Codd Bottle

[Tengu]

Friend wants one. Tengu sighs and says she will see what she can do.

(A codd bottle is one of those with a marble in it.)

I have a lot of things to trade.

 

[Chiseller]

I'm yer huckleberry 😉

Trade value can go from a couple of quid to fifty quid.....just depends on what she wants ?
Just a codd , a name specific ? Pictorial ? Coloured marble ? Patent ? And there's dozens more options....



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[woodstock]

I think I may have spotted a old beer bottle with said marble. I will have a look Tue.

 

[Chiseller]

It's not your friend with the conifer is it ???

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[Chiseller]

I think I may have spotted a old beer bottle with said marble. I will have a look Tue.

Just to be anal😆.....ale bottles never came with a marble stopper back in the day. Beer bottles were corked or threaded with a bakelite or wooden top like this ....

And porter or stout usually came in stone bottles similar to ginger beer bottles.....😉

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[danny358]

i have a load here if you cant get one they are bolton and wigan codds from north west uk

 

[Chiseller]

i have a load here if you cant get one they are bolton and wigan codds from north west uk

You a digger Danny ?

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[danny358]

i used to do a fair bit of digging. i mainly metal detect now. im sure i have seen your name on the uk bottle forum. i havent been on though for a long time. i would still dig but not many decent tips about round here

 

[woodstock]

Just to be anal.....ale bottles never came with a marble stopper back in the day. Beer bottles were corked or threaded with a bakelite or wooden top like this ....

And porter or stout usually came in stone bottles similar to ginger beer bottles.....

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Not a beer bottle then, it was fairly tall clear glass bottle no label

 

[Tengu]

I knew you lot would be good!

Let me think as to what I have to swap

any decent one will do. Has to be shiny

 

[birchwood]

Just to late. There were two in a charity shop last week for a couple of pounds each.

 

[fishfish]

i have a few cods too,but wont part with them as i dug hard for those!

 

[Tengu]

Right










1st US edition

 

[Tengu]

I also have BEESWAX

What do you want?

 

[Chiseller]

How much beeswax and is it unprocessed ? Cheers

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[John Fenna]

Just to be anal��.....ale bottles never came with a marble stopper back in the day. Beer bottles were corked or threaded with a bakelite or wooden top like this ....

And porter or stout usually came in stone bottles similar to ginger beer bottles.....��

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Beer was often called "Wallop" but was not fizzy enough to hold one of Codd's marbles in place... only fizzy pop type drinks could work in a Codd bottle.
This is why the phrase "Coddswallop" for "rubbish" came about....

 

[Chiseller]

Beer was often called "Wallop" but was not fizzy enough to hold one of Codd's marbles in place... only fizzy pop type drinks could work in a Codd bottle.
This is why the phrase "Coddswallop" for "rubbish" came about....

Mmmm Not heard that one before John.
Imho coddswallop came from the action of walloping the top of the codd to release the marble. A proper codd opener was usually a small wooden dish , that was placed on top of the rim and 'walloped' hence coddswallop. Wallop being to smack and not rubbish .

Just my opinion (after spending years digging / collecting and studying the treasures of the tips .




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[Chiseller]

Ps......the term talking coddswallop was taken to mean talking rubbish.....as thas talkin coddswallop .....meanin your talk is full of air with no substance......Just like the hiss from a fizzy bottle 😉

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[Chiseller]

A rare patent bottle called a 'valve codd' (could be a side valve or a front valve (nicknamed a Cyclops codd) ......was invented to save having to wallop your codd and also as a safety feature......they never really caught on though.

Here's one of my busted collection......a rare valve codd with coursing dog pictorial from Clitheroe. S.Speak

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