FAQ: Where do sea glass marbles come from and what is a Codd marble?
ANSWER: A lot of the sea glass marbles we find here along the Scottish coast are Codd marbles. Codd marbles come in lots of colours but the one we find most often is sea foam, followed by white and much rarer Pirate marbles. Codd marbles were once used as stoppers inside thick glass bottles, invented by Hiram Codd and patented in 1872! Kids loved to smash the bottles to get to the free toys ( marbles ) - we find half broken Codd bottles at bottle dumps quite often, and every single one we have found had the marble pinched... except for one, but that was the top of the bottle !! Codd bottles were made for around 50 years, so each one of these marbles has been in the Sea for around a century!
Codd bottles look lovely when they are cut down as vases or pencil holders ( see our Etsy shop listings - https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/12457...)
Codd marbles are our favourite beach and bottle dump finds and make amazing jewellery. Anything from a pendant to a pair of earrings looks stunning with these rare treasures from the beach!
www.etsy.com/shop/scottishmudlarking OR www.Tiliabythesea.com