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All items172866 of 244565Loetz Salt, Prod Nr. II-1921, "Cobalt Papillon innen Silber", ca. 1905Riders Of The Elements photo.
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    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.

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    1. ambetashley ambetashley, 3 months ago
      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/

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