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What is this?? - 9/10/2004 12:09:05 PM    VaChick   Posts: 29 Joined: 5/26/2004 Status: offline This is a small jar with a smooth screw lip, 2 1/2" tall, 3" wide with an oval 'insert' that is 7/8"x1 1/8". It is clear with the following embossing: outside ring:PATENTED UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND SEPT 5 1899 inside ring:MAY 23 1899 CANADA center: 534 The embossing is squeezed together every whichway to get all the words/numbers in. I've looked in books and on-line but haven't found anything similar, the more I look, the curiouser I get. Does anyone know what this is, and/or where I can find more information about it. Thanks VaChick Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: What is this?? - 9/10/2004 6:03:25 PM    BRichardson5   Posts: 377 Joined: 8/29/2003 From: Pacific Northwest Status: offline I have the same item- I think it's some sort of ink container from 1899-early 1900's. (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 2

RE: What is this?? - 9/10/2004 8:51:21 PM    VaChick   Posts: 29 Joined: 5/26/2004 Status: offline I was way off -- I was guessing it had something to do with food -- I guess that's why I could never find anything about it! Now -- to look at inkwells. Thanks VaChick (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 3

RE: What is this?? - 9/11/2004 2:01:58 PM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline Just a wild guess, but i'm thinking a perculator top. _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 4

RE: What is this?? - 9/12/2004 7:11:55 PM    VaChick   Posts: 29 Joined: 5/26/2004 Status: offline Diginit -- good idea, who knows -- I did look at lots of inkwell sites, and a type used in school look a bit similar, but the insert looks round, but it is close. . . . Ah, well, I guess some things are always a 'mystery'. Thanks (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 5

RE: What is this?? - 9/12/2004 7:53:42 PM    woody   Posts: 1636 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline I believe the insert is an immerser used in fruit jars. I think your jar is a fruit jar. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 6

RE: What is this?? - 9/13/2004 7:02:19 PM    kumtow   Posts: 171 Joined: 5/13/2004 From: Australia. Tropical Queensland Status: offline Hey Guys, I have no idea what it is, but hey Woody why would a fruit jar have an immerser??? _____________________________ ~Alan~ Arrgh, not another....... Holbrookes!!! (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 7

RE: What is this?? - 9/13/2004 7:39:51 PM    woody   Posts: 1636 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline An immerser is used to get the air out of the jar before you seal the lid when canning. It helps prevent spoilage. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 8

RE: What is this?? - 9/14/2004 8:53:15 AM    VaChick   Posts: 29 Joined: 5/26/2004 Status: offline Woody -- I'm lookin at this whatever it is, and I don't think it it could be used for getting air out of the jar because the inside oval is hollow. The jar would actually be good for storing tiny donuts with oval holes! Or, for that matter, maybe spiced apple rings with oval holes. . . Are there some things that just remain mysteries? BTW, since I washed it (in room temperature water) and photoed it, (I haven't handled it since) the insert is now showing cracks -- pratically disintegrating before my eyes. Perhaps this explains why there's not many of these whatzits around -- they must've broken very easily. Thanks vachick (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 9

RE: What is this?? - 9/14/2004 11:22:54 AM    woody   Posts: 1636 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline You're right. I now see that the insert is not removable from the jar, as immersers are. My mistake. Although, most patent dates on jars like yours have to do with fruit jars. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 10

RE: What is this?? - 9/15/2004 12:29:11 AM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline (1) fill the inside chamber with baking soda. (2) fill the outer ring halfway with vinegar. (3) screw on the cap (4) shake vigoruosly. (5) place on ground. (6) run like hell-It's a grenade < Message edited by diginit -- 9/15/2004 12:31:30 AM > _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 11

RE: What is this?? - 9/16/2004 9:09:03 AM    medbottle   Posts: 112 Joined: 7/13/2004 Status: offline Hey VaChick. I found out what this is. Its a paste jar. The brush, which I am guessing was attached to the lid, was stored in the center tube when the top was screwed on. I did a search on the patent date, and one of the hits was Digger O'Dell's site. Up popped a picture of your jar, and an explanation. (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 12

RE: What is this?? - 9/18/2004 11:12:53 PM    VaChick   Posts: 29 Joined: 5/26/2004 Status: offline MedBottle!! WOW!! Mystery solved -- and it makes so much sense! That's why the 'insert' is oval, not round, everything is explained! Although, I do sorta like Dininit's idea of a grenade also! Thanks to all of you for your ideas! You guys are great! VaChick (in reply to VaChick) Post #: 13

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