ITEM 5403. UTILITY JAR, olive amber, three-piece mold cylinder with expanded mouth, early smooth base, 8 3/8"H x 3 9/16"D, crudely applied mouth, an attic quality jar with a skin deep 1/16" body flake that probably occurred when the jar was removed from the mold. Blown at a Stoddard Glass Works, Stoddard, NH, C. 1860, scarce.

Although it is not pontiled, this early jar quite likely dates to the 1850s and as documented by Lane and Pappas, it is the product of a Stoddard Glass Works. As shown, this fine example is topped by a pleasingly crude applied collar that complements the bottle's seedy glass and highly whittled glass to perfection.