In Catalunya (European country under Spanish Administration), the most ancient cups of sparkling wines are principled of century. They are all "carved", that is to say, that they present some cuts of considerable dimensions to hold the wire muzzle.

Thereinafter, around the end of the years sixty, these cuts reduce its dimensions and give rise to a form of plates that some call "shortened ", to differentiate them of the previous.
Also we can find plates with lateral drills. These drills served equally to hold the muzzles, and they are the last step before arriving to the current plates.
In some cases, a small adjustment permitted that the same dies that they had been used to manufacture carved plates are used also to manufacture of normal.

Exists a reduced number of stamped plates that it are of would be toward inside, they are the calls "plates recorded" that, with some exceptions, tend be all of copper color.

First photolithographed plates
The lithography process applied to the personalización of the plates was begun to use in France at the beginning of century. The plate of Champagne more ancient is that of " vintage" 1906 of Pol Roger.

In Catalunya the system is much more recent. According to all the consulted sources, the first photolithographed plate that was manufactured in Catalunya was that of Codorniu of the types "Baccus"of white and green color (n. 380). It is of 1972 and served to seal a bottle of digs very special, elaborated it to commemorate the first centennial of this brand.