1242 Codd Bottles revised

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While collecting Codd (marble-in the-neck) bottles is still economically possible,
with prices for some common bottles being less than $25, purchasing a cobalt blue Codd
bottle, as already indicted, may cost several thousand dollars. In those earlier days,
cobalt blue was generally a color reserved for bottles containing poisons, and a smart
mineral or soda water bottler would have avoided using bottles of this color. It's
estimated that fewer than a thousand different cobalt blue Codd bottles were produced.
Codd-style bottles were sold throughout Europe and Asia, but as bottle
manufacturers became more sophisticated and standardized their products, the way was
open for development of the various external stoppers and caps used in most of the world
(Fig. 28).
(Fig. 28) Shelf of Codds
Over time the Codd bottle, with its strangely shaped neck and eye-catching
marble, became just another artifact and collector's item in most countries but as shall be
shown in some places the Codd bottle is still being used (See Part B).
CODDSWALLOP
The Codd bottle also gave its name to a well-known English phrase –
“CODDSWALLOP.” This was a sarcastic reference to what was inside the bottle. No
self-respecting beer-swilling gent would be seen dead with a bottle of
"CODDSWALLOP” (soda pop)!