Featured Glassies, help with this heavy glass bottle or decanter.

Good evening, folks. Picked up this heavy glass bottle a couple weeks ago. Is it a decanter? For something particular? It stands 4 1/4" tall without the stopper, 5 1/2" with it. Just over 4" in diameter.

 

I dont know why but I thought tobacco jar.

 

The rest of the pics.

Thanks for any help. Hope you all had a great weekend!

Linda

 

I never would have thought of that, Johnny.

 

Perfume bottle?
Pickle Jar?
Just guessing I really don't know, but it is pretty.

 

Very nice! The only thing I really can add is that I would call it a jar, not a bottle. Just looking at it, I can't come up with a use for it which might lead to an ID. Heisey and companies like it made a lot of small jars for things like horseradish but the necks were longer to accommodate a spoon and the stoppers were hollow.

Tobacco, I dunno, but I can't see anyone getting their hand or even fingers into that small opening. Did people store snuff in jars? It's possible that the jar was for something not still in common use today and that's why we can't think of it. I'm just rambling now.

 

Here is a somewhat similar one on etsy.
I don't know if the seller is correct or not in their description.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/111160...00&click_sum=9c885274&ref=hp_rf-1&frs=1&sts=1

 

Thanks, Pearls. That one is marked Heisey but is similar in size and shape. It gives me a starting place, I have no idea where the seller gets an idea about the age though. I'll keep looking for a bit.
Thanks for your help everyone!

Linda

 

That seller has his head somewhere, asking $80 when the glass is clearly sick ( or just incredibly dirty ).

If you look at the hollow stopper, you can see how a small condiment spoon would have fit inside the jar, extending up into the stopper. I believe this one is a Puritan Horseradish Jar.

Is it possible to see the bottom?

 

Hi, @ola402 I hope you're looking for a pic of the bottom of mine. It does show quite a bit of wear. But no maker's mark.

 

Ooh! Looked at Heisey Puritan! Never knew there was such a thing as a horseradish jar! Is that maybe what mine is? Even with a solid stopper?

Linda

 

Yes, I just reread my post and it is difficult to understand references unless you're me, lol! Thanks for the extra photo.

It's very possible it's a horseradish jar. It's not making sense as a jam jar. I wanted to see that pattern around the star base because it reminds me of something I've seen before and I'm trying to bring it to the front brain. I'll keep thinking about it.

Horseradish is still eaten today, primarily with beef, but today it comes in jars so who needs another one? Back in the day, you might have made the horseradish yourself (or someone did) and then you left it in the jar on a sideboard. I've never understood why you offer horseradish with beef unless it's to cover up the taste?

 

Here is how I ate horseradish

 

(And I like horseradish!)

 

Gfelte fish is not for everyone... that is what is in the photo. It hardly looks tasty to most.

I think if I had not started eating it at a young age for Jewish holidays with a dab of horseradish, I would never have eaten it as an adult. It is an acquired taste of whitefish and pike.

 

I'm with Bluumz! I'll bet you had very clear sinuses for days, lol! It's supposed to be very good for you, but I can't eat it.

 

LOL Pam

 

@pearlsnblume Where's the fish? I see beets, a piece of carrot, and a glob of white that I assume is horseradish. Is the fish under it or on the side? Is this a photo of the horseradish shared around the table? I looked at the photo and thought that was a single serving that a person ate by itself.

 

Pam in my house my mother put one piece of the fish on each plate along with a hearty scoop of chopped liver and some pickled herring in cream sauce that was on a bed of lettuce with some tomatoes. We each had our own plate. The horse radish was in a separate bowl since some didn't want it. That was our second course after fruit.

There are a few different kinds of that fish. My mother always bought the sweet white fish and pike in the jar. There are many recipes I suppose for the fish, but we always used the one from the jar. The fish is that white or cream colored oval sitting under the carrot slice. Looks a bit like an odd matzo ball. That glob of white is the fish. LOL

 

Thanks for the explanation, pearls!