Item 10401
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Rare 1 Gallon Jar made for the merchant, "C. E. Ellis & Son, Big Bargain Cash Store, Newburg, W. Va." 
 
Newburg is a small town of 275 located south of Morgantown.  It was named Newburg because it was a new settlement on the railroad.  Apparently, it once boasted this ambitious merchant.
 
Circa 1900 to 1920, this jar features a Tooled and Lid, Brown Top, Cream Bottom, and the Company Advertising Stenciled on the Side.  Once had a bail handle.  
 
Excellent Condition.  A minor nibble on the inner lid seating ring, a 1/4" chip on the rim in the back, and two adjacent 3/8" chips on the bottom edge.  No inner rim chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  The lid has a 3/8" chip on the underside at the edge.  
 
A rare merchant jar from the small town of Newburg, West Virginia in excellent condition. 
 
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