Mystery jug

metaldetecta · Sep 22, 2015

I found this in an old junkyard and I thought it was cool. I would appreciate if someone could help me with what this was used for, and how old it is. Thanks!

epackage · Sep 22, 2015

It's the stoneware inside to a 1940-50's camping cooler like this...

metaldetecta · Sep 23, 2015

That makes sense. Thank you! The metal on the outside must have rusted off.

Tnmountains · Sep 23, 2015

Good solve!

Simon1 · Sep 23, 2015

Agreed epackage, nice call. I can still remember having one like that when we went camping, and the funny thing is, our lid, ( drinking cup ), was just as beat up as that one.

ARC · Sep 23, 2015

Ehhh ? ? ? ...

It is a "fruit jar"... "stoneware".

sunrunner · Sep 23, 2015

no AARC it's a cooler liner , trust me .

metaldetecta · Sep 24, 2015

Thank you all!

metaldetecta · Sep 24, 2015

Simon1 said:
Agreed epackage, nice call. I can still remember having one like that when we went camping, and the funny thing is, our lid, ( drinking cup ), was just as beat up as that one.

Maybe it is the same one haha!

ARC · Sep 24, 2015

sunrunner said:
no AARC it's a cooler liner , trust me .

Where is the spigot hole then ? ? ? > ?> >?

Tis not a cooler... Tis a stoneware fruit jar... also used for Sauerkraut.

Doubter in MD · Sep 24, 2015

I agree with AARC on this one. I believe he got it right.

metaldetecta · Sep 24, 2015

The picture you posted looks identical to mine. Thanks for the help!

Hitndahed · Sep 24, 2015

I am thinking a growler,,,like the old time miners carried their "liquid lunch" in.

stefen · Sep 24, 2015

FYI...For one thing, aluminum caps, pots, pans and the like didn't come into use until the turn of the 20th century.

That provides a date range from the early 1900's to date.

If it was used for canning purposes, how was it sealed?

Therefore its uses were limited.

epackage · Sep 24, 2015

AARC said:
Where is the spigot hole then ? ? ? > ?> >?

Tis not a cooler... Tis a stoneware fruit jar... also used for Sauerkraut.

You're 100% wrong, many early coolers didn't have spouts, you poured the liquid directly out of the top like a large thermos, I have seen several of these coolers damaged and coming apart, the piece posted is the interior piece meant to keep the liquid cool. These were just meant to be like a large thermos, it wasn't until later that they decided to use different material for the interior and added spouts, first at the top of the cooler and then later on near the bottom...

The main reason you find them unglazed on the outside is because the metal cover meant there was no need for exterior glaze, the 'majority' of the time food crocks are glazed on both the interior and exterior. They often fool people into thinking exactly as you did here...

epackage · Sep 24, 2015

Doubter in MD said:
I agree with AARC on this one. I believe he got it right.

He's wrong and so would you be for agreeing with him, I've shown in detail why in my response to his post and exactly what this item is. :occasion14:

Google for "stoneware lined thermos" https://www.google.com/search?q=195...&dpr=1.25#tbm=isch&q=+thermos+stoneware+lined

stefen · Sep 24, 2015

Jeez.

Sounds like a play yard pishing contest.

Think maybe you're both correct? Huh?

ARC · Sep 24, 2015

LOL... heh.

ARC · Sep 24, 2015

Ok... heh... You sure that I am "100%" "wrong"... ? ? ?

I believe it is YOU that is wrong.
Need a better picture to prove I am "wrong"...? ? ?

HERE ---> !

Early Macomb Pottery Canning Crock Lid Stoneware Jar Primitive | eBay

Doubter in MD · Sep 24, 2015

epackage said:
He's wrong and so would you be for agreeing with him, I've shown in detail why in my response to his post and exactly what this item is.

Google for "stoneware lined thermos" https://www.google.com/search?q=195...&dpr=1.25#tbm=isch&q=+thermos+stoneware+lined

Nope. AARC is still right IMO. His eBay link shows the exact same jug.