DescriptionGlass jar with metal cap: Lipton's Coffee. Vacuum Packed. One Pound Net. No place, no date, circa 1933-1940. Clear embossed glass, 4-1/4" square x 6-3/4" high (with cap); lithographed metal (yellow and red) screw cap - knife opening/closing feature. Original contents not present; printed label known to have been used on these jars is not present. One face states: Drink Lipton's Coffee; opposite face states: Drink Lipton's Tea. Screw lid imprinted: Lipton's Coffee. Vacuum Packed. Slide Knife Blade [depiction of knife in slot] and Turn. Base has the Owens-Illinois marker's mark of the diamond and oval but no distinct plant or date code. Owens-Illinois developed a high speed vacuum packing line in 1932 and it was featured in their display at the Century of Progress in Chicago, 1933. The company promoted it in a 1936 Good Housekeeping magazine ad "Coffee. Vacuum Packed in Glass with Knife-opening-and-closing Cap" that shows this type of jar and cap produced by them (see reference image) and states "Already over 300 leading brands are available in this revolutionary new container." Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. had its American headquarters and main facility in Hoboken at this time. Without a printed label it cannot be said that this jar was packed here, but it can be considered as typical of ones used by Lipton under Hoboken management. An example of this jar has been seen with a printed label from the San Francisco plant. ---- lid / bottle / retail