Topic: Early Whisky Jar?

[deco.queen]

I suggest emailing a photo to this pharmacy museum or one in Europe, they might know what it was. 
http://www.drugstoremuseum.com/index.php 

[Lustrousstone]

This might be a daft question David, but have you shown your mother the photo; she might have seen something similar

[krsilber]

grandmother's off-licence

Is that what an "outdoor" is?  And what exactly is an off-licence?

The cutting is pretty nondescript.  It seems kind of odd, actually, but maybe I'm not seeing it right.  Palm trees?  Maybe it was for pina coladas!

Aha!  Looks like the liquor dispenser idea was on the right track.  (Whoever thought of a candy holder?!  What a silly notion. )
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/colinstrongantiques/item/8021

[Frank]

Off-license is an English/Welsh license to sell alcoholic drinks that can be consumed outside the premises. So usually a shop but some English pubs, whose licenses only permits consumption on the premises, also have an off-license for take-away sales. It used to be the practise to bring home a jug of beer for Sunday dinner (lunch) for the men of the house to drink with dinner.

[Frank]

Looks like David's first guess was the best after all  :clap: and well done Kristi for getting the proof.

[David E]

Excellent. Given the similarities to the Ruby Lane object, that's almost certainly what it is. Possibly British-made then and apparently without its lid.

Thanks everyone.

[pinkpanther]

  I would just like to thank you all so much for identifying the glass jar, it has been in my cupboard for years and I have kept meaning to try and find out what it was. it has a bit of damage on the bottom so i might see if I can get if fixed and then i might go about trying to sell it. Once again a BIG BIG thank you, and to you David who put me in touch with these wonderful people

[Lustrousstone]

Except it's perhaps not for whisky per se. Those ones have no graduations on them and look more like they were for dispensing shots in a pub rather than half pints of something or other

[krsilber]

I agree.  I personally still think the size, graduations, and the ornamentation suggest it was designed for mixed drinks of some sort, dispensed in individual servings.  Tough to verify though!