1242 Codd Bottles revised

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(Fig. 25) Cobalt blue Codd
Many collectors prefer the color of the bottles or colored-lip Codds. Others prefer
the crazy patent Codds – the ones with strange necks, funny
shaped marbles or even valves to release the gas pressure!
Unusual embossments on Codd bottles are of interest
(Figs. 26a & 26b).
Many Codd-style bottles are copies or variations of the
original bottle designed by Hiram Codd in 1872.
Over a span of 60 years (until the 1930s), Codd and his
competitors continued to improve on both the design and the
beauty of the bottle. They produced bottles of different sizes and
some with oddly designed necks. Identifying an original Codd
bottle, or even one made by a specific competitor, became
extremely difficult. Recall some bottle manufacturers attempted
to label their Codd bottles by making them in unique colors, or
with a specifically colored marble or bottle lip.
(Fig. 26a) Beer
Bottle with
embossed Codd
bottle