First Clay Marble

[Dismal Swampy]

Got out Friday to permission trying to get through some more of the trash pit i found behind the house ( circa 1870-1913)
Didn't find much of anything special with my detector this time however did find this sweet marble and some unbroken bottles.
Also a whole bunch of broken bottles and all sorts of pottery pieces from transferware to crockery

 

[russau]

About 50 years ago I bought a 1929 Chev. coup and in it's trunk I found a handful of clay marbles. Over the years they some how disappeared ! I seem to remember reading something about the original use for these besides the use as marbles , but at my age I can't recall what it was ! Any ideas ??

 

[ToddsPoint]

That marble like came from a Codd neck bottle. Marble sealed the bottle. You smacked the marble protruding from the top to open the bottle. It’s where the term “pop bottle” came from.

 

[UnderMiner]

That marble like came from a Codd neck bottle. Marble sealed the bottle. You smacked the marble protruding from the top to open the bottle. It’s where the term “pop bottle” came from.View attachment 2240549

An interesting idea however Codd bottle marbles were always made of glass. Ceramic marbles were almost exclusively used as children's toys however, they cost a penny for a bag of a dozen of them from about the 1870's-1920's when they were finally replaced by cheap mass produced glass marbles. Interestingly, in relation to Codd bottle history, one of the reasons this style of closure went out of use was because children were constantly breaking the bottles to get the glass marbles out at a time when glass marbles were comparatively rare compared to clay marbles. I once excavated a children's marble bag that had been lost around 1924 (dated from coins found along with it) and only three of the two dozen marbles were glass while the rest were ceramic, interestingly there were also a number of particularly round acorns (heavily degraded by time) but this just goes to show the scarcity of glass marbles even by the early 1920's.

 

[JustOneMorePlug]

Nice finds, congrat!

 

[Dismal Swampy]

About 50 years ago I bought a 1929 Chev. coup and in it's trunk I found a handful of clay marbles. Over the years they some how disappeared ! I seem to remember reading something about the original use for these besides the use as marbles , but at my age I can't recall what it was ! Any ideas ??

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[Red-Coat]

That marble like came from a Codd neck bottle. Marble sealed the bottle. You smacked the marble protruding from the top to open the bottle. It’s where the term “pop bottle” came from.

An interesting idea however Codd bottle marbles were always made of glass. Ceramic marbles were almost exclusively used as children's toys however, they cost a penny for a bag of a dozen of them from about the 1870's-1920's when they were finally replaced by cheap mass produced glass marbles. Interestingly, in relation to Codd bottle history, one of the reasons this style of closure went out of use was because children were constantly breaking the bottles to get the glass marbles out at a time when glass marbles were comparatively rare compared to clay marbles. I once excavated a children's marble bag that had been lost around 1924 (dated from coins found along with it) and only three of the two dozen marbles were glass while the rest were ceramic, interestingly there were also a number of particularly round acorns (heavily degraded by time) but this just goes to show the scarcity of glass marbles even by the early 1920's.

First mention of “pop” as a term for bottled carbonated drinks was around 1812 by the English poet Robert Southey, describing the sound made when the cork popped out. By the 1840s it was being used to describe “pop bottles” with cork closures. The Codd-neck bottle with a glass marble and rubber washer closure didn't appear until 1872.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Cool finds !

 

[Gare]

Nice going . They are rare

 

[oldmxrat]

Very nice, congrats!

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Looks like a Bennington marble to me, with alot of wear.

 

[ToddsPoint]

An interesting idea however Codd bottle marbles were always made of glass.

I checked with a bottle collector with 50 yrs experience and he said most Codd neck marbles were clear or aqua glass but he also said stone marbles from Codds definitely exist.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on your first clay marble, those are always fun to find.

 

[Digger RJ]

Got out Friday to permission trying to get through some more of the trash pit i found behind the house ( circa 1870-1913)
Didn't find much of anything special with my detector this time however did find this sweet marble and some unbroken bottles.
Also a whole bunch of broken bottles and all sorts of pottery pieces from transferware to crockeryView attachment 2240547View attachment 2240546View attachment 2240545View attachment 2240548

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!