Mike, thanks again for your tips about codd tumbling, I will keep you posted on my bottle tumbling project.
I'm interested to know why you immobilised the marble, was it through an actual breakage or an expected one?
All the best for a speedy recovery.
Darren
Thanks Mike, I've just build myself a garden shed/bottle room so a tumbler is going to be my winter project. Watch this space! I don't suppose you have any before/after tumbling shots of a codd?
To avoid reflections there's a spray available in good photographic stores that'll give anything a temporary matt finish. Here in the UK it's called 'dulling spray'! http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/pdfiles/p84-85.pdf
Ade S, You could try taking them to the Bottle Museum at Elsecar they' ll probably give you the good idea on value. Whatever you do don' t part with that black Codd until you' re certain of it' s true value!
The bottle museum seems to be linked with BBR magazine, check out...
Your Codd probably had a wooden stopper (with a rubber washer around the stopper) instead of a glass marble, not certain but I think there' s a slight difference with the inner lip. If I' m right your' s should have just a single ledge inside for the washer to press against whereas the glass...
sorry Jeff but the marbles don' t come out of these bottles even with the rubber removed! I was wondering about using some sort of oil (or something thicker than water) inside the bottle to slow the movement of the marble? but would the tumbling action then fail?
Anybody successfully tumbled a British Codd bottle? Are there any problems with the marble chamber clogging with copper, particularly with the small sized (6oz) or narrow neck Codds?