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This soda syphon bottle, once used by Zobjeck & Havens of Hobart, Indiana, somehow ended up in Ontario, Canada, whence I bought it on Ebay; but it originally came from Bohemia — at least, the glass part did, according to the legend etched on the bottom and proudly incorporating the lion rampant of the Bohemian coat of arms.
The detachable syphon at the top was made by the Crown Syphon Bottling Works, which seems to have been a Canadian company according to what Google tells you when you search on that name.
The firm name, Zobjeck & Havens, is prominently etched on the side and includes an intricate logo joining the owners' initials.
Hugo Zobjeck, Sr., and Albert Roy Havens were in business together in Hobart starting around October 1907[1] and ending sometime in the summer of 1910 — not, perhaps, on the best of terms, as we might infer from this notice that Hugo Zobjeck ran in the Hobart News of September 1, 1910.
(I spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to come up with a title for this post that involved a pun on Bohemian Rhapsody. I don't think it can be done.)
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[1] "Local Drifts," Hobart Gazette, Oct. 11, 1907.
1 comment:
An amazing find for you as I know you have done in-depth research on the Zobjeck family. Yes, Bohemian Rhapsody...because who knows what it means?? Anyway, I like the Muppet version!
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