It's a sugar jar for a Hoosier kitchen cabinet in the zipper pattern. I found the exact same jar for $1 at a sale about a month ago and wasnt sure exactly what it was so had to look it up online, though I was pretty sure it was part of a kitchen cabinet glassware set. Mine has a patent date faintly embossedon the bottom around the mold mark. Just like yours, mine is missing the original tin lid and wire stand that it sat in.