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 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 "star" variant of this circa 1850-1855 Philly soda

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

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

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.

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 super nice example of this variant Flanagen, 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

Uncommon circa 1855 green soda with a weird raised iron pontil scar

that is jagged, almost like an open pontil

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

An early circa 1840's Philly dug squat

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

This is a Richardson squat variant I had never seen before, Civil War period

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

One of numerous variants of this pontiled soda, circa 1855

"Registered According to Law" - great iron pontil

One of numerous McLaughlin variants from about 1855-1860

An uncommon south-central PA Civil War squat

A fresh dug earlier smooth-based squat, circa 1860

A circa 1855 earlier variant Twitchell with Hat Top Green Soda

This is the Elliot variant without the "& Ledlie", a Civil War period squat

A Civil War era green NJ soda in great condition

A fresh dug Philadelphia lager, circa 1860

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

One of the less common green sodas, circa 1865

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

A heavily embossed hutch, circa 1885-1895

A narrow split type pony, a circa 1870 soda

For the Philly collector, here is one you probably haven't seen -

suitable as an example or for making a drinking glas

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

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

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

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

A gem condition smooth-based southern soda

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

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

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

way down due to a couple chips on the lip

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

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