Abstract: The invention is directed to a rubber sealed metal vacuum bottle comprising an inner shell and an outer shell; a U-shaped, circular rubber seal positioned between the throat portion of the inner shell and the upper end portion of the outer shell, said rubber seal having a U-shaped, circular metal reinforcing plate fitting therein, which reinforcing plate has two or more evenly spaced holes therethrough; and a circular supporting member fixed vertically between two inclined portions of the bottoms of the inner and outer shells. The invention is also directed to stopper caps for a metal vacuum bottle.