BuckEye Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Anyone collect these? I realize that they were often faked but the two I just found are very heavy old glass with oxidation irridation maybe from bring dug? The marbles are bullet mold types, cool stuff. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks. Craig One is The Bilton Harrogate, t turner and co. Dewsbury. The second is j slater bury, cannington shaw and co St Helens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 I only have one and mine's one of the fakes or otherwise newer bottles. I had a nice exchange about it with someone at a bottle collecting page. I think this might be the page I was looking at: http://www.codds-n-odds.co.uk/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 In 1960 my father took me to India for a family visit and I was lucky enough to see Codd bottles refilled and carbonated. It was a cottage industry, done with the most rudimentary equipment in a village with no electricity (although they had kerosene refrigerators). Codd bottles had to be inverted as they were filled, in order to get the marble jammed against the rubber washer at the top. The CO2 cylinders had no reducing valve, so the time used to pressurize the contents of the bottle was critical. I was told that occasionally, when a bottle was overfilled or perhaps fragile from being many decades old, it would go off like a bomb, the thick glass fragments causing horrific injuries The cost of a crown capped soda was then probably double the cost of soda in a Codd bottle, which has no disposable parts. More links from a cursory internet search: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramune http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/02/20/ramune-and-the-myste.html www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/coddarticlemunsey.pdf http://everything2.com/title/Codd+Bottle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBlock Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 I wrote an article about Codd bottles a couple of years ago. There is a link at this address http://www.marblecollecting.com/marble-community/marblecollecting-com-newsletter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Thanks for all the help, it's very interesting stuff to me. I feel that mine are old from all the research. I wonder how abundant they are overseas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 fairly common in England but there are some rare varieties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Think mine are like$25 each? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Seeing lots of those over here. Let me know if you want me to snap them up for you and what price you will pay for them. Not to concerned on making a profit off you if you like them and want them. Keep shipping in mind. Will find out what they will ship for if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted September 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Thanks for the thought, but I'm just sticking with these two! Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 No problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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