Still need ID help with a The Gem jar! Anyone have a Red Book?

[NJKLAGT]

Still need ID help with a 'The Gem' jar! Anyone have a Red Book?

Hey Everyone,

A little while ago I posted about a 'The Gem' jar I recently acquired: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/bottles-glass/487272-unusual-gem-jar.html

I did get a little help from Bass and AnthonyCoil (thanks again guys) but I didn't ask for ID help in my original thread title, so I'm hoping this new title will get more attention. One of you's gotta have a Red Book, or know someone who does! Or I'm just hoping someone will see the jar and say, 'boom, okay, I know exactly what that is, I can help this kid out'. I heartily welcome any debate amongst yourselves about this jar, conflicting details could be revealing.

The jar is 9 inches tall, looks like a cup bottom kind of mould, but yeah the lettering is what stood out to me. I have not seen this kind of bold elongated lettering on any HFJCo, CFJCo, or Ruth.&Co gems.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you,


John

 

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[bottlehunterofcoscob]

My old copy of the red book (no 3 from 1978 haha) doesn't have this, all the ones in it are base embossed

 

[NJKLAGT]

Thank you bottlehunterofcoscob for taking the time to leaf through it anyway!

None of the jars in your edition have similar lettering then eh? I think that HFJCo and CFJCo gems usually have the base embossing, but I dunno. My hunch right now is that maybe it's some kind of Rutherford variety - I've seen a few without base embossing before and some pretty varied styles of lettering. Also I'm in Southern Ontario and so was Rutherford & Co., so maybe it's more likely that Rutherford gems would end up around here.

With that said, we're still looking for a definitive answer. Thanks again bottlehunterofcoscob!