Anybody seen a wooden Ball jar before??

[rallcollector]

Anybody seen one of these before? It's wooden & crude but definitely looks factory made. The arrangement of the lettering is actually a close match for Redbook #259-4. That jar dates to around 1888-1893. This piece is nowhere near that old, if I had to guess, maybe made in the 1950's? Any input would be appreciated.

 

[rallcollector]

Here's the bottom. It's reads "TOLECRAFT JMS [?] WOOD PRODUCTS INC.

 

[rallcollector]

The fruit pattern continues around the backside.

 

[rallcollector]

The innards

 

[epackage]

Tolecraft made Paint it yourself kits in the 1950's...

 

[RED Matthews]

Well Paul, I have a whole box of wooden bottles here by my desk, in NY. I have been thinking about seeing if they would sell on fleabay. I worked for Thatcher Glass in their mold division, and we had a pattern shop that made foundry pattern equipment for castings we needed. The also made wooden samples for our bottle sales people to take to potential customers that were used to show them what the product could look like - or if it would fit in their desires. This is what is in my box.
am sure yours is a salesman's presentation piece. Congratulations. RED Matthews

 

[rallcollector]

Cool! Thanks for the info.
Paul