Good Morning
By fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29820)
Momence, Illinois
January 17, 2017 7:11am CST
Good morning all I hope everyone is having a lovely day. Yesterday we had extreme fog and for most of the weekend as well. The temperatures the last few days was fairly warm for this time of the year and so we had fog. I love fog, it's my favorite type of weather. The visibility was about one block or so. Very thick fog.
Yesterday my husband, son, and I were all bored so we decided to go to a few thrift stores in the area. Neither my husband or son bought anything but I bought a few item to sell on ebay. I got a nice Pepsi glass and a set of 4 jars with metal lids. I did a bit of research on them and some call them small spice jars and some call them cold cream jars. I'm not sure what to call them. They are just beautiful and I almost want to keep them, but can't imagine what I would use them for so I will sell them.
What would you guys call them?
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Jan 17
Hi, are you having a good day?
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
17 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 Perhaps. Maybe cotton balls. Lol!
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Jan 17
@DianneN cotton balls would be good, maybe I will list them as multi use jars Have I ever told you my real name is Diane, that must be why we get along so well lol.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Jan 17
Ahhhh tea canisters interesting, they stand 3 inches tall and 2 1/2 inches across the opening of the jar.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Jan 17
Cool thanks, so that's one vote for purty and one for spice jars lol.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Jan 17
I do too, I guess I will call them multi use jars, yea that's it. Thanks
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
17 Jan 17
I think they are too big for spice jars...Just call the antique jars. Good find!
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Jan 17
Yes I got them really cheap too, I have seen them selling for over 20 bucks for 3 of them on ebay. They are made by Williams Sonoma I think they are too big for spice jars too.
@rina110383 (24492)
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17 Jan 17
Those are so beautiful. It has my favorite color - blue!
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Jan 17
They are gorgeous, if I could find a use for them I'd keep them but I don't so I will sell them on ebay. Thanks
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@rebelann (112879)
• El Paso, Texas
18 Jan 17
Oh wow, how odd @fishtiger58 I've never heard of them before. I wonder if they were one of the first inventions they started making to help ease the hectic life of a house wife way back.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Jan 17
@rebelann Apparently they are quite common in the UK
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Jan 17
Anna told me they are egg coddlers. You put a raw egg in there and place the jar with lid in boiling water and your egg cooks. Very cool I tried one yesterday and so cool. I am going to keep one and sell the other 3
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
25 Jan 17
I think they are egg coddlers, I used to be an antique dealer.
Coddled eggs are made by very briefly immersing an egg in the shell in boiling water to slightly cook or coddle them.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Jan 17
You are so right, I found my answer and how cool is that. I have tried one twice and oh yea I'm keeping one and selling the other 3.
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@moffittjc (121590)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Jan 17
I would call them small spice jars, because I don't know that I have ever seen cold cream jars! Haha
It's been warm here in Florida during the day, but cold at night, so we also have been getting a lot of fog.
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@moffittjc (121590)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 Hmmm....very intersting! I would have never suspected that they would be used to cooke eggs! But they would make good multi-use jars though!
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
23 Jan 17
@moffittjc I also had no idea about cooking eggs in them, I have now done it twice and it's so cool to get that soft boiled egg that is always so hard to make. So I'm going to keep one and sell the other 3. But yes a multi use jar would also work, they are so pretty.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Jan 17
I am going to put them up as multi use jars, apparently they are egg coddlers you cook eggs in them they use them quite often in the UK apparently.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
17 Jan 17
They are very pretty, I just took 4 boxes of what-nots that I don't used any more to our Charity shop. It felt good to empty a shelf in my basement. I don't have the patience anymore to sell them. If I know they are antiques I give them to friends who sell antiques.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
18 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 that is cool, I'd keep them too...
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Jan 17
I don't know how old they are, but Anna told me they are egg coddlers, for cooking eggs in boiling water. I did that and so cool. I have decided to keep 1 and sell the other 3
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Jan 17
@PainsOnSlate I am going to make another egg this morning in it lol. My new toy.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Jan 17
Egg coddlers Anna told me, we don't really use them in the US but they are a big hit in the UK. But you could use them anyway you like, they are really beautiful.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Jan 17
Anna said they are egg coddlers something we don't use much in the US. But once I knew what they were I had to give them a try. Very cool. I have decided to keep one and sell the other 3.
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 Isn't it great how there is always someone who knows these things?
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Jan 17
yes it sure it, I had no idea what they were.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
18 Jan 17
They are gorgeous and I would just put jewelry or big spices in them like cloves, bay leaves or cinnamon sticks!
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Jan 17
I think they would look lovely on someones vanity, they are gorgeous.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Jan 17
@MarymargII Yes I think so delft blue. I can't find any information on these which were made by Williams Sonoma as to when they were manufactured, I would love to know how old they are.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
19 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 Yes- are they that old delft blue? They are usually more antique!
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
18 Jan 17
Good morning...have a great day..
Wow those jars are really nice.. Made of porcelain?
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Jan 17
Yes they are made of porcelain, and beautiful.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
19 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 yeas. Even i love porcelain goods
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@Marilynda1225 (82799)
• United States
23 Jan 17
They are pretty and could be used for almost anything even a small trinket box.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Jan 17
Even though in truth I have found out they are called egg coddlers and you cook an egg in them, they can certainly be used for a multitude of uses, and I'm going to list them as both. Couldn't hurt.
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
17 Jan 17
I would say Jardinière - not sure how you spell it. It's been similar here with the fog
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Jan 17
Anna told me they are egg coddlers, in the UK they put an egg inside close the lid and cook the egg in boiling water. I tried it it's so very cool.
