Featured Stuck stopper - plus info?

This stopper is stuck - I can't budge it but don't want to apply full strength and crack the neck. Anybody have a fool proof (I'll need it ) way to un-stick a stuck stopper?
Plus the design isn't on the surface, it is below it like it's sandwiched between the inside and outside.
Any info will be greatly appreciated! Thanks,
Mark

 

I read the post and will try it -

 

Nope , still stuck! OK , not helping!

 

Tried WD-40 yet? Penetrating oil? Apply a bit around the stopper and let sit 24 hours. Then try it.

 

Rayo, it looks to me as if that's not the right stopper for that cruet, anyway!

 

& that's why it's stuck....!

 

Yeah, I wouldn't doubt that, it looks like a cruet for olive oil but it was from my Mom's cabinet - AND YES , she had 99% junk, but yet she told me everything was GOLD!! I feel so sorry telling her that most of her possessions were just crap!!
She's in denial - everything to her would make me a millionaire but in reality I have to spend most of my savings getting junk dealers to haul it away!!

 

It does not look to me like a cruet at all, unless they're making them with 3 spouts.

 

well, y'know.....stranger things have happened............

 

Ah, success. Put some Kroil around it and let is soak overnight. Came right out. And dish detergent took away the Kroil smell.

 

That's one Creepy oil !!! YAY !!!

 

I grabbed that image for future reference, thank you!!!!!!!!!

 

The pattern on the cruet is called Inverted Thumbprint. I have seen the pattern frequently but don't know who made it. Looks kind of Fentonie to me.

 

agree that the stopper doesn't look to fit properly in that first image; these often have faceted stoppers.

the crimping and applied handle seem consistent with those attributed to Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. 'Polka Dot' (AKA: Inverted Thumbprint)

 

Glad Davey linked my question about this from an old post. The takeaway: Be sure you have a towel under the piece when trying this stuff. Sounds like you managed okay Rayo.

 

I had one stuck i took it and turned it up side down in oil every day i took it out and wiggled it and put it back i keep on doing it every day for about 2 weeks and one day i did it and it came loose not sure it can take you that long but mine was really stuck
Good luck!

 

post #12 . ,,, from April 2018..
Ah, success. Put some Kroil around it and let is soak overnight. Came right out.

 

it pays to read the whole thread to see if the issue had been resolved...