Featured Soda--December Featured Pontiled Soda

I would have to give the December Featured Pontiled soda to the extremely rare BRYAN's / AMBROSIA / NEW-YORK, circa 1830's. It may not be pontiled, as this one looks like it might have been finished with the infamous "clamp", that clumsy tool referenced in McKearin which was used briefly for the early "egg minerals". This one is far more crude and earlier than the other New York cucumbers and eggs. It blows away the Coggeshall and the Rushton and Aspinwall with a form that stands alone and screams EARLY (as if the stencil block embossing doesn't). Really, I'd say it could be early 30's and for those who haven't seen it, I suspect you probably have not, and will not, see an earlier embossed American soda. And with an exotic name to boot - AMBROSIA. It sounds like a very early carbonated fruit soda, similar to the "Nectarians" (like the Coon & Spencer) of the 1840's. If so, it is certainly the earliest true "soda" but in those days the concept was so novel that we have terms like "Nectarian", "Ambrosia" and "Sparkling Sherbet". You don't even have to be a soda lover to love this one. What a bottle to end '07 with! It will be hard to top this one next month, ringing in the New Year. Enjoy!