✅ SOLVED Clay Bottle or Jug Stopper?

[BuffaloBob]

This looks like it was a bottle or jar stopper. It's made of fired clay, has no markings and is about 2-1/2" diameter and 2" high with a tapered end. It doesn't look water tight and I'm curious what it might have been used for.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

...Someone else had found one of these last year...I just cant remember what it was for....insulator comes to mind....but then my mind isnt always correct.....about three a.m. i usually figure it out.....

 

[lumbercamp]

I found 2 of those in an area where there were smashed carboys, so I am assuming they are carboys stoppers.

 

[BuffaloBob]

I found 2 of those in an area where there were smashed carboys, so I am assuming they are carboys stoppers.

Dumb question: I'm not sure what a carboy is. Were they also like pottery??

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I dont think its for a carboy....I cant seem to find one with a stoneware or clay stopper like this one.....

 

[DD-777]

Sure looks to be an insulator of some type. Pretty darn cool too...




OR (I cant resist) -

 

[BuffaloBob]

Sure looks to be an insulator of some type. Pretty darn cool too...
OR (I cant resist) -

Funny! It sure looks like it's made to be tied to something though. Wouldn't an insulator only have one wire groove?

 

[DD-777]

Now I know where I've seen this (or at least something very similar) - How about an insulator from an electrified fence?! Not chain link but post fence type. Used along an edge or corner where two wires would have crossed (there would have been an additional piece separating both wires)...

 

[lumbercamp]

A carboy is a large glass container holding up to 20-25 gallons of liquid. The area where I found mine had made picric acid years ago.

 

[warsawdaddy]

I think it is a plug not a stopper.A stopper would have a knob or some kind of handle.This appears to be made for a drive-fit for something.Like many have said,could be an insulator.

 

[Newt]

Jug stopper
Newt

 

[PBK]

...Someone else had found one of these last year...I just cant remember what it was for....insulator comes to mind....but then my mind isnt always correct.....about three a.m. i usually figure it out.....

Gypsy's right! (They should put that on a rubber stamp. )

I remembered it, too. (Well, with a friendly kick-start from Tony/"Angelo"...) Here's the link:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,85478.msg606164.html#msg606164

 

[relichunters]

Looks like a screwdriver would fit in it.

 

[Ramitt]

Thatwould be one huge screw driver.

 

[silverswede]

Maybe just a very old champagne bottle cork. The cross notches on the top would hold the wires that wrap around the neck to assure a seal.

 

[BuffaloBob]

Maybe just a very old champagne bottle cork. The cross notches on the top would hold the wires that wrap around the neck to assure a seal.

I thought of that but it isn't cork but a roughly, fired clay thingy. Rough like a brick. It would break or damage glass. But I agree on the cross being there to securely it to a container.

The "Picric acid" comment caused me to look at transporting acids or possibly even liquid mercury. There are other ways to cork an acid container but the mercury container makes more sense. And refractory material might also be a clue.

 

[B|lker]

Maybe a kiln plug? To vary temps before the thermostat?

Just my 2 cents.

 

[DigEmAll]

Rivet for an adobe skyscraper.

 

[trikikiwi]

My two cents worth.... it is a 'chair' for supporting steel reinforcing mesh during a concrete pour.
At 2 inches high it is spot on for the recommended minimum distance of the mesh from the concrete surface.
A modern plastic example...




Mike

 

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