single "attic mint" late nineteenth century light aqua glass hutchinson style blobtop soda bottle fabricated for the chicago consolidated bottling company. the front body is crisply embossed, "chicago / consolidated / bottling co / 14 to 18 / charles place / chicago, il". the blue tinted glass appears perfectly clean and clear of haze. the bottle retains the original hutchinson patented spring stopper. this particular bottle was salvaged from inside the wall of a nineteenth century chicago worker's cottage on homer street, demolished in august 2015; it was likely planted in the house during construction, dating it to between 1885-1888, and was uncovered when the wood sheathing of the house was stripped away. john lomax' charles place bottling operation expanded in the early 1870's, with the construction of additional buildings on the lots he already owned. with the facilities for turning out 12,000 dozen (144,000) bottles of soda per day, besides mineral waters and other beverages, lomax kept twenty wagons running constantly to meet demand. by the late 1870's lomax' regional sales were increasing as well, and he had begun advertising his bottled products far beyond chicago. after 1886 the lomax bottling works became the chicago consolidated bottling company (ccbc) by combining with 15 other bottling plants, most of which john lomax had purchased. the consolidated chicago was badly damaged by a fire in 1891. after presumably recovering, lomax continued as president and chief owner until his death in 1899.