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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9862597, member: 76316"]It's 3 1/2" high, the flared rim is ~3 1/8" diameter, it has a 3/4" cork, an' the base is 3 3/4" diameter; it weighs ~14 oz.</p><p>I haven't had the courage to pull that cork...yet. Nothing tries to slosh inside, an' I think it's empty, but it is such an unusual jug, with the corked opening the <i>only</i> one, an' the top with the wire suggesting it may have been designed to hang. Is this possibly a fly or wasp trap? Have any of you seen the like of this? I'll be grateful for your thoughts, comments an' suggestions. Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]494497[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494499[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494500[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494501[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9862597, member: 76316"]It's 3 1/2" high, the flared rim is ~3 1/8" diameter, it has a 3/4" cork, an' the base is 3 3/4" diameter; it weighs ~14 oz. I haven't had the courage to pull that cork...yet. Nothing tries to slosh inside, an' I think it's empty, but it is such an unusual jug, with the corked opening the [I]only[/I] one, an' the top with the wire suggesting it may have been designed to hang. Is this possibly a fly or wasp trap? Have any of you seen the like of this? I'll be grateful for your thoughts, comments an' suggestions. Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]494497[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494499[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494500[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494501[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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