madmen and their treatment

[capsoda]

You have some beautiful bottles there Grahame. Great stories too.

 

[rabbittoh]

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)

 

[rabbittoh]

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.

 

[rabbittoh]

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

 

[rabbittoh]

ORIGINAL: woody

Is that some sort of cloth in the neck of the hybrids???

Woody, that is just tissue paper that i put in there for their journey from South Africa to Colombia

 

[madman]

wow that is some crazy sh** thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, im blown away! stuff you just dont think about wow! --m

 

[Dabeel]

Grahame,

Great stories and collection of distinctly un-american bottles....can you explain what the coloration of the lip indicates? and by looking at the photos it's hard to tell how they are colored...is it internal only?

Let us know,
Thanks,
Doug

 

[ktbi]

That's impressive...thank you for sharing.....Ron

((great story. excellent research))

 

[beendiggin]

That was one of the most unusual and interesting articles I have read in a long time! Excellent job! Thanks so much for posting it. You should be proud of that collection.

 

[rabbittoh]

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 this company, Joseph Shilling, originally set up business in Capetown but quickly ended up in dispute with other companies and the law over the wrongful use of each others bottles. Joseph moved his business to Kimberly and as a measure to prevent the nastiness that had soured his Capetown venture decided to adopt colour as a means of identifying his bottles.
this first photo is not mine but is the best one that i have showing a group of Shilling hybrids. I have 6 of these 7 and a 7th (dark brownmarble) that is not in this photo

The rarest of the Shilling coloured marble hybrids is this one (dark brown marble and horizontal embossing). This, to my knowledge, is the only known example. It came from the colelction of my good friend Rod Comer of Pretoria, South Africa. I have asked for the story of its discovery and when i have it i will post it here

The most common of the Shilling coloured marble hybrids is this one (amber marble and vertical embossing). I have had 6 of these pass through my collection so there must many of them distributed through colelections throughout the world....this one in the photograph is a little more unique because of the large amber swirl on the side. There is a 6oz version of this on (see first photo) that is extremely rare and is the one that i do not yet have in my collection

Shilling even had pictorial coloure marble hybrids...a 6oz and a 10oz depicting a deers head. These are quite common as well..however, that said, it is a long time since i have seen one come up for sale.

There are also 2 x round bottom amber marble hybrids. The 6oz version being the more common. I know of only two of the 10oz version

There is an odd shaped 6oz fellow...rather squat with a pointy bum....i know of only 2 examples with mine being heavilly polished resulting in very poorly defined embossing

and finally.............shilling also produced coloured codds...of which i have been fortunate enough to secure 3...all extremely rare

this one is also blessed with an amber marble