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    Posted 9 years ago

    diggergirl
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    Electric or Phone line insulator; Apothecary/Medicinal/Poison glass bottles; White ceramic jars, #3 Master Lock Co. skeleton key, Crystal WWII gunship

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    1. SpiritBear, 9 years ago
      The photo is dark and blurred, but your 'gun ship' may be the top to a c. 1898 Remember The Maine butter dish, which came in many colours. I had one in cobalt which I sold, and in his buying he began talking and became friends! LOL. My guess is, they broke the bottom and tossed the rest out.
      The white jars I find in 1960s contexts as frequently as 1920s contexts. They're usually cold cream and similar.
      Larger blue looks like a Milk of Magnesia. The smaller ones are usually 1920s-1940s Bromo-Seltzers and knock-offs of their product.
      The insulator likely had electrical uses, in transporting electric, not telephone calls. Some like it are still in use around my city.
    2. patchas, 9 years ago
      The master lock key is I believe, ground off to all it to open any master lock.

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