Glass bottle help please! And a solid copper piece!

[JohnChase1989]

My wife loves collecting old mason jars and turn of the century glass. I have always said I would find her a nice glass piece and I finally found one but I have no clue what it was used for.

The other copper barrel beer tap looking thing, I'm stumped help me fellow hunters ! Haha thanks and HH

 

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[Silver Searcher]

The glass might have been used for storing, perhaps seed or fruit. You already no about the barrel tap, which dates 18th-19th C

SS

 

[JohnChase1989]

Sweet! Thanks silver searcher! Haha I was just giving that one a shot in the dark

 

[ABruce]

The bronze barrel bung is a fairly common piece, but getting harder to find than they used to. I've seen that bottle design before, but never with a label or contents. My guess is that because of it's fancy design it might have been used for ladies bath salts or fancy preserves.

 

[DCMatt]

My guess is that because of it's fancy design it might have been used for ladies bath salts or fancy preserves.

I think ABruce has you on the right track I would also say antique dressing table/vanity jar.




DCMatt

 

[JohnChase1989]

Haha bronze bung not copper eh? That would make more sense if they had to hammer it into the bung hole (No pun intended). Copper would bend way to easily?