Codd Bottle Marbles

First invented by hiram codd in 1872 this innovative design incorporated a glass marble within a chamber usually in the neck of the bottle.

Codd bottle marbles.

It was an ingenious way to maintain the fizz in fizzy drinks initially soda water by using the pressure of the carbon dioxide to push a marble against a washer in the neck of the bottle. Codd marbles retrieved from the sea on a solitaire board hiram codd from london invented and patented the codd bottle in 1872. Codd in his early working life became a mechanical engineer. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to canadian dollars based upon.

Find great deals on ebay for codd marble bottle. The problem was solved in 1872 with the invention of the codd marble in the neck bottle by hiram codd 1838 1887 fig. Make offer codd bottle w marble in neck tattersall bros cannington shaw co. Marble bottles or codd s patent bottles were by far the most popular used patent throughout the british colonies.

5 from bury st edmunds suffolk england fig. Originally effervescent drinks were contained in stoneware bottles but these allowed the gas to leak and the drink would indeed go flat. They used the soda water s own pressure to keep the marble secured against a rubber ring. Codd bottles were ingeneous replacements for the cork stopper bottles.

It has a closing design based on a glass marble which is held against a rubber seal which sits within a recess in the lip. At the age of 23 he worked as a salesman for the british and foreign cork company. A codd neck bottle is a type of bottle used for carbonated drinks. He licensed his patent to several manufacturers including ben rylands.

Rubber rings cork stoppers soda bottles antique bottles marbles food art dining room history antiques. It was an ingenious way to maintain the fizz in fizzy drinks initially soda water by using the pressure of the carbon dioxide to push a marble against a washer in the neck of the bottle. Hiram codd from london invented and patented the codd bottle in 1872. Design in 1872 british soft drink maker of.