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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 178561, member: 45"]It's an old Chinese ginger jar. These relatively plain pieces with simple, or no, decoration, were used to store and ship pickled ginger and other spices or Chinese condiments.</p><p><br /></p><p>You'll often find them in places in the U.S. that had a large Chinese worker presence in the 1800s. They were the throw-away containers of the day, still showing up in old dumps by railroad worker camps, sites of old canneries, mining camps, etc. And antique shops near those areas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 178561, member: 45"]It's an old Chinese ginger jar. These relatively plain pieces with simple, or no, decoration, were used to store and ship pickled ginger and other spices or Chinese condiments. You'll often find them in places in the U.S. that had a large Chinese worker presence in the 1800s. They were the throw-away containers of the day, still showing up in old dumps by railroad worker camps, sites of old canneries, mining camps, etc. And antique shops near those areas.[/QUOTE]
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