GREEN MARBLE CODD HYBRIDS
p ferrero, pochtenstien, south africa, 10oz one-way pour
de hoop, pretoria, south africa, 10oz one-way pour
de hoop, pretoria, south africa, 6oz one-way pour
THE SHILLING COMPANY AMBER MARBLE CODD HYBRIDS
The Shilling Factory, Kimberly, South Africa was indeed a prolific producer of coloured marble hybrids...with 8 different types known...................7 with amber marbles and one with a very dark brown (almost black) marble.
The founder of...
THE BLUE MARBLE HYBRIDS cont.
Henderson Bros.
10oz Dobsons patent
one of only two known examples, with the 2nd residing in a very well known UK collection
THE BLUE MARBLE HYBRIDS cont.
J.T Muir
both sizes are extremely rare - only 2 known examples of the 10z and 3, maybe 4 of the 6oz
the 10oz is also blessed with a round bottom making it an extreme rarity as only three companys utilized this form.
THE BLUE MARBLE HYBRIDS
There are only three codd hybrids with blue marbles...all from South Africa
...two from J. T Muir in Pretoria and one from Henderson Bros, in Kimberly (the same company that did the red lip codd hybrids shown earlier in this thread)
THE ALLIES
Colored lip codd hybrids were distributed in only three countries (12 in South Africa, 1 in New Zealand and 1 in Australia)
.......and too my knowledge only myself has been fortunate enough to put an example from each country together in the one collection (i would gladly be...
THE AUSSIE BLUE LIPPED HYBRID WITH NO STORY TO TELL
the aussie blue lip hybrid is the most common of all of the blue lip hybrids............15 are known......and as such i have not been able to find the "story" behind my example
it may be common but to date not a single one has gone to...
THE KIWI HYBRID AND THE SECRET STORY
there is only one pictorial coloured lip hybrid...and it is from New Zealand.....and it is New Zealands only colored lip hybrid
they are exceptionally rare with 4 declared to be known........however there is a whisper from a very reliable kiwi source...
TRESPASSING, CIRCUMCISION, CASTRATION AND THE GREEN LIPPED HYBRID cont......
Nic has also kindly given me the story behind the discovery of this bottle.
"The greenlip Delaney & Youngelson was dug in a dump which was probably the original Johannesburg dump, no more than maybe a mile from...
TRESPASSING, CIRCUMCISION, CASTRATION AND THE GREEN LIPPED HYBRID
There are only 5 known green lip hybrids...and a total count of known examples of 8 - all are of South African origen -
I have been fortunate enough to secure three of the five, with a 4th as a double, simply because of the...
THE HYBRID AND THE TOOTH ACHE
S.A.' s most famous Coloured Lip Codd is the Eugene S. Whyte of Cradock. ...and that was before this little fellow was found..........and he has has an interesting story attached to him
....a story about a tooth ache and a fire sale price
..however, lets...
MADMEN AND THEIR TREATMENT cont.
The little "Lazaretto Hospital dump" also gave up 1 x 6oz one way pour blue lip from a e bradley, kimberly. Unfortunately this bottle had already been moved onto a UK collection long before i met Brian...it had been the reliance and acme patents that intrugued...
MADMEN AND THEIR TREATMENT cont.
BLUE LIPS
2 x 10oz reliance patents from a e bradley, kimberly...one in my collection and the other in a UK collection. There is also a 3rd example in a UK collection, however, this one sadly has no story other than that it was recently auctioned in the...
MADMEN AND THEIR TREATMENT cont.
GREEN LIPS
2 x 10oz reliance patents from Delaney de Beers, Kimberly (one complete and one with the top and bottom laying side by side),...the complete example currently resides in my collection while the repaired example resides in a UK colelction...