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[tofer]

this is side view . Sorry could not figure how to put multi pics in 1 post

 

[WonGan]

fishing net weight?I KNOW! One of Audreys muffins.They are hard as a rock.[:'(]

 

[Ratzilla]

It's a stopper for a big (5 gallon or larger) demijohn, was made of ceramic instead of cork so it wouldn't dissolve from whatever chemicals were stored in the thing.

 

[Wheelah23]

Someone else said it, a stopper for a large mouthed demijohn which would've held caustic liquids.

 

[Wheelah23]

Beat ya by a millisecond! []

 

[tofer]

Thanks for the info also found a peter peiper bottle that have not cleaned yet ACL Labbel 16 oz .
Do you think the stoppers could be cleaned up soaking in baking soda ?

 

[Erik T]

I beat both of you by 2 seconds! .......... but I posted in the wrong thread

 

[WonGan]

The grooves were for a bail or some type of holding device?

 

[surfaceone]

Someone else said it, a stopper for a large mouthed demijohn which would've held caustic liquids.

It's a stopper for a big (5 gallon or larger) demijohn, was made of ceramic instead of cork so it wouldn't dissolve from whatever chemicals were stored in the thing.

Good Afternoon A-BN,

I've dug 2 or 3 of these things over the years, never in a context with heavy duty glass of carboy capacity. I have dug them in close proximity to vitrified pipe, however.

My guess, at the time of digging them, was that it was some sort of cap or plug for piping.

I've searched up and down trying to find a carboy pictured with this type of "stopper," to no avail. I've not seen pictured a carboy with any kind of wire bail, either. I have found various rubber bungs and asssorted caps/stoppers that are geared to fermenting. The large capacity acid bottles that I have seen, up to about 6 pint capacity, all had glass stoppers.

If anyone can produce a picture, or good description that involves one of these type objects and a carboy, I'd be delighted to see it, and will go back to sitting on the edge of my seat.

 

[digger dun]

i've dug 'em too. always thought they were some kinda electrical insulator, or petrified muffin!