This is just a bit of a plug as I have now added a Cure section to my Codd Forum & very recently a Poison section as well...
Why not have a look ... http://codds.3.forumer.com/index.php
Hi Minky
yep its a Codd - the lip was applied after the marble was put in the top. Yours looks to be 1885 - 1900 (ish).
Take a look at my website - I'm sure you will find out all you want to know there..
Codd Greeting
Mark
http://www.mpotten.freeserve.co.uk/
As part of the UK Codd oholics forum a sub - Forum has started , SO if you are interested in Cures, Quacks & Medicines from all over the world - why not pay us a visit ...
http://codds.forumer.com
Codd Greetings
Mark
Just a little reply to let everyone know that the new CODD oholics Forum has now moved to http://codds.forumer.com
It now covers non-UK mineral & Soda Water patents...
& for the CURE oholics amongst you there is a new sub-Forum, SO if you are interested in Cures, Quacks & Medicines from all...
Hi,
as my website & new forum have recenlty had a face lift ...
Thought I should re-post the links ...
So if you want to know anything about ...
Hiram Codd, his bottle & other Mineral Water patents then visit the links below ...
Codd's §tuff website -...
Hi there I'm looking for an American Floating Ball stopper - also known as a Twitchell / Roorbach patent... Can anyone help??
Cheers & Codd Greetings
Mark
Hi Mike - a patent 24 was made by W Brookes Leeds where as a patent 18 was made by a company in Brierley hill ... take a look at my website or contact me direct & I will help you out ...
Cheers & Codd Greetings
Mark
I should have thought of this sorry! Ok it is embossed:
W.M. PFUNDER'S
OREGON
No. 7138
(trade mark)
REGISTERED
MARCH 15th 1879
BLOOD
PURIFIER
W.M. PFUNDER & Co.
PORTLAND, ORG.
Hi this bottle is about 10 inches tall and was dug here in the UK?
A freind of mine has it and wants to know more about it - is it rare?
Over to you American Collectors..
Cheers
Mark
HI Kim
Just take a look at my website - there's everything you ever wanted to know about Hiram Codd and his famous Globe Stoppered Bottles there -
www.mpotten.freeserve.co.uk
Regards
Mark
Hi Stefan - this is what I beleive happens when glass is left buried for a long period of time.
The majority of glass bottles recovered from old dumps were manufactured from soda glass - a mixture of soda-lime and silica. Soda and lime are water soluble substances and when glass items are...