Posted 11 years ago
psmithbiomax
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1900 Bottle covered with gold piece, nails, screws, buttons and more...Its been in the family for long time without anyone paying attention. We were told by Grandfather it had a valuable coin on it and to take care of it. The bottom has a note someone had written that "Nana made it about 19o6"? It is very heavy but doesn't appear to have contents inside the bottle...it has been corked long ago we believe.
I used Google lens to see what this could be, and it looks like a memory jug. They're basically a memorial for a deceased loved one, and the items on the jug are probably connected to whoever passed away. Here's a couple links to explain it more/better:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_jug
https://decorativeartstrust.org/memory-vessels-post/