original and intact mid-nineteenth century richly colored electric blue glass pontiled blobtop soda bottle fabricated for george lomax in chicago, il.
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g. lomax, chicago, il.
hard to find and highly collectible vibrant electric blue iron pontiled soda or mineral water bottle manufactured for bottler george lomax, in chicago, il. the body has a long tapered neck, sloping shoulders and an intact applied blob top. the raised block lettering reads "g. lomax /chicago" within a debossed square plate with beveled corners. the bottle features typical crudities including bubbles in the body. the early chicago soda or mineral water bottle contains a base with a deeply rounded kick up retaining little to no residue from the iron pontil. george lomax emigrated to the united states from england, arriving in chicago during the early 1850's. george lomax is listed as a 41 year old "master soda maker" in the 1860 census. george lomax was likely related to the chicago bottler john lomax, but records obscure their actual relationship. between 1852-1854 george lomax is listed as a "mineral water" bottler at canal street between lake and fulton. during these three years, edward k. bebbington and joseph entwistle are also listed as bottlers at the same address. from 1855-1863, george lomax was the proprietor of his own soda water manufacturing business--lomax & meagher and then g. lomax & co. (though meagher's name was never embossed on the bottles). the business ceased with his death in 1863.
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