The Confederation… of Toilet Hole Adventurists of the Southern States

When I held them up, side by side, accounting for the slight under-blow at the shoulder (to push down for the slight neck bulge), general crudity, mold age and a reworked base cup (plus the fact that one was moderately cleaned and the other not) when you compare the mold seams and how they line up … it’s close.

I’m leaning toward an almost intentional mold copy or a modifird original … matches the high shoulder mold with a re-worked base cup. A stretch, but with Baltimore almost anything is possible.

English porters tend to have the more rounded shoulder and lower horizontal mold seam (shorter cup) in my experience. That’s why I call the Federal Hill mold the “high-shoulder” mold, as it has a short shoulder and higher horizontal cup seam than normal.

That general shape and even the lip could go either way between being a somewhat odd English porter or a very Baltimore looking reworked high shoulder mold or mold copy.

Probably something to ponder over until another bottle draws some connection.