JSF10. "TAYLOR / NEVER / SURRENDERS - UNION GLASS WORKS / PHILADA", bright sapphire blue, cylindrical, iron pontil scar, 7 1/2"H x 2 5/8"D, applied sloping collar, ¼" x 3/16" lip edge flake and some light exterior wear. Union Glass Works, Philadelphia, PA, 1855-1865, rare and historically significant.

Rare and important, the Taylor Never Surrenders bottle is the only soda with true historic significance and it is one of the foundations of a top soda collection. Perhaps dug but NEVER cleaned, this superb "attic quality" example retains a brilliant exterior luster with pleasingly crude glass. The noted flake is shown below - there is a small associated bruise on the inside of the mouth that can also be seen, but only when held at particular angle in the proper light. The bottle is otherwise just about perfect and the piece remains a superior example of a bottle collecting classic.