1242 Codd Bottles revised

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Many Codd bottles were exported and so can be found in South Africa, Australia,
New Zealand, and to other countries. The idea of Codd bottles never caught on very
much in the USA where the Hutchinson patent was king of the mineral water trade until
replaced by the Crown cork.
For those interested reproduced here in this article as Apendix 1, is a listing and
discussion of the 68 currently known “American Codd Bottles” and pertinent
information about each.
Other Codd Bottles
One of the oldest Codd bottles of all, the egg ended ovate bottle has its devotees -
these can also be found in colors, with colored lips and in patent forms. There are a huge
number of "internal stoppers" all invented between 1860 and 1890. These have all
manner of strange devices inside them to replace the humble cork - from big plugs of
wood to rubber balls, from glass stoppers to porcelain bullets. In England it has been
reliably estimated there are 250 relevant patents registered between 1868 and 1907; these
includes lips, washer fittings, manufacturing tools, openers and filling methods. Codd
bottles were generally manufactured in two sizes and capacity – 10 oz and 6 oz (splits)
and with variations of closures. One can find “Dumpy” Codds, “Jumbo” Codds, even
“Giant” Codds whose capacities are all different.
Most of these came in aqua but colored varieties exist and are enthusiastically
sought. Many collectors of Codd bottles will also collect the other Codd bottles of
unusual shapes, sizes and closures.
In England the internal screw cap
(Fig. 29) was to replace many of the other
strange bottles types gradually from the
turn of the 20 th century. Some companies
did favor the “Crown Cork” (Fig. 30) but it
did not take over the industry in England,
as was the case in Australia and the US.
(Fig. 29) bottle closure with inside
threads