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| Embossed top to bottom: LIGHT SKO QUEEN TRADE MARK WIDE MOUTH REGISTERED |
This jar would date in the range of 1907 - 1921.
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| Embossed SMALLEY KIVLAN ONTHANK BOSTON. |
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| Presumably the type of closure that would have been used. |
Smalley, Kivlan & Onthank, Boston, Massachussets (1907-1921) Information about this firm is sparse. After the lawsuit that forced them to discontinue the use of the Smalley Jar Co. name, Edgar Smalley, John L. Kivlan, and Charles F. Onthank reorganized as Smalley, Kivlan & Onthank at 21 Blackstone in 1907. Toulouse (1971:312) set the date when the firm became Kivlan & Onthank at 1919, but Roller (1983:301) noted the reorganization after Edgar Smalley’s death in 1921. Even though John Kivlan and Charles Onthank stopped using Smalley’s name in 1921, they did not officially end the business until the courts forced involuntary bankruptcy on the pair as Smalley, Kivlan & Onthank on September 15, 1925 (Boston Herald 9/16/1925).
Source: SmalleyCompanies.pdf
See also
A. G. Smalley & Company – The Museum of American Glass in West Virginia
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