Bottle, Codd
Description
An aqua glass codd bottle, 10 oz one-way pour with an applied top embossed with "JAMES PAUL/REGISTERED/TRADE MARK/NEW PLYMOUTH" and the initials "JP" central on the bottle front within an embossed border. The reverse side is embossed with "Wm BARNARD/& SONS/LONDON".
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Bottler
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This
bottle
was
part
of
a
collection
amassed
by
Brian
Bridgeman,
a
Taranaki
butcher
and
metal
worker.
Over
a
thirty-year
collecting
career
Bridgeman
became
something
of
a
legend
for
his
comprehensive
collection
of
New
Plymouth-related
bottles,
many
of
which
he
dug
up
himself.
Collectors
around
the
country
would
come
calling
for
advice,
to
trade
or
to
glimpse
parts
of
his
collection.
Bridgeman
died
in
1991
much
of
his
treasured
New
Plymouth
collection
was
placed
on
loan
at
Taranaki
Museum.
His
family
was
keen
to
keep
the
228
bottles,
many
of
which
were
rare
and
irreplaceable,
together
and
in
May
2011
Puke
Ariki
purchased
the
collection.
For
more
information
see
Bottled
History:
The
Brian
Bridgeman
Bottle
Collection
in
Moffat,
A.
Flashback:
Tales
and
Treasures
of
Taranaki.
Wellington,
Huia,
2012,
pp.169-174.
http://www.huia.co.nz/shop&item_id=3428
Accession number
A97.139
Collection type
Public comments
My father was a replied around the Taranaki area and all his children and grandchildren were given bottle with marbles as his legacy. He dug them up from under houses etc and did have quite a collection. I have this exact one with a washer type thing with the marble. Do you know its value
- Julie mclellan posted 4 years ago.