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THESE THREE AMAZING AND RARE ANTIQUE (LATE 1800's) GLASS CODD-NECK BOTTLES WITH MARBLES STILL IN THE NECK OF THE BOTTLES INCLUDE 1) A GOLDBERG & ZEFFERTT BOTTLE MADE IN LONDON, 2) A PHOENIX WORKS C. JOHNSON TRADE OF PORT ELIZABETH BOTTLE (THE BOTTLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED) AND 3) A NEWTON STEAM AERATED WATER WORKS OF KIMBERLEY BOTTLE THAT WAS MADE IN ENGLAND. THE THREE BOTTLES MEASURE 23.5cm, 19cm AND 19.5cm RESPECTIVELY.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE BIDDING PER BOTTLE TO TAKE ALL THREE OF THEM.
LINK: www.antiquebottles.co.za/Pages/Categories/GlassCodds.htm
LINK: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle
FROM THE INTERNET: "IN 1872, BRITISH SOFT DRINK MAKER HIRAM CODD OF CAMBERWELL, LONDON, DESIGNED AND PATENTED A BOTTLE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR CARBONATED DRINKS. THE CODD-NECK BOTTLE WAS DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED TO ENCLOSE A MARBLE AND A RUBBER WASHER/GASKET IN THE NECK. THE BOTTLES WERE FILLED UPSIDE DOWN, AND PRESSURE OF THE GAS IN THE BOTTLE FORCED THE MARBLE AGAINST THE WASHER, SEALING IN THE CARBONATION. THE BOTTLE WAS PINCHED INTO A SPECIAL SHAPE, AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE PHOTO TO THE LEFT, TO PROVIDE A CHAMBER INTO WHICH THE MARBLE WAS PUSHED TO OPEN THE BOTTLE. THIS PREVENTED THE MARBLE FROM BLOCKING THE NECK AS THE DRINK WAS POURED. SOON AFTER ITS INTRODUCTION, THE BOTTLE BECAME EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH THE SOFT DRINK AND BREWING INDUSTRIES, MAINLY IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA, THOUGH SOME ALCOHOL DRINKERS DISDAINED THE USE OF THE BOTTLE. ONE ETYMOLOGY OF THE TERM CODSWALLOP ORIGINATES FROM BEER SOLD IN CODD BOTTLES, THOUGH THIS IS GENERALLY DISMISSED AS A FOLK ETYMOLOGY. THE BOTTLES WERE REGULARLY PRODUCED FOR MANY DECADES, BUT GRADUALLY DECLINED IN USAGE. SINCE CHILDREN SMASHED THE BOTTLES TO RETRIEVE THE MARBLES, THEY ARE RELATIVELY RARE AND HAVE BECOME COLLECTOR ITEMS; PARTICULARLY IN THE UK. A COBALT-COLOURED CODD BOTTLE TODAY FETCHES THOUSANDS OF BRITISH POUNDS AT AUCTION. THE CODD-NECK DESIGN IS STILL USED FOR THE JAPANESE SOFT DRINK RAMUNE AND IN THE INDIAN DRINK CALLED BANTA."
PLEASE VIEW THE PICS VERY CAREFULLY FOR MORE DETAILING AND THE GENERAL CONDITION OF THE ITEM, AS THE PICTURES FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. VINTAGE PIECES DO HAVE WEAR AND TEAR, THEY ARE NOT NEW. EVERY CARE IS TAKEN TO FULLY DESCRIBE THE ITEM TO YOU. PLEASE NOTE THAT PROPS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LISTING UNLESS STATED.
