SteveHB Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 A magnetic pin holder This object is made from wood, so I doubt it Stuart :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 This object is made from wood, so I doubt it Stuart It does look sort of metallic in your picture though doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 Is it something they used to mix their potions [ medicine] in ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 It does look sort of metallic in your picture though doesn't it? Yes I agree Dave, for years I thought the object was made from Bakelite, but this particular one pre-dates the development of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Is it something they used to mix their potions [ medicine] in ? No it is not a mixing pot, it's use was phased out during the 1920's, due to something new ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I think that you've been codding us with that object. I'm off now to get a drink. HD PS My grandma used to use one of them as a darning mushroom. The drink I was off to get was a glass of lemonade, then I was going to get down on the pavement for a game of marbles with my pal Carruthers Minor. And now I'm codding you. HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 The drink I was off to get was a glass of lemonade, then I was going to get down on the pavement for a game of marbles with my pal Carruthers Minor. And now I'm codding you. HD Too much of a clue there hilldweller, I think you have given it away there. If it is now what I think it is then the last one i saw was in the glass bottle museum at Elsecar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Too much of a clue there hilldweller, I think you have given it away there. If it is now what I think it is then the last one i saw was in the glass bottle museum at Elsecar. I thought I'd given it away in my previous post (No. 123). HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I thought I'd given it away in my previous post (No. 123). HD I'm enjoying this; no idea what the answer is - codding I thought was fooling someone or telling fibs; but I remember my father (born 1920) using the phrase - he also repeatedly referred to the Association of Froth Blowers, "Charlie Clark from Leicester" and "Rastus, I have a feeling of impending doom ..." - the Froth Blowers has been well covered here (Link Fairie vacancy). Also Lady Docker, Fred Karno's Circus etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 I'm enjoying this; no idea what the answer is - codding I thought was fooling someone or telling fibs; but I remember my father (born 1920) using the phrase - he also repeatedly referred to the Association of Froth Blowers, "Charlie Clark from Leicester" and "Rastus, I have a feeling of impending doom ..." - the Froth Blowers has been well covered here (Link Fairie vacancy). Also Lady Docker, Fred Karno's Circus etc etc The answer is in part of the word, not the entirety HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 The answer is in part of the word, not the entirety HD A cod piece ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 A cod piece ?? Nearly, but you require a bit more of the word. HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 I'm enjoying this; no idea what the answer is - codding I thought was fooling someone or telling fibs; but I remember my father (born 1920) using the phrase - he also repeatedly referred to the Association of Froth Blowers, "Charlie Clark from Leicester" and "Rastus, I have a feeling of impending doom ..." - the Froth Blowers has been well covered here (Link Fairie vacancy). Also Lady Docker, Fred Karno's Circus etc etc I think the name you are looking for Richard is the 19th century engineer HIRAM CODD. Find out what he invented and you will have the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 I think the name you are looking for Richard is the 19th century engineer HIRAM CODD. Find out what he invented and you will have the answer. I gather that most people would use their little "pinkie" if they didn't have the mystery object to hand. Apparently the idea didn't catch on in the USA because they had dirty little "pinkies" after a days work in the field. HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 I gather that most people would use their little "pinkie" if they didn't have the mystery object to hand. Apparently the idea didn't catch on in the USA because they had dirty little "pinkies" after a days work in the field. HD You can use your little "pinkie", or the mystery object, to release the carbon dioxide gas ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 I gather that most people would use their little "pinkie" if they didn't have the mystery object to hand. Apparently the idea didn't catch on in the USA because they had dirty little "pinkies" after a days work in the field. HD You will have to be careful you dont get egg on your face.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 I think the name you are looking for Richard is the 19th century engineer HIRAM CODD. Find out what he invented and you will have the answer. Marbles and bottle-stoppers to you too; still can't work out what the picture is of ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Marbles and bottle-stoppers to you too; still can't work out what the picture is of ... Sideways view, this one has something written on the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Sideways view, this one has something written on the top. Looks like a Miggins Tripe, Beetroot and Quince Suet Pie - she got into awful bother with these in 1923 ... [Not a serious reply ...] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Something to do with holding the marbe in so that you could pour from the bottle ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmdee Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Codds bottles had a glass stopper to prevent the leakage of the liquid, and the carbon dioxide used to make the product effervescent. I assume this was used to replace the marble once the seal had been broken. That's my uneducated guess anyway. Something to do with holding the marbe in so that you could pour from the bottle ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Something to do with holding the marbe in so that you could pour from the bottle ? The pinch in the side of the bottle held the marble in the neck. Above the marble was a rubber ring that the marble sealed against. The bottles were filled upside down and the CO2 gas pressure held the marble against the seal. To drink the contents You had to push the marble down allowing some of the gas to escape and the marble dropped to the pinch, to do this you either used a finger or if you were fastidious and purchasing it from a shop then they would use a "Widget" to open it for you. If you part consumed the contents you could stick a thumb over the neck, invert the bottle and shake. This would release some more gas and seal the bottle again. My grandma had a small collection of them (empty) and explained the principle to me at an early age, I just wanted to break them for the marbles. Simples ! HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 The pinch in the side of the bottle held the marble in the neck. Above the marble was a rubber ring that the marble sealed against. The bottles were filled upside down and the CO2 gas pressure held the marble against the seal. To drink the contents You had to push the marble down allowing some of the gas to escape and the marble dropped to the pinch, to do this you either used a finger or if you were fastidious and purchasing it from a shop then they would use a "Widget" to open it for you. If you part consumed the contents you could stick a thumb over the neck, invert the bottle and shake. This would release some more gas and seal the bottle again. My grandma had a small collection of them (empty) and explained the principle to me at an early age, I just wanted to break them for the marbles. Simples ! HD In the game of marbles a small sized marble is often called a "pop". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Sideways view, this one has something written on the top. View from the top 'Dan Rylands' Codd bottle opener, manufactured between 1884 - 1888, link .. www.mpotten.freeserve.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 View from the top 'Dan Rylands' Codd bottle opener, manufactured between 1884 - 1888, link .. www.mpotten.freeserve.co.uk So when you say "it was replaced by something more modern in the 1920's" Would that be the - Screw Top Crown Top Stopper Cork I suspect the first option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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