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Title: enameled cold cream? jar
Post by: sugarcube5419 on December 12, 2014, 02:14:32 PM: give me your thoughts on this I was thinking its a vintage cold cream jar? It has a diamond mark with the number 2 on the bottom
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Post by: sugarcube5419 on December 12, 2014, 03:03:46 PM: Bottom of Jar
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Post by: mart on December 12, 2014, 03:34:36 PM: How big is it ??
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Post by: sugarcube5419 on December 12, 2014, 03:41:41 PM: 2 1/2 inches round
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Post by: mart on December 12, 2014, 04:31:21 PM: The 2 means a 2oz jar !! How tall ??
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Post by: sugarcube5419 on December 12, 2014, 05:02:45 PM: 2" tall w/top

thanks mart
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Post by: mart on December 12, 2014, 05:35:53 PM: Well, It isn`t cold cream !! Cold cream was rather lavishly used to remove make up !! That jar would not have lasted very long !! I would bet its a cream sachet` jar !! Like a perfume in cream form !! Just a dab would do ya !! Even had that in the 50`s !! Rose and florals were the most used !!
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Post by: sugarcube5419 on December 12, 2014, 08:20:13 PM: makes total sense--appreciated mart
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Post by: mart on December 12, 2014, 08:52:34 PM: Does the diamond have anything in it !! May be a light impression !! Illinois glass used a diamond with an I in it !! I think it later became Owens Illinois so maybe those initials, O or I !! They made a lot of commercial glassware like your jar !!
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Post by: sugarcube5419 on December 12, 2014, 09:22:27 PM: nothing inside the diamond...
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Post by: KC on December 14, 2014, 01:57:25 PM: I was thinking perfume. If you remember "solid" perfumes were very popular. They were scented, almost wax-like. You would swipe across them then put it at your temple, neck and wrist. As time went along your body warmth would release the oils. I even remember mom having one from Estee Lauder that made her feel like a queen when she put it on!
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Post by: mart on December 14, 2014, 02:32:43 PM: Yes, I remember those too !! Could be that as well !! The flowers on the top just made me think of the sachet` creams !!
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Post by: sugarcube5419 on December 14, 2014, 06:28:03 PM: thank you kc= It looked oddly familiar and now I know why.

Is it avon I wonder? evening mart
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Post by: mart on December 14, 2014, 06:55:53 PM: Good evening Sugarcube !! I don`t remember Avon having one like that but,, its something to check !! Most Avon is marked on the jar bottom !! Could be an early one though !!
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Post by: mart on December 14, 2014, 07:00:25 PM: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=avon+cream+sachet+jars

Here is a few of Avon`s cream sachet` jars !! They are about the same size as yours !!
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Post by: sugarcube5419 on December 14, 2014, 08:10:46 PM: went thru the pages and found nothing exactly the same, I don't remember avon having a diamond marking but they sure could have.
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Post by: Rauville on December 15, 2014, 01:23:58 PM: Looks like a jar belonging to those "Brush/Mirror/Comb/Jar(s)" vanity sets from the 1940's-50's. I believe they were intended for anything that you wanted to put in them, from bobby pins to creams.

I can remember the drug store in our little town about this time of the year. They would have a table display of vanity sets and other gifts, just waiting for us kids who were desperate to find a Christmas present for Mom. :)
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Post by: mart on December 15, 2014, 01:50:30 PM: Ihis jar is only 2 in. tall,, bobby pins would be too big !!