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Artificial mineral waters were first
made by Joseph Priestly in 1772,and soon became very popular(excuse
the pun).Early bottles were earthenware but were soon replaced
by glass.Problem with gas pushing out corks forced the invention
of the Hamilton bottle which had to be stored on its side thus
keeping the cork moist.There were several other patents after
this including many variations of the marble bottle before the
introduction of the internal screw stopper in 1872 which was
in turn replaced by the first crown tops in about 1903.Most mineral
bottles can be thought of as fairly common,but some,such as coloured,or
couloured marble,unusual shapes and patents are much harder to
find.The cream of these must be the cobalt blue codds which though
numbering very few seem to be concentrated around the newcastle
area.Then there,s the amber codd/hamilton hybrid,or the green
bulb neck,should I go on?,needless to say these rarer examples
can command high prices,as much as £3000 in some cases,Ahh!
dream on!. |
Mr Hiram Codd,inventor of the Codd bottle
