The Featured Pontiled Soda ...
The FPS continues into 2012 with a growing archive of rare soda images to add. Email me at wil@mywebmkt.com with descriptions and photos of your rare or unlisted sodas, and we will feature them here.
2012
January: This is the 4th Lomax variant to be embossed in the chamfored corner frame design. If you compare closely the other three, you'll see it's yet a 4th, in what is a somewhat unique mold design in and of itself.
2011
December: A very pricey E.C. WARE soda was floated on Ebay in December. Quite a prolific bottler, both in Lancaster in Philly. But that example is a known variant. I thought I'd end the year with an unlisted one. Merry Christmas!
November: The first I'd heard of COLE & DEAN was the porter I fell asleep on at eBay which later hit big at GW. Then this one shows up on eBay in a mug based variant. What a month!
October: Here's another rare one. This porter also sold at a private auction in 2010. I had forgotten to even list it until today, but luckily saved the photo. Another rare brilliant yellow-green Pittsburgh style porter.
September: Here's a super rare one. This soda sold at a private auction in 2010. I don't think it is listed anywhere, and I had forgotten about it, thinking I listed it months ago. A rare beauty.
August: Part II of the July pair includes a response from C.R., and a new, unlisted Federal Hill porter. Also some information that leads me to believe that two other variants were mistaken for one, with more findings to follow.
July: A departure from the norm as I wind down after the Tallahassee show and work on repairs. First, a couple of Federal Hill porters that are little known, if not unlisted on the web, and who may have close relatives.
June: A rare torpedo recently sold at a major auction. Only two or three whole examples are known, so it's not exactly unlisted, but ... what I discovered about the bottles possible origins were unknown to the auctioneer..
May: I have seen enough of this distinctive embossing style over the years to take a stab at attribution. Note the top style, which is nearly identical to an egg I currently have for sale. This early Lockport egg hit the roof on Ebay.
April: Though it's a known pontiled soda, the small letter Schlepegrell is rare enough that few have seen one outside of Charelston. Note the similarity in mold design and lip between this bottle and another Southern FPS.
March: In case someone missed this absolute CRYER on eBay a few months back, here it is, an extremely rare Johnstown, Pa. soda which would be a sight to behold if a whole example does exist.
February: Last month, Chris Whitehurst sent in pics of a rare Wilmington, North Carolina pontiled beer. This extremely rare undamaged example confirms the double taper top variant..
January: This rare slug plate C. Clark mold is known, but when the blank slug plate just sold for $131 on eBay with lip damage, it reminded me of the perfect one I sold years ago, dug in a Pratt street saloon privy by Bill Hubble.
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