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This is a Cunningham rolled lip jar mde in Pittsburgh. It's not
pontilled, but undoubtedly a very early jar. The embossing on the base
reads "Cunningham & Co/Pittsburgh". This company changed its name
several times over the years and there is a paper about it here:
http://www.blm.gov/historic_bottles/pdffiles/Cunningham_BLockhart.pdf
It's a bit confusing, though. It claims that "Cunningham & Co) was
used 1878-1891 and then in the same section claims that a jar marked
"Cunningham & Co" was before 1857. This jar seems way to early for
1878 so I think it would have to be 1857 or earlier.
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