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This FANCY GLASS JAR was made for
wHAT iS THiS? serving crackers during meals in a 19th century
home. Created by the Mount Washington Glass
Company, it is hand-painted in a Flemish design
with a Rampant Lion. It is 7 3/8 inches wide and
By: Mike McLeod 6 3/4 inches tall, not including the handle.
The Mount Washington Glass Company
was first established in South Boston in 1837
and then moved to Bedford, Mass., in 1870.
TOKENS have been used in place of money from The company produced pressed and
as far back as Roman times. During the Middle engraved glass and lighting and
Ages, they were known as jetons. Tokens later merged with the Pairpoint
are made of less valuable metals than Manufacturing Company. The
coins, and some have even been found Mt. Washington and Pairpoint
that were made of porcelain or leather. Society proclaims on its website
Tokens were created in response (http://www.mwpgs.net/a-
to a shortage of small denomination brief-history.html): Photo courtesy of eBay
currency. “At the 1876 Centennial seller wwolst12
We still use tokens today in arcades, Exhibition in Philadelphia, the
casinos (as chips), and recently, a dollar- company displayed a 17-foot-
changing machine at a car wash dispensed
tokens to me instead of quarters.
This token is rare because of where it
was used—1880s Alaska. An 1880s
The example here was minted Alaskan token.
with, “D. Martin, Good for $1.00 Courtesy of eBay
in Trade, Juneau City, Alaska; seller bartoloelmatador
This Check Redeemable in and tokencollectors.org high crystal fountain illuminated with 120 gas jets
Goods at Retail Prices Only.” that ‘…presented a spectacle of fairy beauty almost
It sold on eBay for $998. beyond imagination,’ to quote a visitor to the fair.”
A good reference website Crackers and cookies, or “biscuits,” were served
where tokens may be seen from in containers like these to make dinners feasts
all 50 states and from around the for the eyes as well as for the palate. This Mount
world is tokencollectors.org. Washington Flemish art glass cracker jar sold for
$760 on eBay.
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