Don't know if this helps, but a Google search for "Lian City" turned up
several (dead) links to a company in Malaysia and a city in China, Da Lian
City. One of the descriptions for a dead link for Da Lian City mentioned a
glass works.


> So far I have been stumped in efforts to identify  the brand,
> manufacturer, and/or date an embossed milk glass canning jar
> lid liner.  > Eight letters are embossed around the edges of the lid
liner,
>  with  elongated ovals or petal-shapes separating each
> letter.  There was no indication of which letter was first,
> leaving the order unclear.  The possible letter combinations are:
> CITYLIAN,
> ITYLIANC,
> TYLIANCI,
> YLIANCIT,
> LIANCITY,
> IANCITYL,
> ANCITYLI, or
> NCITYLIA].
>


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