Historic Bottle Website

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56 points·Tomte··7 comments

I had a little look, but couldn't see my favourite - Codd-neck bottles that used an internal marble as a sealing mechanism for fizzy drinks. They're quite rare as children used to break them to obtain the marbles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codd-neck_bottle

(I used to believe that the old term "codswallop" was derived from those bottles as you'd give them a wallop to dislodge the marble. However, it looks like Hancock's Half-Hour from 1959 is the first recorded usage of it which wouldn't fit with the usage of Codd bottles)

Interesting! I didn't know the the name or the history, but since you mention them almost entirely in the past tense, I'd like to add that they are not entirely gone from use. (Also in the Wikipedia article)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramune , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banta

Yep. Easy to come across in SoCal at least, but go into any Asian market and you’ll see a whole shelf full of Ramune and other variant brands of that soda with that bottle. Kiddos love them.

There’s still modern day drinks that come in these bottles. Ryan the Japanese soft drink Ramune

They are a nightmare to open if you lose the cap though

It's an interesting hobby, but one that has recently been in the news in New Zealand for the wrong reasons where some bottle hunters dug up and destroyed some native trees looking for old bottles https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535310/suspected-treasur...

What a thoughtless and shitty thing to do, holy fuck. Does no one have ANY shame anymore!?

A beautiful slice of Old Internet! Of note is how painstaking the author is to mention his limits – American bottles only, no grenades or glass batteries...

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