A very scarce pontiled lager - nice example that was

never in the ground but has minor lip issues

This is a truly rare Philly squat blob that is perfect structurally

but marked down for ground wear

Philly collectors - this is one of 4-5 known oval slug squats,

and one of the handful found in one privy several years back

A nicely whittled example of this earlier soda water bottle, circa 1850

Circa 1850, an increasingly hard to find deep cobalt

soda in splendid condition

A tumble polished example that is clean

but retains some scaling and etch wear, not bad

This is the super tough Philly name to acquire -

not many exist. Nice condition overall

A super tough Philly squat in a funky fat lager shape,

with beautiful irridescent patina, circa 1850

It took me 30 years to find a whole example

of this tough variant - and terrific condition

This is a very fat Conway, the uncommon

arched slug plate variant -circa 1850

This is an attic found example of a pretty tough

Philly squat, circa 1850-1855

This is the scarce earlier Conway variant with Union Glass Works

on the reverse, crude rectangular slug plate, circa 1850

This is a scarce Tholey squat in really nice condition, circa 1850-1855

A cobalt example of the "star" variant of this circa 1850-1855 Philly soda

This is the chunky and scarcer "4 lines"

of embossing variant Duross

This is an attic found example of a pretty tough

Philly squat, circa 1850-1855

A very scarce name Philadelphia squat

with crude drippy top, circa 1850-1855

Priced way down because of a crack, this is a recent find and seldom seen

A scarce pontiled Philly "Brown Stout", circa 1850-1855

An uncommon pontiled Philly squat with double

rectangular slug plates, circa 1850

An uncommon Philly lager squat from my collection, circa 1850-1855

This is the chunky sized squat with

robust iron pontil and character

This is a very tough pontiled Philly squat

from the Danny Catherino collection, circa 1850-1855

Pared from my collection, this is the

very tough "no star" squat McCurdy

An uncommon earlier squat, circa 1845-1850.

Hard to find one without damage like this one

A gem mint snap case squat soda or stout,

very scarce - circa 1855-1860

An uncommon earlier squat, circa 1845-1850.

Hard to find one without damage like this one

This is the uncommon green variant of the

Conway Bottler squat from Philly, Circa 1850

This is one of several variant Kirschenmann

squats from Philadelphia

A scarce Philly squat, circa 1850-1855, in decent condition

This is a chunky, earlier example of this iron pontiled

Schoch squat, circa 1850, in superb condtion

A classic blue Phillysquat that just missed being pontiled,

marked way down because of a few issues

Uncommon circa 1855 green soda with a shoulder star

An apple green example of this heavy squat

- Dyottville Glassworks variant

A super nice example of this variant Flanagen, circa 1855

A scarce name for the Philly collection, small pony size

A crude squat with rectangular slug plate, circa 1850-1855

A tough to find amber colored soda/beer from about 1865-1870

A chunky Philadelphia late lager from circa 1850-1855

A super crude blue-green example, very chunky, circa 1850-1855

A deep green very heavy squat, circa 1850-1860

This is a scarce Philly pontiled squat, circa 1850-1855

An uncommon name for the Philly collector,

fresh dug, no damage

A circa 1855 Philly iron pontiled squat

A scarce wrap-around block lettered Philly pontiled soda, circa 1855

A super crude blue-green example, very chunky, circa 1850-1855

This is an earlier fat boy squat with a nice pontil, circa 1850

This is the short squat variant, circa 1850-1855

This is the shorter square-shouldered

Ware squat, uncommon, circa 1855

An uncommon pontiled soda, circa 1850-1855

This is a fat squat with a nice pontil, circa 1850-55

This iron pontiled hefty south Philly squat comes in different address.

This is a nice looking circa 1850 squat

Circa 1850-1855, a medium cobalt soda,

marked down for an old lip chip

This is a supurb example of the "H" variant Hall

with nice glass whittle, circa 1850-1855

This is the lager version McLaughlin with

overall opalescent sheen (benicia)

An uncommon slug plate squat, priced down

because of minor cork pry issues

This is the much scarcer 914 Filbert Street,

rather than the 44 Filbert Street variant

One of the many pontiled Hall variants, this one is blank on the reverse

A fat slug plate squat with heavy iron pontil,

priced down because of a lip chip

A splendid condition example of this uncommon brown stout, circa 1855-1960

An early 1840's short-top example that is loaded

with hundreds of little bubbles

This is the 2-line embossing variant, circa 1855-1860

This is the earlier "long neck" block letter Roussel soda,

priced down due to a very slight lip flake

An uncommon squat that might have an

eroded pontil but selling as smooth-based

"Registered According to Law" - great iron pontil

A fresh dug earlier smooth-based squat, circa 1860

Less common than the star-Andrews-Johnston,

this Philly soda dates to about 1855

Much scarcer than the green blob soda, this is an

aqua colored R & M with taper top

A displayable example of a rare pontiled Philly squat - reglued top

A deep green squat with applied double taper top

A fresh privy dug squat, circa 1850

A circa 1855-1860 soda with a smooth base (or worn pontil)

One of the less common green sodas, circa 1865

A nice example of this circa 1870-1875 soda

A splendid example of this uncommon Philly squat in a rich color

This is a beautiful and crude example of the fat body

CONWAY blue lager, circa 1850 in deep cobalt blue

An early 1860's Philadelphia squat

in top possible condition, great mold strike.

A seldom seen earlier soda fresh dug in 2023,

marked down for minor issues

A splendid example with heavy embossing

in a rectangular slug plate, circa 1850-1855

A chunky kelly green squat, rare in kelly green - circa 1860

This is the McCurdy with the flower on the shoulder

and full address, circa 1850-1855

This is a chunky circa 1850 squat in

gem mint condition, deep forest green

This bottle was produced by William B. Emmerick, circa 1850-55

One of 2 sided Heiss sodas, but this is one of the few sided sodas

anywhere that has embossing on all 8 panel

iron pontil, taper top, circa 1850

This iron pontiled hefty south Philly squat comes in different addresses.

This is great example of the one variant.

A rough example of a truly rare color variant, circa 1860

A fat, deep blue-green variant of the Conway Bottler

squat from Philly, Circa 1850

This is one of the rare small early sodas with short taper, circa 1845

Priced down because of two base flakes but really nice overall

This is the fat body CONWAY blue lager or soda, circa 1850 in deep cobalt blue

Circa 1850, here is one of the super elusive early blue Twitchells

seldom seen and offered for sale

This is one of the tougher earlier Roussel sodas,

undamaged in natural dug condition