Possable peanut butter jar, or canning jar?

[Wicked_Lucy]

Hello all, i am new to this site, and forum. I collect old bottle/glass, post cards, and coins. I live in a house that was built in the 1800's, and somewhere on my back 2 acre's is a old bottle dump. I found this jar at the edge in the woods, in an old rusted pain can, with a Musterole Cleveland jar(saw a few of them on eBay going for $29.99).
The jar holds approx. 12 fl.oz. It is 4 3/4 inches tall, 3 inches wide at the mouth, and 2 10/16 inches wide at the bottom. It has raised lettering on the bottom that read "PATFEB.10.03", and in small print "90A-ss". The glass has some bubbles in it, and is very light purple in color. There are no press marks/ lines in the glass, and the mouth looks like it was tooled.

 

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[PikesPeakCharlie]

Through the years we have dug many of these,even found some on top of the ground too. We have always called them jelly jars,as we found quite a few with jelly labels on them. HH

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

http://www.ebay.at/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320736130369

 

[daroofa]

Here is the patent for a "Vacuum Preserving Jar."

http://www.google.com/patents?id=ew...=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

[Wicked_Lucy]

Thank you both for the info, it was great to see the two on eBay, altho mine is a bit lighter than the those, they are the same.
The patten info was very cool! I had no idea they could possably be that old! I can't wait to add a few seashells, and place it in my window box!! Thanks again!!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The purple is from Manganese in the glass. The desert sun turns it purple over the years. There is a faster way with some kind of germicidal light. I like the pretty purple. http://www.patternglass.com/this_color_purple_99.htm http://www.patternglass.com/this_color_purple_99.htm

 

[aka da Prof]

yup, before I realized that metal detectors existed, I was down in the dumps- very old dumps- Now I have a good collection of various sizes, the six ounce size I use as wine glasses for guests and myself.---funny, I was just thinking yesterday, I gotta get more, wonder what they cost- then came todays post!--love this site, thanks ---da Prof

 

[traderoftreasures]

I had one like it went on an old coffee grinder