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What is this used for? It's been sitting in our house for years and I have always wondered about it. Are they very common?
Thanks for any input. I hope every one has a great new year.
Also has interest in oil cans picked up over the last 20 years or has it been steady?
Last edited by Oldgas; Fri Jan 01 2010 08:07 AM. Reason: Edit to reduce image size from 3200 to 640 pixels
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CANADIAN? FRENCH? EUROPEAN? LOOKS LIKE ENAMELWARE. ESSO IS STILL ESSO IN CANADA (NOT EXXON) AS FAR AS I KNOW.
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If you need help re-sizing pictures, there are instructions in the help section. That would make it much easier to see the pictures, instead of having to scroll around. 
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Image has been scaled to 640px × 428px, but is a large file & down loading is slow.
Item looks to have been used for Coal Oil/Kerosene. For refilling stoves, heaters & lamps.
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Defiantly foreign & enamel. But from where? I have never seen one till now 
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Any country that uses the Metric system & English.
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I watched a show on the first car that Benz built.
He drove to the drug store and bought a gallon of BENZENE in a container to use as a fuel.
It is possible that is how that was sold, if so I would think it to be very old.
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Thanks for the info. What about oil cans? Has the popularity of collecting cans picked up over 20 years, more than the popularity of collecting pumps and signs? Or should I say has the value of cans gone up perspectivly more than pumps or signs?
Thanks
Rick
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Here is another one I am curious about. Is the image size better this time?  
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Looking for Tide Water/ Tide Water-Associated/ Tidewater items
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Image size is good. Thanks!
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Moonshine 
Wanted Owens Motor Oil & Mobiloil Gargoyle. Brad Ralston & my website is www.petrobarn.com
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It is glass with the wire around it.
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"has the value of cans gone up"
Great cans have always done good;
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