Topic: Sugar bowl ?

[bat20]

Hi,I picked this piece up from a charity shop yesterday and I can only think it's a sugar bowl?,broken pontils to lid and foot and I think it probably used to have a knob?or there is a broken Pontil on top of the lid.It's leaded with a few white stones and seeds in the glass,it has lots of wear to the thick foot.The band of glass above the gadrooning is applied,my thoughts on date are around the 1830ish area but I could be wrong,any thoughts most welcome.

[bat20]

Couple of more

[Paul S.]

interesting piece  -  dimensions might help to indicate intended use.       If the lid sits within that lipped rim shape then possibly not a sugar, and my best punt would be a honey jar  -  such pieces common, apparently, between c. 1840s and 1860  -  but let's see what others think.

[bat20]

It's about 7.5" to the top of the lid Paul

[bat20]

Slightly bigger photo.

[Paul S.]

that is big, but from the body shape and how the lid sits it does match the profile of a honey jar.      Maybe they were big on honey.     It's way too large/tall for a butter.
How about a preserve jar or biscuit box?

[catshome]

I think this might be a lidded sweetmeat......just throwing it out there!

[bat20]

Yup,lidded sweetmeat could be right

[LEGSY]

Lovely piece and unusual look's early i would agree with
sweet meat also love seeing these early pieces really
like time capsules of social history i have a large pair
of Irish sweet meats about ten inches tall i am not too
sure why they needed to be so large as i understood it
sweet meats were things like chicken hearts and livers!

[bat20]

Fruit and nuts I think?