What-is-it question CXCXII

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What-is-it question CXCXII

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What-is-it question CXCXII

This one should be easy enough, so the answer required will state exactly with which product this device was used with.

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Champaign bottle stopper.
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Spot on Pat!

Described as a 'Champagne Protector', this device was designed to seal and retain the gas from a previously opened Champagne bottle.

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It was designed and patented around 1907 by Carl Otto Schmidt of Bremen, who manufactured it out of 900/1000 silver. The device won prizes at the Brussels and Madrid exhibitions of 1908.

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