Thoughts on this one i got lately

[pigeonman]

I picked up this large glass water container from a local friend with the name Forbes System and safe water embossed on it. has a ground top but can't find any info on it. from the color i thought it could be something that Gayners glass in Salem would have made back around the turn of the century,i see no makings on the bottom,looks to be 5 maybe 6 gallon size, thanks in advance for any info.

 

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[treasurekidd]

That's a really cool find. According to this 1913 ads, it looks to be part of an early drinking water sterilization system from Forbes Co of Philadelphia:

https://books.google.com/books?id=1...#v=onepage&q=Forbes System safe water&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=i...bes co System safe water philadelphia&f=false

 

[sandchip]

Can we get a picture of the bottom?

 

[jgas]

That’s some seriously fragile glass to make it this long whole. Sweet. Jgas.