rare and completely intact near mint condition c.early 1840's light green glass soda bottle manufactured for early new york bottler thomas newton. the slim body has low shoulders rounding into an exceptionally long, heavily whittled neck with an applied tapered collar. the front body is embossed "newton's / soda or mineral / waters / new york" and the reverse is embossed "premium" at the shoulder. the base has a deep kickup, but retains little to no residue from the iron pontil. the bottle exhibits appealing crudity in the form of bubbles, and allover heavy whittling, with especially wavy, asymmetrical glass at the neck. there is one small, flat chip at the lip edge, but otherwise there are no cracks or areas of damage. the glass has been cleaned and so appears clear and free of haze or discoloration. thomas newton was likely born in 1802 in pennsylvania. he first appears in written record as a machinist and turner at 62 dock street in the 1831 philadelphia directory. newton eventually transitioned from being a plumber in philadelphia to a soda water bottler in new york city. newton was clearly bottling soda water in new york due to his winning a diploma for "the best bottled soda water with syrups" in october of 1843 from the american institute in new york. newton was located at 7 elm street for only one year; with records stating in 1847 newton was a complainant against "persons for keeping houses of ill-fame", including a number of women from surrounding houses. in 1849 newton appears to have left the soda water business. in 1850, he was living in brooklyn and briefly re-entered the business but soon returned to his older profession as a plumber and gasfitter. newton was a gas engineer for the bowery theater for 35 years. he appears to have died in late 1878 or early 1879.