoming obsolete, so machine made examples are fairly hard to find.
I found a Nutro Registered (on
base) ABM soda while wading last year, and thought that I already had
one. After double checking, I noticed my old one was clear, and the
fresh-dug example was aqua! Now for a better-looking example...
