Out of all the bottles I got in the
blob collection (listed and unlisted) one of the most exciting was a
Moritz H. Meyer Providence, RI.
A rare bottle in aqua, this one was amber! Amber blobs from RI are
of the extremely scarce nature, only 4 bottlers used them (now 5).
With the addition of this bottle, I just need one more to complete my
amber RI blob run.
An etched Caproni Bros. & Co.
Prov. RI aqua blob was eerily similar to its clear counterpart,
but is had Prov. RI etched all on the same line.
A James Lavell Fountain St.
Providence, RI had street
spelled out on it, something with none of the listed bottles have.
That makes it my 6th
version!
One of my most wanted Providence blobs
was the elusive R.H. Harvey Providence, RI.
Ransford Harvey was the successor to George P. Harvey, and had no
relation to Ira Harvey of the pontiled teepee soda fame. There are
two versions listed, but one has Prov. Abbreviated and the other does
not have the “this bottle not to be sold” blurb.
There's always room for another
American Bottling Corp. Providence, RI.
A machine made crown top, this is one of the newest bottles they put
out. Interestingly, it has the date (1918) on the base. I have
another with a date of 1917. Both are unlisted!
