original privy-dug c. 1870's post chicago fire antique american james stenson aqua blue mineral or soda water "blobtop" bottle with smooth and unmarked base

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alexander & david h. chambers, pittsburgh, pa.

 

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single all original (1860's-70's) privy dug aqua blue hand blown pony style soda bottle with applied blob top manufactured for james stenson, chicago, illinois. embossing low on the front of the body reads the bottlers' name and city. the neck features whittling, and is finished with a crude applied blob top with slight surface wear. the reverse side of the bottle is embossed above the heel with the glass company's mark "a & d. h.c.", abbreviation for alexander & david h. chambers, in pittsburgh (1843-1889). the unmarked base is lightly indented, but not pontiled. the glass features crudities typical of its age and date of manufacture, including bubbles and surface scratches. it is not tumbled, so appears hazy and with spots of discoloration. n 1869-1870, james stenson became the junior partner with john amberg at a spruce beer, mineral water and soda water bottling plant that had been in operation for several years at 99 & 101 monroe street in chicago. in 1868, a year before his association with amberg, stenson had opened a wholesale and retail wine and liquor business at 132 state street. it is likely that he took the opportunity to join a bottling operation to ensure that he would have an outlet for bottling his own alcoholic beverages. when he bought out amberg and took over the business entirely in 1871, he decided to continue the ongoing soda and mineral water bottling operation as well, under his own name. according to the city directories, stenson's soda water and ale bottling business at his monroe street factory spanned the entire decade of the 1870's and continued until 1882. at that point, he decided to close the monroe street bottling plant and focus his efforts entirely on generic retail-liquor sales at his 132 state street address. toward the end of the 1870's he switched over to using the new hutchinson internal stopper bottles, four styles of which are known that are embossed with his company name. a. & d. h. c. stands for alexander & david h. chambers, pittsburgh, pennsylvania (1843-1889). this was one of the most prolific glass companies in pittsburgh during the mid-to-late 1800's. huge quantities of bottles, flasks, and fruit jars were made, as well as window glass. many local, regional, and nationally distributed sodas, mineral waters, beers, bitters, tonics, and other types of products were packaged in bottles made by a&dhc. most commonly, bottles with this mark seem to date from the 1870's and 1880's, but the mark was probably in use at least from around the start of the civil war, perhaps a bit earlier.

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