old jug?

[dobipup81]

Hello
I am newbie here, and I am not even really sure if i can post this here, but maybe somebody can help me out. I found this on a german flea market, the seller said it was an old american milk jug, so i tried to research on the internet and couldnt find a jug like this. On the jug it says Ellis 6& Sons, Philadelphia " Ellisco" and on another tag it says 5 Gallons. I would be really glad if somebody could tell me what exactly this is and an estimate on how old.

Thank you so much guys

Tina

 

[diggerjeff]

i believe it is a milk container.

 

[dobipup81]

i was looking all over the internet for pictures of old milk containers, but nothing seemed to look like this one []

 

[DiggerBryan]

What about an oil jug?

 

[diggerjeff]

diggerbryan might be right about this one. a little research finds that ellise co made bulk oil and gas containers!!!!