original and intact c. 1856-1859 pontiled aqua soda bottle manufactured for pablo & co. at the business' first address in new orleans, la. the slim body tapers into a long, narrow neck with a somewhat crude applied blobtop that exhibits whittling and asymmetry. the front body is embossed with the name "pablo & co" arching over the address "no 33 & 30 / royal st /n.o" with raised and underlined end-letters "o" and "t" in the abbreviated words. the base features a pontiled kickup. crudities are typical of its age and date of manufacture, including bubbles, whittling, and minor discoloration or pitting from having been dug. sebastian pablo started his soda & mineral water business in 1849 at no. 70 elysian fields until 1855. in 1856 pablo & co. was formed at 334-336 royal st. the street was renumbered in about 1860 to 270-272 royal st. this accounts for the pontiled and non-pontiled variants at that address. during the civil war several of the local bottlers such as p.pons, h. stewart and t.s. waterman joined forces with pablo and then after the war went their separate ways. in 1877, pablo combined with several of the other seltzer water manufacturers to form the crescent city seltzer & mineral water manufactory at the same 270-272 royal street address.