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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 4455234, member: 37"]Generally referred to as a Chinese food jar. Pickled ginger and other import foods came in these well into the 20th century. They came with wax sealed throw-away lids of pottery or, sometimes, just paper. The jars were wrapped in wicker or paper and shipped over in large barrels. I think this to be a later example. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an earlier hard to find intact example. </p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/7MoAAOSw3CZhdu4F/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 4455234, member: 37"]Generally referred to as a Chinese food jar. Pickled ginger and other import foods came in these well into the 20th century. They came with wax sealed throw-away lids of pottery or, sometimes, just paper. The jars were wrapped in wicker or paper and shipped over in large barrels. I think this to be a later example. Here is an earlier hard to find intact example. [IMG]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/7MoAAOSw3CZhdu4F/s-l1600.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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