single original antique privy dug mid-nineteenth century aqua blue glass blobtop soda bottle manufactured for michael keeley of chicago, il.

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possibly william mccully & co., pittsburgh, pa.

 

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completely intact and original privy dug crude c. 1860's blue aqua glass blobtop soda bottle fabricated for chicago bottler michael keeley. the squat body and low shoulders taper into a slim neck and large applied oval-blob top exhibiting slop and whittling. the neck features stretch marks, a bubble inside the bore, and whittling. embossing on the front body reads "m. keeley / chicago. / ill". the base is smooth with no markings, only side seams indicating it was manufactured in a keyed hinge mold. crudities are typical of its age and date of manufacture and minor surface wear, irridization or discoloration are typical of dug bottles. 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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