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wired metal caps on gin bottles? - 12/17/2006 6:19:28 PM    rch427   Posts: 2 Joined: 12/17/2006 Status: offline Can anyone tell me when the metal cap secured by a ring of wire was used to stop bottles of spirits?  I have a couple of Gordon's Gin bottles (from the Linden, NJ distillery, not the British version) that are still sealed by that method, and I'd like to be able to date them.  Also, is there any way to date a bottle from the stamped number on a revenue strip?  Thanks in advance for any information.  -- Robert Post #: 1

RE: wired metal caps on gin bottles? - 12/30/2006 9:50:23 PM    rch427   Posts: 2 Joined: 12/17/2006 Status: offline Jeez -- 90 people have read this, but no one knows the answer?!   (in reply to rch427) Post #: 2

RE: wired metal caps on gin bottles? - 12/30/2006 11:14:09 PM    digger mcdirt   Posts: 910 Joined: 8/8/2005 Status: offline Without a pic it's hard to tell. Are you talking about the cork and seal top. Looks kinda like a crown top but has a wire around the neck and it fits over the top of the bottle. I have dug those bottles and have some of the original tops. I think they came out in the 20's. _____________________________ McDirt (in reply to rch427) Post #: 3

RE: wired metal caps on gin bottles? - 12/31/2006 1:04:04 AM    capsoda Posts: 7917 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline There are several patents for stoppers like that. If you could post a picture I could probably help you out. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to digger mcdirt) Post #: 4

RE: wired metal caps on gin bottles? - 4/29/2007 9:10:40 AM    jamus   Posts: 124 Joined: 4/21/2007 Status: offline I have a gordon's with the same seal. It was called the cork and seal closure. It was used on liquor bottles an the 1920's and 30's. (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 5

RE: wired metal caps on gin bottles? - 4/29/2007 2:50:27 PM    Bottleman Posts: 851 Joined: 9/3/2004 From: Central Pennsylvania Status: offline It would be much easier to date the bottle by looking at where the seam ends and the base rather then the metal cap. (in reply to rch427) Post #: 6

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