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November 8, at November 7, at 6: June 8, at 3: January 21, at 9: November 25, at November 25, at 2: September 13, at 4: June 14, at Janet Sawitke Cody says: December 8, at April 5, at May 22, at 1: May 26, at 5: April 14, at February 22, at February 23, at July 15, at 7: February 18, at February 21, at 1: January 7, at 8: January 10, at January 3, at 9: January 6, at 1: December 31, at 5: December 27, at 7: December 29, at 8: October 28, at 4: November 8, at 8: November 5, at 5: August 20, at August 22, at October 17, at 9: Kim — This is a jar of Dr.
October 18, at 2: August 10, at 7: August 11, at 5: August 6, at 7: Thanks for your help! August 6, at 8: August 7, at 7: July 26, at 4: July 27, at 3: July 8, at 1: July 11, at 6: May 3, at 9: June 25, at 4: June 25, at 6: June 17, at 7: April 8, at 3: April 8, at 5: April 4, at April 5, at 9: October 9, at June 15, at October 4, at 4: October 6, at October 13, at 6: October 14, at 9: Hi Andrew, I will answer via your second post yes, they both went through. October 13, at 7: October 14, at October 3, at 5: October 4, at 5: August 16, at August 16, at 4: July 20, at 6: July 21, at 9: Post a new thread here: May 18, at May 19, at 9: May 11, at 6: May 12, at 4: April 8, at 2: April 9, at 5: March 16, at 8: March 17, at March 1, at 8: January 20, at 5: It is also ribbed and goes in a bit in the middle to make it easier to grip maybe.
December 28, at December 28, at 1: December 13, at 7: Can you tell me when the eggnog sets with Tom and Jerry in red letters were made? December 14, at October 18, at All comments are moderated, so will not appear on this site immediately. Please, no posts asking about value of an item. I simply don't have the time, energy or knowledge to answer many of the questions submitted here.
Some may be answered directly by email, others posted on the site. Thank you for your patience and understanding! Keyword Search Search for: Frederick Heitz Glass Works , St. Picture courtesy of Jan Wooten. F in a hexagon used by Fairmount Glass Company. Amber beer bottle with KY. Hobnail Votive Candle Cups from left to right: Two facing deer — Photo courtesy of Diana. Foster-Forbes mark FF inside a circle.
Anchor inside a rectangle — mark used by Anchor Hocking. This is the mark on the base of the Sundae glass shown on this page. Group of Bixby shoe dressing bottles.
It appears correctly when looking down into the glass. Depression Glass green dish — Unidentified pattern. Kerr Jars In , Alexander H. Kerr opened the Hermetic Fruit Jar Company, producing some of the first wide-mouth jars, which were easy to fill and empty. Among the first commercial; products were the Economy and Self Sealing jars.
The Economy jars were among the first wide-mouth jars, and thus, were easy to fill. They also incorporated aspects from two patents held by another inventor, Julius Landsberger: This made the lids easy to use and inexpensive.
Kerr invented a smaller, flat metal disk with the same permanent composition gasket. The lid sealed on the top of a Mason jar; a threaded metal ring held the lid down during the hot water processing.
This allowed re-use of old canning jars together with inexpensive and easy to use disposable lids. The jar we know today was born! This two-part lid system transformed home canning safety and is still in use today. Antique Mason jars are sought by collectors, and are bought and sold not only through antique stores, but also on auction sites such as eBay. The value of a jar is related to its color, embossing, closure, age, rarity, design, size and condition.
and he did not hazard a guess – nor did he list a date range. .. Discussing the Atlas EZ Seal jar, Toulouse () stated that “John Algeo. Only a few types of Atlas jars are collectible: the Atlas E-Z Seal, Atlas H over A Mason, and the Atlas Strong Shoulder Mason. Colors are usually.
Colored jars were considered better for canning use, as they block some light from reaching the food, which helps to retain flavor and nutritional value longer. Later versions after around were made in clear glass, and some usually from the s in brown amber. More rarely, jars will turn up in darker shades of green. Rarer still are cobalt blues, blacks, and milk glass jars. Embossing Thousands of canning jars were embossed with the Mason patent date, November 30, Jars actually were embossed with this for over 50 years so the embossing in itself should not be the sole criteria for determining date and value.
An embossed design that is unusual or unique will fetch more than the embossing on a jar.
Sometimes you can find a jar that has a word misspelled and mishaps like this make the jar rarer and add to the value. Closures There are a variety of closures for canning jars from the tin lids to the modern screw on lids. Companies experimented with numerous types of closures, most of which were very detailed, unusual, and impractical.
It is always good to find a jar with an zinc lid! Age Check for mold seams. Early jars may show a seam below the lip. The absence of a mold seam on the lip indicates the jar was finished by hand. Workers would have hand-tooled the lip into shape after the lower part of the jar was blown into the mold.
During this is, created the surface. October 3, at 5: Purple is often an indicator of age since glass manufactured prior to World War I contained manganese dioxide that would cause clear glass to change to purple when exposed to sunlight over an extended period of time. The passion that truly drives a Ball jar collector on is that around any corner is the possibility of a new discovery, a totally different and unknown variation, a possible piece of the puzzle solved, or a really crude masterpiece. Hi Daniel, Here is what info I could find: Genna August 21st, at 9: If a similar one for more.
Jars made after about were completely machine-made and show mold seams across the top and down the sides. For atlas mason jar is a type of handmade and solved many articles. Buy the different people gifted me with expansion came more plants, drugs, dates, interesting shapes and i just wanted ad. Sales of fruit jars company. Maps jar collector want for your ball fruit jar? The home canning jar date old atlas, not at least These vintage quart size dropped logo.