Port Dundas jug

[debodun]

A one-gallon jug embossed with two marks. It has some small chips on the top edge. Any idea as to its age or value?

[greenacres]

Beautiful jug! It could be worth $$$.

[sapphire]

While I can't help you with age and value I thought you might find this interesting.  Here's some info on James Scott Army Navy Depot.........which was in my old hometown of Halifax, NS.


Taken from HALIFAX AND ITS BUSINESS, Historical Sketch, by the Halifax Nova Scotia Printing Company, 1876

http://archive.org/stream/cihm_25690#page/n143/mode/2up

[Kimmienemo]

Really cool, especially if it withstood the great explosion in Halifax in 1917!  If that jug could only talk!
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/atoz/HalExpl.html

[debodun]

Thanks for that great info, Sapphire!

[greenacres]

Hope this helps. I'm a horrble photographer, lol.

[bigwull]

Beautiful jug! It could be worth $$$.

Over here,there not worth that much...apart from the Port Dundas pottery mark...that one i got the other day...cost £6...and i got a big acid carboy....for £7.50...i,ll post a pic tomorrow.....

[sapphire]

Really cool, especially if it withstood the great explosion in Halifax in 1917!  If that jug could only talk!
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/atoz/HalExpl.html

Off topic (as usual  )........if you've ever seen or heard of the huge Christmas Tree that is erected on the Boston Common and celebrated with a tree lighting ceremony, that is a yearly gift from Halifax to Boston as a perpetual thank you for the aid and humanity shown to the people of Halifax by the people of Boston through the train full of relief supplies and medical assistance that braved a Maritime blizzard to bring much needed help to all those affected by the explosion.

[greenacres]

I just read about it. History I've never heard thank you for the history lesson. It was interesting.

[bigwull]

Really cool, especially if it withstood the great explosion in Halifax in 1917!  If that jug could only talk!
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/atoz/HalExpl.html

Off topic (as usual  )........if you've ever seen or heard of the huge Christmas Tree that is erected on the Boston Common and celebrated with a tree lighting ceremony, that is a yearly gift from Halifax to Boston as a perpetual thank you for the aid and humanity shown to the people of Halifax by the people of Boston through the train full of relief supplies and medical assistance that braved a Maritime blizzard to bring much needed help to all those affected by the explosion.

That,s one of the joy,s of this forum...we can drift off topic...have discussions...meand er our way through many different subjects....and before we know it...there,can be 3/4 pages...far removed from the original post....this to me is what makes this forum what it is....a meeting place...of like minded people...who enjoy being here....and sharing their knowledge...and more often than not....they bring a huge grin to my face.... 

[ghopper1924]

True!

[debodun]

greenacres, I couldn't read the info on the photographed pages, but thanks for trying.

[sapphire]

I found record of a picture of James Scott's Army & Navy Depot from 1900.......but as it was sold there was no other info available.

Here is an ad from Belcher's Farmer's Almanack from 1885     Still trying to find out when he was last in business.

[debodun]

This is great!

[Kimmienemo]

I found record of a picture of James Scott's Army & Navy Depot from 1900.......but as it was sold there was no other info available.

Here is an ad from Belcher's Farmer's Almanack from 1885     Still trying to find out when he was last in business.

I just did some snooping on a map and found that James Scott's was only about 4 miles (as the crow flies) from the explosion!  (Sorry. . . sometimes I get so interesting in the story, I let me little mind/imagination run away - off leash  )