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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: greenacres on March 20, 2017, 08:35:37 am
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This is Nippon, but what is it? There's a whole in the bottom.
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How big is it??
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About 6 inches high and about 4 inches round.
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These were used to conceal jelly jars or other condiment jars, for a elegant look ,you pushed jar up & out by sticking your finger into the hole of the plane jar as not to spill it. Also used for holding condensed milk but usually had an under plate.
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Thank you. They did things so elegantly back then.
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Wendy nailed it!
Yes they did do things more elegantly. Our modern technology didn't make it easier to "slow down". Instead we have become "busier"! :(
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Also being a housewife was a career. I think today it's looked down on.
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It is often. It is especially by younger women in many countries!
FYI, the hole was in the bottom for more than being able to push up. Many times there isn't a hole and the snug can causes a suction or stuck can. Thus the hole so no suction and if it was stuck you could at least push it up!
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Technology, 😊. I love the idea of making the jar disappear. I want to try it now.
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Yes, KC & when used for condensed milk, the milk was firm but would sweat so the condensation would run out of the hole onto the under plate to be discarded.
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I remember the first time I came across these jars. I was invited by an older Lady to look at and buy some of her items, and included were a few of the new-to-me jars with a hole in the bottom. She explained to me that she and her sister had a Tea Room back during the Depression, and the jars were used on a daily basis for serving preserves. She went on to tell how they had jars of homemade jam or jelly sealed with paraffin on the top. After running a knife around the paraffin, they would empty the entire contents directly into these jars with the paraffin at the bottom covering the hole
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That was I good idea but with my luck the paraffin would leak and I would have to lick the preserves off the table !!
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That would be my luck also!!!