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First dug ground lip jar - 8/28/2007 9:27:31 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline Hey everyone got out digging today only came back with one good keeper. My first ground lip jar!! I dont know a thing about them so can you guys let me know? I need to get a redbook lol. MASON'S / E / PATENT / NOV. 30th / 1858 Thanks for any info Attachment (1) _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks Post #: 1

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/28/2007 9:28:11 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline L&W on base. Its a quart jar Attachment (1) _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 2

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 1:06:16 AM    Insulators Rule!   Posts: 280 Joined: 8/30/2004 From: Strathroy, Ontario, Canada Status: offline I dont think those jars are insanely valuable, but damn they are nice! I just love the look of them, and how most are so crude. They are just awesome old jars, good score man! _____________________________ Kyle Collector of Insulators, Ontario marked bottles, railway memorabilia and signs of all sorts (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 3

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 1:11:21 AM    Baydog51   Posts: 13 Joined: 6/27/2006 Status: offline Tony- I love those old fruit jars. My RB9 shows your jar to be #1994-1 valued at $35-50.  Gary (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 4

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 2:05:53 AM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline wow its really worth that much! lol I think that this might be the best bottle i dug so far this year sad enough as that is!  I was really glad to pull this out. Ive never dug a fruit jar with a ground top before and was hoping my first one would be a quart one because i love the way they look.And i really like the shape of the s's in mason's. Thanks for the info! P.S. where can i get a copy of the red book? < Message edited by Tony14 -- 8/29/2007 2:11:04 AM > _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to Baydog51) Post #: 5

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 9:37:46 AM    Jules   Posts: 191 Joined: 9/16/2003 From: NE Pennsylvania Status: offline Hey Tony, really nice Mason! And bonus, it's not clear. I love the crude ground lip Masons regardless of what they're worth and have several up on the chair rail in my kitchen cabinets. Great catch. Anyhow...in answer to your question, you can get that book a number of places. Just pop a search in your web browser for "Red Book #9 by Douglas M Leybourne".  Amazon carries it, plus I think you can buy directly from him, which is what I did. It's a little bit pricey, but -full- of illustrations and just a really complete book well worth the money. I enjoyed paging through it a great deal and use it regularly. Best, ~Julie (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 6

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 11:35:25 AM    georgeoj   Posts: 96 Joined: 6/30/2007 Status: offline Hi Tony--I am a jar collector.  How close to accurate is the color of the posted picture?  In jar collecting, color is not everything but it is pretty darn close. If it cleans up well, there is no damage and the color is as deep as it looks in the photo,  you have a very valuable jar. (in reply to Jules) Post #: 7

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 4:10:33 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline wow thanks you guys! I took some more pics outside... to try and get the color better. The glass is in great shape with just a couple of chips around the lip (i think there from being ground down?) And it is kind of stained. This first pic its between an aqua lightning and a clear ball Attachment (1) _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to georgeoj) Post #: 8

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 4:11:05 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline next to the lightning Attachment (1) _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 9

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 4:11:52 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline alone...can anyone give me any more info on this one? Attachment (1) _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 10

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 4:32:08 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 4913 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline That's not a super rare jar but its a very nice one. For every 100 I see I may see one that nice. It is an 'E' which is uncommon, it has crude embossing, and its from a known glass house Lorenz & Wightman in Pittsburg. Great find. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 11

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 4:36:41 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline Hey thatnks gunther! Whats the age of this one you think? _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 12

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 4:48:33 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 4913 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline L&W glass is pretty early. Probably late 1860s to about 1874. Jar collectors may be able to narrow it down more. I love early Pittsburg glass. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 13

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/29/2007 4:54:40 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 1602 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline The color is tough to see.  Maybe a picture thru the heel looking up at the sky would help.  Like you said the S's are great.  Nice jar. _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 14

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/30/2007 1:05:43 AM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline wow that early! I would have guessed 1880's as the earliest! Thanks gunther! Heres some more pics of it... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 15

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/30/2007 1:06:48 AM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline Heres another... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 16

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/30/2007 1:08:10 AM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline last one...lol i love this hobby!! I just figured this was a 5 dollar common one. I love it when im wrong Thanks for any more info! Attachment (1) _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 17

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/31/2007 2:50:19 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline hey cobaltbot do ya need any more pics? _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 18

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/31/2007 6:38:00 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 1602 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Tony, I was trying to see if it was a color other than aqua.  Studying the redbook 90% of theses letter jars A - Z were quarts and only came in aqua.  Your's is listed in Qt aqua only.  There were a couple letters that also came in apple green.  I'm quessing your's is aqua but still a sweet find. _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 19

RE: First dug ground lip jar - 8/31/2007 8:39:25 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline yea its like a darker aqua... a little lighter than a ball blue and a little darker than my lightning. So 35-50 is the book value then? Thanks everyone for the help!! _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 20

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