{"id":14608,"date":"2020-11-08T09:33:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T14:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=14608"},"modified":"2020-11-08T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T14:32:05","slug":"mystery-make-do-pickle-jar-c-1875","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=14608","title":{"rendered":"Mystery make-do pickle jar? c.1875"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This EAPG (Early American Pressed Glass) jar with a screw top in the Pequot pattern measures 5.25 inches high with a 3.75 inch opening. Although its maker is unknown, I believe the jar dates to the 1870s. After extensive research, I believe this to be a pickle jar. Most curious is the metal base, which does not appear to be a replacement. Perhaps this is not a make-do after all?? If anyone has any information on this unusual piece, please let me know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3357.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15873\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3357.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3357-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3357-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3361.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15874\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3361.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3361-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3361-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3358.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15875\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3358.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3358-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3358-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3363-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15877\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3363-1.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3363-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3363-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This pickle jar in the same pattern has neither a screw top nor a metal base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"406\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.08.36-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15133\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.08.36-PM.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.08.36-PM-296x300.jpeg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eapgs.org\/\">Early American Pattern Glass Society<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This EAPG (Early American Pressed Glass) jar with a screw top in the Pequot pattern measures 5.25 inches high with a 3.75 inch opening. Although its maker is unknown, I believe the jar dates to the 1870s. After extensive research, I believe this to be a pickle jar. Most curious is the metal base, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[211],"tags":[62,42,32,44],"class_list":["post-14608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jar","tag-american","tag-eapg","tag-glass","tag-metal-base"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14608"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15885,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14608\/revisions\/15885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}