Green Glass Candy? Cookie? Jar

[springhead]

The only other cold painted glass item I found was a Civil War period canteen like bottle with an eagle stenciled on it. Could this be a store candy jar from the 1860's or 70's... The glass work is awesome... check that folded rim.

 

[springhead]

Rim...

 

[springhead]

Three piece molded lid...

 

[springhead]

Pontil...

 

[surfaceone]

Hello springhead,

Welcome, and thanks for bringing this wonderful jar.

Might the paint be enameled? I'm gonna guess biscuits.

"In the late 19th century, animal-shaped cookies (or "biscuits" in British terminology) called "Animals" were imported from England to the United States. The demand for these crackers grew to the point that bakers began to produce them domestically. Stauffer’s Biscuit Company produced their first batch of animal crackers in 1871 in York, Pennsylvania.[1] Other domestic bakeries, including the Dozier-Weyl Cracker Company of St. Louis and the Holmes and Coutts Company of New York City, were the predecessors of the National Biscuit Company, today's "Nabisco Brands".
Animal biscuit crackers were made and distributed under the National Biscuit Company banner. In 1902, animal crackers officially became known as "Barnum's Animals" and evoked the familiar circus time theme. Later in 1902, the now-familiar box was designed for the Christmas season with the innovative idea of attaching a string to hang from the Christmas tree. Up until that time, crackers were generally only sold in bulk (the proverbial "cracker barrel") or in large tins. These small cartons, which retailed for five cents at the time of their release, were a big hit and are still sold today." From.

 

[madman]

IM BLOWN AWAY!

 

[springhead]

That is really interesting.... The jar may fall into the date range I had at first suspected circa 1910...

Thanks for that info Surfaceone!

 

[springhead]

It's not enameled but cold painted like some of the ceramic cookie jars you see from the 1930... There is quite a bit of paint loss. You would not have that with enamels which are fired on.

 

[springhead]

I am convinced that this is probably an animal cracker jar circa 1910...

Thank you... Thank you... Thank you

Surfaceone...

Two heads are better than one!

 

[tigue710]

The jar you have is a free blown hand formed piece, it could be forign and of the period you suspect, but in that case the pontil is usually ground. I suspect you have an early American storage jar that was adapted for use, the lid not original to it...