Jar lid maybe?

[Wheelah23]

I know that lids are worth 10-15% of a jar's value... Right? Well, I dug a lid today, but the jar was nowhere to be found. It's stained and scratched pretty badly, but no chips. I'll let the pictures give you an idea of what it looks like.

Around the outside, it is embossed faintly with "PATD JAN 5.75.". It also has a patent date embossed in a similar fashion of April 25, 1882. It also says "RE_SD JUNE 5, 77". I don't know what letter the "_" is, it's too faint.

If this is a glass jar insert, what jar would it have been with?

 

[georgeoj]

The lid is for a TRADE MARK / LIGHTNING jar. An aqua lid in good condition is worth only about a dollar. Here is a picture of a jar with the lid on it. George

 

[Wheelah23]

Mystery solved... Thanks dude!

 

[cowseatmaize]

The mystery letter might be an I for re-issued.

 

[dmagave]

could be registered abbreviated.why the holes?my straight wires have ridges to prevent it from sliding to the side.could be an even older,clamp down lid.will definately increase the jar value more than a dollar unless there was a metal insert on top.strictly spectulation on my part. just doesn't look quite right.i can't see the holes in cow's lid

 

[Wheelah23]

I found a picture that matches almost perfectly. Mine looks just like this one, except the one pictured is amber and mine is aqua. They even have the same embossing around the rim.