Featured Glass, is it an old oil lantern base?

Looks like a mug to me, with that handle, but has the narrow opening up top. Also the top part has surface chipping. It was labeled as an oil lantern base, but I have not found anything similar in searching, but I am probably not using the right search terms. The bottom of the glass has a swirl look to it, and the center of that almost looks like the letter "C" or "G", but it may be just the way the glass is swirled?
Any help and thoughts are greatly appreciated, thanks for your time.
P.S. Look at the ant that snuck its way into the top picture! I was taking the pictures outside...

 

I looked through Oil Lamps 2 by Thuro and didn't see it.
Maybe it is a syrup missing the lid?

 

I'm guessing a syrup too.

 

Here is a page with syrups, so I think that is what you have. Maybe @TallCakes will know the pattern
http://www.reuzeitmn.com/eapg/syrup-pitchers

 

This looks to be the same pattern as a butter/cheese lid I have. TallCakes IDed it as #17 "Torpedo" by Thompson Glass, ca 1889.

Here is my thread for reference:
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/round-glass-butter-cheese-lid-eapg.4299/

 

Yup, that is it! Thanks for posting that link unclechuck

 

Wow, you all are fabulous! Thanks sooo much cxgirl,unclechuck, & Mary Delaney!!
Now I found this too from the search term syrup...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/252304063656?rmvSB=true

I never would have thought of a syrup, thanks !!!!!

 

Also called Molasses cans

 

great solve! too bad about the missing lid/spout. I'm not aware of a source for replacement parts, but maybe you could find a broken/damaged EAPG syrup with a top that can be salvaged. The tops are held in place with dental plaster; so soak to soften and remove and replace with fresh plaster.

 

The treatment on the bottom is called "cut shut".

Sadly I did not make a note of who gave me this information:
The piece was pressed upside down, with the bottom open like a funnel. A small diameter extension poked the hole in what is now the top, from the inside. After the piece was removed from the mold, it was picked up in a "snap", a devise to allow the workers to manipulate the piece. Once snapped up, it was warmed in, (reheated in the glory hole) and the bottom was tooled shut, excess glass was twisted off leaving the swirl on the bottom. The process is called "cut shut."

 

It coulda been me, I've typed something like that several times. Sometimes its found "cut and shut." Its a process used from small items like cruets to water bottles. Also on oil lamp tops. It allows the manufacturer to press an piece (easy) then close it on top (or on bottom) to make something like blown wares. Saves money on production costs.

 

American Cut Glass Association
I *think* I get it... (I need pictures (too many words))

 

I suspect it was you. Thanks!

 

Cluttered, tall cakes, moreotherstuff, cherry hill and scouts house you all are so educational and I appreciate it and thank you!!