Porcelian stoppers

[glass half fool]

Here are a few of the porcelain stoppers I have found while bottle digging. In some cases I have bottles to go with them and in others I was able to only locate pieces of the broken bottles

 

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[WannaDig3687]

Oh Cool! I never knew there was such a thing! I love starting my day off learning something new. Thanks for sharing.

 

[GB1]

those are pretty cool

 

[glass half fool]

They are generally referred to as Hutter stoppers. Karl Hutter had a patent on them in the 1890's .A wire went through a hole in the side of the stopper and there was a wire harness that was around the neck of the bottle .By moving the wire you could seal the stopper in the top of the bottle .In most cases they where used with the Blobtop bottle .However I am no expert on the history of them so maybe others have additional info .

 

[glass half fool]

I am including a pic of a bottle with the wire harness on it

 

[Carolina Tom]

I'm with Wrightdigger, thanks for sharing. Very cool.

 

[buck8point]

Grolsh beer still uses them..

Nice Find.

 

[glass half fool]

Excellent point and a picture of how one works. Thanks

 

[epackage]

Nice, I have a bunch of stoppers and bottles with the original stoppers and closures on them...

 

[glass half fool]

epackage I am still new to Treasurenet .I first signed up last July .I quickly learned that many of the people here have a lot more experience and knowledge about the many aspects of all the things connected to treasure hunting . I join to learn and I hope to add something to the site if I can. If you have time can you post a few pictures of some of your bottles and stoppers

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Always love finding them !!,Colorado has a bunch of examples . Congrats !!

 

[glass half fool]

Pikes Peak Please add a few to the thread .Some have never known about them before and I enjoy finding them even though they are not a real big item .

 

[epackage]

Nice, I have a bunch of stoppers and bottles with the original stoppers and closures on them...

One batch I got a few years ago, many matching styles, I have about 20 different ones altogether from Paterson N.J.. It's the only city I collect bottles and stoneware from...

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Here are a few from Colorado

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Here are some porcelain caps that would have had a cork glued to them

 

[glass half fool]

Thanks to both of you .Some of mine have probably be in the ground 80 to 100 years and the ink is still pretty good

 

[epackage]

Thanks to both of you .Some of mine have probably be in the ground 80 to 100 years and the ink is still pretty good

The ink is typically fired on with the glaze, so many of them hold up well even when in the ground for 100+ years, good luck finding more...