Haywards military pickle jar

[jarsnstuff]

The swastika was used for many many years as a Good Luck symbol, therefore was used often in the canning and preserving arenas. I believe it is Dutch in origin. While I've never seen it embossed on the base of a jar, there are several varieties of jar rubbers that have it. All prior to WWII of course. -Tammy

 

[bostaurus]

The swastika was widely used in India too as a good luck symbol. We have this set of books with the swastika..the ones without were printed after WWII. He used the swastika since his books were centered around India.
Popular on early quilts too.

 

[coreya]

The symbol has been around for thousands of years in many different cultures, here is a link to the history.
swastika history

 

[Al66]

Yes they do. No the jar was found in Wales (United Kingdom) in the late seventies and my parents brought out to oz.
Do you think if I contacted haywards they may know the history behind it?