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

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

with beautiful irridescent patina, circa 1850

This is the scarce earlier Conway variant with Union Glass Works

on the reverse, crude rectangular slug plate, circa 1850

This bottle is crazy crude, tilting the side so much that it looks like it will tip over

It's a lovely deep cobalt with purple hues, circa 1850-1860

It took me 30 years to find a whole example of this tough variant - and terrific condition

A cobalt example of the "no star" variant of this circa 1850-1855 Philly soda

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

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

A very scarce name Philadelphia squat with crude drippy top, circa 1850-1855

An uncommon Philly squat with double rectangular slug plates, circa 1850

This is a very tough pontiled Philly squat

from the Danny Catherino collection, circa 1850-1855

This is the chunky sized squat with robust iron pontil and character

An uncommon earlier squat, circa 1845-1850.

Very deep grass green colored, fresh dug

An uncommon earlier squat, circa 1845-1850.

Hard to find one without damage like this one

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

This is the uncommon green variant of the Conway Bottler squat from Philly, Circa 1850

This is a chunky, earlier example of this iron pontiled

Schoch squat, circa 1850, in superb condtion

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

An iron pontiled circa 1850 southern soda

A short squat with a killer iron pontil and star on the shoulder, circa 1855

A classic smooth-based southern soda

A whittled deep green example

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

A scarce name for the Philly collection, small pony size

A deep green very heavy squat, circa 1850-1860

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

A chunky Philadelphia late lager from circa 1850-1855

An uncommon wrap-around block lettered Philly pontiled soda, circa 1855

An uncommon name for the Philly collector, fresh dug, no damage

A splendid example with heavy embossing in a rectangular slug plate, circa 1850-1855

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

A very chunky iron pontiled midwestern soda with

crisp embossing and a lovely opalescent patina

A "This Bottle Never Sold" variant with a nice pontil scar, circa 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

A light sapphire blue blob soda, circa 1880

This is a chunky circa 1850 squat in gem mint condition, deep forest green

A super crude quart sized Saratoga that just missed pontil -

thousands of seed bubbles

An aqua midwestern soda, circa 1850-1860

A gem clean example, circa 1855

This is the earlier "long neck" block letter Roussel blob soda, circa 1850-1855

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

A nice marbled character Saratoga, large sized variant, gem mint condition

This is the earlier serif font variant in a deeper than usual green color

Less common than the star-Andrews-Johnston, this Philly soda dates to about 1855

One of numerous variants of this pontiled soda, circa 1855

A super nice example of this south-central PA Civil War squat

"Registered According to Law" - great iron pontil

One of numerous McLaughlin variants from about 1855-1860

A fresh dug earlier smooth-based squat, circa 1860

A circa 1855 earlier variant Twitchell with Hat Top Green Soda

A circa 1855 pontiled soda, priced down a bit for a 1/8" lip flake

A fresh dug Philadelphia lager, circa 1860

This is the older variant Fulton with the serif font, circa 1860

A less common Philly soda, circa 1865

One of the less common green sodas, circa 1865

A circa 1890 aqua hutch with block letter embossing

A fat tapered top squat weiss beer or soda, circa 1870

A gem condition smooth-based southern soda

A heavy glass 8-Sided soda, iron pontiled, circa 1850

A late 1840's squat with nice iron pontil

An earlier gravitating style hutch - a variant of this US Flag soda, circa 1885

This is the super tough "no Bottler" Conway, in great shape with nice iron pontil

A circa 1885 tall hutch with original stopper and gasket

A circa 1885 tall hutch with original stopper and gasket

A circa 1890 soda with the original stopper and gasket

A circa 1870 squat soda with double taper top

This is a truly rate Philly squat from my collection that is marked

way down due to a couple chips on the lip

A whittled "old amber" colored pint bottle with loads of character,

you need to see it to appreciate it

A super heavy earlier squat, circa 1840's Philly dug squat

The regular Jones is hard enough to find, but this "Improved J"

variant is very very tough to find

From one of the early inventors of soda water, here is an increasingly scarce

blue Roussel, one of numerous variants

A fairly hard to find Philly name - circa 1855

A super tough pontiled soda from Philly that is rarely seen for sale, pared from my collection

An aqua New York pony with the date

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

Philly collectors - here's a super tough bottle that is priced down due to a lip chip.

I dug this and have never seen one for sale

A nice, unusual colored soda with a small glob of cobalt glass fused in the blob top

A Civil War period blob top soda

An uncommon deep green soda with an applied blob, circa 1865

This uncommon Philly soda is very unusual, straight sided

with the hat top, iron pontiled and seldom seen for sale

Pulled from my collection is this uncommon blue taper top soda, circa 1850