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Crown caps for bottles were first made from what?

on Feb 8, 2025

Published in Cooking Trivia

Metal
Pressed Cork
Plastic
Wood

Metal. William Painter called his cork-lined one-use cap, invented in 1890, a crown cork for its resemblance to the English queen's crown.

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