Bottle With A Marble In The Neck

The codd bottle has a glass marble retained in its bulb shaped neck which has a rubber or gutta percha seal set above it.

Bottle with a marble in the neck.

In 1872 british soft drink maker hiram codd of camberwell london designed and patented a bottle designed specifically for carbonated drinks. Now the only way to remove the marble from the bottle without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle is by pushing the cork into the bottle if possible and then removing the marble by tilting the bottle upside down. Many imitators followed with other inventors making minor modifications to the codd design but keeping with the basic idea of the marble and rubber gasket but generally any subsequent marble in neck bottle was simply known as a codd marble bottle. This one is has never held any sort of liquid as the neck has no hole to the body of the bottle.

Earlier and original codd bottles are prized by antique bottle collectors worldwide. Ebay marketplaces gmbh is an appointed representative of ebay international ag both of helvetiastraße 15 17 3005 bern. A nice old collectable bottle with it s neck marble stopper intact. 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.

The codd neck marble lock in the neck of the bottle ramune is known for the distinctive design of its bottle called codd neck bottles after their inventor hiram codd. A codd neck bottle is a type of bottle used for carbonated drinks. It is purely a decorative piece and is 24 cm tall. When the bottle is being filled with liquid carbonated gas is introduced which forces the marble up against the seal and keeps the contents fresh and fizzy.