original c. 1850's antique american antebellum period emerald green glass iron pontiled soda or mineral water bottle with an applied tapered blob top. the intact privy dug bottle was designed and manufactured by the bridgeton glassworks in new jersey. the sloping "pony" shape body features the manufacturer's name and "n.j." embossed cleanly in the center. crudities typical of its age include whittling and bubbles or seeds. the rounded base has a high kick-up and pontil scar with iron residue evident. the bridgeton glass mfg. company began taking stock subscriptions in 1836 and probably constructed their factory shortly thereafter. by march 15, 1841, the plant was owned by stratton, buck & co. (nathan l. stratton being one of the original officers), when it burned to the ground. john g. rosenbaum rebuilt the factory and operated it until 1846. joel bodine and his three sons, john f., william h., and joel a. bodine, operated the works (along with their Williamstown plant) as bodine & sons from 1846 to 1855. francis l. and j. nixon bodine (sons of samuel bodine – one of the second-generation brothers) purchased the works in 1863, and francis j. bodine (a cousin of francis l.) joined nixon in 1869 to incorporate the firm as the cohansey glass mfg. co. various authors noted that the plant was called the bridgeton glass works, although mckearin and wilson stated that the plant was only known by that name between 1856 and 1863.