Dave, sorry hadn't gotten back to you on your question. Been doin some research on this matter. Anyway, here goes the story on what I did over the weekend. I sat at home the other night contemplating if this was indeed Amelia's jar...how long would the material last inside? So I went back to the antique store where I found the jar box and found an old cream jar...similar to the one Pond's used. Now, the cream inside to about a half inch from the top was dried and crusted. However, I sat it in a can and lit the dried cream. Guess what...it took right off. However, just like that of a candle, it eventually melted and turned to oil. Soon, the flame went out and I had white stuff on the bottom of the jar. Anyway, likely scenario at 105 degrees in July, the cream if left in the jar would have turned to oil and ran out...and of course if it got wet it wouldnt be no good anyway...Cause oil and water don't mix.
Anyway, here is what I think happened. Jeff just emailed me and informed me that they found scratches at the bottom of the jar. This jar might have been used to drink from..eventually after major cleaning...per say!!!1 Whoever used it might have also used it to eat out of? So a jar of that size has alot of value to it. To drink out of it...you would first have to boil water and then drink it. It you're boiling the water, and you have coffee then you can drink that or tea whatever is at hand. Anyway, with the scratches indicated someone desperately wanted something out of the that jar. So it would indicate something metallic or sharp to eat with. Possibly a fork or spoon or handmade device. Also, we know the jar was in several pieces. We can all say that whatever the sharp pieces were used for were to cut something with. Anyway, if the jar did have cream in it...it wouldn't last long...but its value was important on that island, despite who it might have belonged too. Still searching...Thanks Dave and Alan for timeline on ad and jar.!!!! Its been alot of help!!!!