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Giant 20" Mason jar Fake? - 6/16/2004 6:49:15 PM    Hieroglyphica   Posts: 2 Joined: 6/16/2004 Status: offline Hi everyone, This is my first post to this site although I've been a cheerful lurker for some time! I recently went to a garage sale and bought a neat old jar I intended to use for a terrarium. Since them, I've been told it's a rare Mason jar and was hoping someone could tell me if these types of jars were ever really made early this century. I can't figure out how to upload the picture I took so I'll give a description: 20" tall, clear jar with metal lid On the front it says: Mason's Patent Nov 30th 1958 with a big star On the back it has an eagle witch a shield holding arrows and olive branch, with 3 stars on top of it and 4 starts below it. The top is threaded for a lid but I have no idea if the metal one is original, it just looks old and rusted. Really I'm happy making it a terrarium but I'm curious to know if jars this size really were made early on. Thanks in advance!! Post #: 1

RE: Giant 20" Mason jar Fake? - 6/16/2004 7:48:27 PM    woody   Posts: 1611 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline If it says 1958 it is probably a reproduction bottle. All the real mason patent jars are embossed Nov. 30th 1858. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Hieroglyphica) Post #: 2

RE: Giant 20" Mason jar Fake? - 6/16/2004 7:55:26 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Additionally, the metal lids on the old masons were zinc not tin, you'd have corrosion, not rust _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to Hieroglyphica) Post #: 3

RE: Giant 20" Mason jar Fake? - 6/16/2004 8:11:31 PM    woody   Posts: 1611 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Does the top of the jar have a ground lip? _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Hieroglyphica) Post #: 4

RE: Giant 20" Mason jar Fake? - 6/16/2004 8:22:14 PM    woody   Posts: 1611 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Here we go: Red Book #1982 Mason's (star) Patent Nov. 30th 1858 reverse: Embossed eagle Smooth lip Mason beaded neck seal Metal screw cover, unmarked, painted white or gold lacquer. Some have wire carrying bail, with wooden grip. 4 gallon size; circa 1975; Libbey Glass company. For 1976 Bicentennial. Value: Clear $35-50 The mystery is solved. < Message edited by woody -- 6/16/2004 8:35:50 PM > _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Hieroglyphica) Post #: 5

RE: Giant 20" Mason jar Fake? - 6/16/2004 11:21:59 PM    Hieroglyphica   Posts: 2 Joined: 6/16/2004 Status: offline Thanks for all the help Woody and everyone else! It does have 1858 and not 1958 as I posted, that was a typo. It's going to make a great terrarium too! Hiero (in reply to Hieroglyphica) Post #: 6

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