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200. BLUE PERU CODD BOTTLE. 9.2ins tall, a superb bright cobalt blue 10oz standard codd bottle. Front embossed FABRICA/ LAPUREZA/ PERU. Capital B t.m. with MARCA DE
LA FABRICA around. To the rear, lower, CODDS PATENT/ SOLE/ MAKERS/ DAN RYLANDS/ BARNSLEY. An incredibly beautiful previously unrecorded blue codd. Uncleaned (in fact
some inside dirt should wash out quite easily, we’ve left it as found). Full glass sheen. A few minor wear marks, but no actual damages. A once in a lifetime opportunity to own a
complete one only known blue beauty, quite superb! 9/10. NR. £2,500-3,000+
La Pureza, a syrup and carbonated water
factory, was founded in 1876, the year Codd was patenting, by Rodolfo Barton Wilde
(Ralph John ‘Rodolfo’ Barton Wilde, 1834-1891.
A Southend collector contacted BBR about this
item, it having
been found somewhat
Ignominiously many moons back in a box of bottles in an
old garden shed?.