single all original antique privy dug late nineteenth century vibrantly colored blue glass soda bottle fabricated for chicago bottler michael keeley
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UR-23817-16
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hard to find lightly cleaned c.early 1870's medium blue aqua smooth base blobtop soda or mineral water bottle manufactured for michael keeley. the high, sloping shoulders and squat neck are finished with an applied blobtop that remains in good condition. the front body is caseworn but still legibly embossed, "m. keeley. / chicago. / ill". the base is smooth with seams evidencing manufacture with a keyed hinge mold. crudities are typical of the age and date of manufacture, and include allover seeding, whittling, and surface wear like scratches or flea bites. the glass has been lightly cleaned and appears clear, with little haze. michael keeley moved out of his cellar ale & porter depot at 43 s. water street and relocated his ale bottling operation to 60 w. lake in 1858. the following year, he established a soda water bottling operation at 291 s. canal. the 1860 industrial census for chicago lists michael keeley as a soda and ale manufacturer with an annual production of 3,000 barrels (since the soda would have been bottled, it is unclear how this was figured into the estimate). keeley bottled at both locations until 1867, when he consolidated his bottling operations into a series of structures at 289-295 s. canal and ceased ale bottling activities to focus on soda water. from 1862-1864 he also served as cook county treasurer. there are no keeley-embossed chicago bottles that date after the time of the chicago fire. all of the embossed ale, porter and cider bottles listed were manufactured and used between 1858 (after the keely & brother operation closed) and 1867 (when keeley stopped bottling ale and focused on soda).
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