The chooks dug this up in the run yesterday. I’ve done a bit of faffing about online, but I’m not sure what it was used for. I think the important features are probably that it is not a screwtop. It’s small – 65mm high, 40mm diameter. There is a clear part in the ribs which I expect was for a label. I’ve been able to ID the manufacturer as Australian Glass Manufacturers, and I think it is 1930 or later. Do any of you lot have any good online refs for Australian glass manufacturers marks and for dating? I’ve got myself confused now. I’ll got outside and think about it while I weed and maar.

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May have been a honey jar?

I can’t help, sorry.

At first I thought I’d seen something like it before, perhaps on my grandma’s dressing table. But now I think not.

mollwollfumble said:

At first I thought I’d seen something like it before, perhaps on my grandma’s dressing table. But now I think not.

Perhaps but the memory is vague.

Is the G over M a G or a C?

roughbarked said:

Is the G over M a G or a C?

https://glassbottlemarks.com/?s=G+over+M

It’s AGM…Australian Glass Manufacturers. They made a lot of bottles and jars for a very long time.

buffy said:

It’s AGM…Australian Glass Manufacturers. They made a lot of bottles and jars for a very long time.

Good. and vertical ribbing was common on hand and face cream jars.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

It’s AGM…Australian Glass Manufacturers. They made a lot of bottles and jars for a very long time.

Good. and vertical ribbing was common on hand and face cream jars.

https://www.abcrauctions.com/research.html

Nagheen anajar

dv said:

Nagheen anajar

Not Michael Bolton?

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Is the G over M a G or a C?

https://glassbottlemarks.com/?s=G+over+M

That is an American site.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Is the G over M a G or a C?

https://glassbottlemarks.com/?s=G+over+M

That is an American site.

yep. I did find Australian stuff but it was more about auctions.

Given its size, might possibly have been a salt shaker or suchlike, with a metal cap. Or a little condiment or ointment jar with a glass lid.

Bubblecar said:

Given its size, might possibly have been a salt shaker or suchlike, with a metal cap. Or a little condiment or ointment jar with a glass lid.

It is reasonably heavy glass. As there is a flat bit of glass, presumably for a label, I’d suspect ointment. A glass lid would have to fit wider than the top, because of the way the top is formed.

It could have possibly contained an unguent of Macassar Oil, but that’s just a complete guess. if a antimacassar had been located nearby that would have been a clue.

Bubblecar said:

Given its size, might possibly have been a salt shaker or suchlike, with a metal cap. Or a little condiment or ointment jar with a glass lid.

Salt or sugar is a good idea.

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

Given its size, might possibly have been a salt shaker or suchlike, with a metal cap. Or a little condiment or ointment jar with a glass lid.

It is reasonably heavy glass. As there is a flat bit of glass, presumably for a label, I’d suspect ointment. A glass lid would have to fit wider than the top, because of the way the top is formed.

https://www.abcrauctions.com/niven-ballarat-labels.html

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

Given its size, might possibly have been a salt shaker or suchlike, with a metal cap. Or a little condiment or ointment jar with a glass lid.

It is reasonably heavy glass. As there is a flat bit of glass, presumably for a label, I’d suspect ointment. A glass lid would have to fit wider than the top, because of the way the top is formed.

https://www.abcrauctions.com/niven-ballarat-labels.html

Picture links all broken on that link. And it’s labels, I think. I haven’t got a label.

It’s a lovely jar.
The rim looks like it would have a lid that fitted snugly over it and down onto the ledge. Maybe a nice heavy glass lid, or a metal one.
For things that are frequently needed. Apothecary’s jar? Or maybe the local witch. Ahhh, an eye of newt jar.

ruby said:

It’s a lovely jar.
The rim looks like it would have a lid that fitted snugly over it and down onto the ledge. Maybe a nice heavy glass lid, or a metal one.
For things that are frequently needed. Apothecary’s jar? Or maybe the local witch. Ahhh, an eye of newt jar.

I think this is a good suggestion! But I’m all out of eye of newt at the moment. And it’s a bit small for the poisoned entrails…need a bucket for them. The “toe of frog” would be small enough.

:)

buffy said:

ruby said:

It’s a lovely jar.
The rim looks like it would have a lid that fitted snugly over it and down onto the ledge. Maybe a nice heavy glass lid, or a metal one.
For things that are frequently needed. Apothecary’s jar? Or maybe the local witch. Ahhh, an eye of newt jar.

I think this is a good suggestion! But I’m all out of eye of newt at the moment. And it’s a bit small for the poisoned entrails…need a bucket for them. The “toe of frog” would be small enough.

:)

Might be a glass inkwell that fitted into something like this. Probably has a loose fitting lid.

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

ruby said:

It’s a lovely jar.
The rim looks like it would have a lid that fitted snugly over it and down onto the ledge. Maybe a nice heavy glass lid, or a metal one.
For things that are frequently needed. Apothecary’s jar? Or maybe the local witch. Ahhh, an eye of newt jar.

I think this is a good suggestion! But I’m all out of eye of newt at the moment. And it’s a bit small for the poisoned entrails…need a bucket for them. The “toe of frog” would be small enough.

:)

Might be a glass inkwell that fitted into something like this. Probably has a loose fitting lid.

Oooh, that sounds good.

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

ruby said:

It’s a lovely jar.
The rim looks like it would have a lid that fitted snugly over it and down onto the ledge. Maybe a nice heavy glass lid, or a metal one.
For things that are frequently needed. Apothecary’s jar? Or maybe the local witch. Ahhh, an eye of newt jar.

I think this is a good suggestion! But I’m all out of eye of newt at the moment. And it’s a bit small for the poisoned entrails…need a bucket for them. The “toe of frog” would be small enough.

:)

Might be a glass inkwell that fitted into something like this. Probably has a loose fitting lid.

A fish paste pot

dv said:

A fish paste pot

I’ve got some of them, but this is a different shape from any of the ones we’ve dug up (me and the chooks) so far.

PermeateFree said:

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

I think this is a good suggestion! But I’m all out of eye of newt at the moment. And it’s a bit small for the poisoned entrails…need a bucket for them. The “toe of frog” would be small enough.

:)

Might be a glass inkwell that fitted into something like this. Probably has a loose fitting lid.

I have actually got a glass inkwell, which I can’t now remember if I picked up at an op shop or if it was my Great Aunt’s. It doesn’t have removeable pots. Which isn’t to say others might have had. I have got quite a few ink bottles, because the building next door was a bank.

buffy said:

PermeateFree said:

PermeateFree said:

Might be a glass inkwell that fitted into something like this. Probably has a loose fitting lid.

I have actually got a glass inkwell, which I can’t now remember if I picked up at an op shop or if it was my Great Aunt’s. It doesn’t have removeable pots. Which isn’t to say others might have had. I have got quite a few ink bottles, because the building next door was a bank.

If from the back for customer use, then possibly inserted in the desk or a wooden frame.

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

PermeateFree said:

I have actually got a glass inkwell, which I can’t now remember if I picked up at an op shop or if it was my Great Aunt’s. It doesn’t have removeable pots. Which isn’t to say others might have had. I have got quite a few ink bottles, because the building next door was a bank.

If from the back for customer use, then possibly inserted in the desk or a wooden frame.

back = bank