RED LIP CODD BOTTLE P THORNTON SOUTH SHIELDS

Hi we have here a red lip codd bottle from Peter Thornton South Shields
mineral waters
pictorial turret with arm holding arrow North East
bottle makers Dan Rylands Barnsley
the coloured lip anti theft device Rylands would supply coloured lip to one town for the firm
many did not take the coloured lip plus extra expense making them generally very rare
in a crate easy to identify
because mineral water bottle theft was a problem
ONLY 3 EXAMPLES KNOWN FROM THORNTON
date 1890s
This dug in the 1980s by Colin & Keith Hodginson from mansion house at rear a site near Boldon South Shields British Isles