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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DrPam, post: 2518915, member: 15550&quot;]My sister acquired this item in Tampa in 1993. She says it stands 1&#039;6&quot; high and is 6&quot; in diameter; she hasn&#039;t weighed it but my guess is about 5 lbs. At the base, &quot;Meehan Hatching Jar&quot; is etched and around the rest of the &quot;jar&quot; lovely grapes and grapevines are etched, at the time causing us to think it had something to do with wine. Now (with the internet at our fingertips) we know that hatching jars were never this large or elaborate and are still used to hatch fish or shrimp (one &quot;giveaway&quot; is the distinctive shape of the spout)!</p><p><br /></p><p>Have any of you seen such a thing before?</p><p><br /></p><p>The mystery is -- why was such an elaborate hatching jar created and for whom? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]268315[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268316[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268317[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268318[/ATTACH] Thanks in advance for any thoughts/ideas/or guesses![ATTACH=full]268315[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268316[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268317[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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