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original and intact nineteenth century vibrant electric blue hutchinson shaped bottle with original patent spring stopper manufactured for chicago bottling giant j.a. lomax
  • original and intact nineteenth century vibrant electric blue hutchinson shaped bottle with original patent spring stopper manufactured for chicago bottling giant j.a. lomax
  • original and intact nineteenth century vibrant electric blue hutchinson shaped bottle with original patent spring stopper manufactured for chicago bottling giant j.a. lomax
  • original and intact nineteenth century vibrant electric blue hutchinson shaped bottle with original patent spring stopper manufactured for chicago bottling giant j.a. lomax
original and intact nineteenth century vibrant electric blue hutchinson shaped bottle with original patent spring stopper manufactured for chicago bottling giant j.a. lomax

original and intact nineteenth century vibrant electric blue hutchinson shaped bottle with original patent spring stopper manufactured for chicago bottling giant j.a. lomax

SKU: UR-23063-15
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intact and original antique c. 1880's nearly attic condition hutchinson electric blue glass bottle manufactured for john a. lomax. the front body is caseworn, with the lomax raised 4-bottle logo configured in a diamond near the shoulder, surrounded by "trade / mark / regis / tered"; beneath this is embossed "j.a. lomax / 14 16 & 18 / charles place / chicago" with the first and last lines in large block lettering. the tall body slopes into a heavily whittled, squat neck and an applied blobtop with slop and stretch marks inside the bore. the original patented spring stopper sits inside the lip. crudities include whittling, seeding, and minor spots of discoloration. glass is tumbled, so appears clear and clean. john a. lomax entered the bottling operations in 1854, distributing soda water located at 38 w. lake street in chicago. in 1859, the plant was destroyed by fire and operations were moved to a two-story frame building located at 16 charles place. as business grew, john and his son george erected a large masonry building in 1871, which was consumed by the great chicago fire the same year. shortly after, lomax rebuilt an even larger four-story facility that was advertised as being the "largest bottling house in the world.” during their peak production years, lomax serviced more than five thousand of the approximately seven thousand saloons across the city of chicago. their bottling works furnished soda-waters, ginger ale, mineral and spring water, ales and other drinks. the company ceased operations in 1885.

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