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Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 9:08:05 PM    mrbottles   Posts: 417 Joined: 12/16/2005 From: Shores of the Mighty Bark Status: offline I need some help... I found a fruit jar out diving this week. It was in a place where I have found pontils in the past but nothing this cool. It is embossed on one side Air-Tight Fruit Jar and on the other Ravinna Glass Works. The only thing I can find googling it is a Kovels with no info. Anything you know I would love to know. How old how good... It is so crude and very near mint. It was deep in mud and still had the wax inside the rim. If you need better pictures I will try in the sunlight tomorrow. Thanks, Steven Attachment (1) _____________________________ What you braggen about? Visit www.mrbottles.com for tons of cool bottle collecting info and entertainment! Post #: 1

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 9:08:42 PM    mrbottles   Posts: 417 Joined: 12/16/2005 From: Shores of the Mighty Bark Status: offline Otyher side Attachment (1) _____________________________ What you braggen about? Visit www.mrbottles.com for tons of cool bottle collecting info and entertainment! (in reply to mrbottles) Post #: 2

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 9:09:24 PM    mrbottles   Posts: 417 Joined: 12/16/2005 From: Shores of the Mighty Bark Status: offline Pontil Attachment (1) _____________________________ What you braggen about? Visit www.mrbottles.com for tons of cool bottle collecting info and entertainment! (in reply to mrbottles) Post #: 3

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 9:09:57 PM    mrbottles   Posts: 417 Joined: 12/16/2005 From: Shores of the Mighty Bark Status: offline top Attachment (1) _____________________________ What you braggen about? Visit www.mrbottles.com for tons of cool bottle collecting info and entertainment! (in reply to mrbottles) Post #: 4

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 9:15:56 PM    dewdog   Posts: 242 Joined: 9/29/2006 From: Kingston, Tenn Status: offline Wow!! Nice jar--Red Book ( If I am looking right) lists it for about $2500 and up.........lol (in reply to mrbottles) Post #: 5

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 9:21:30 PM    tfredrich   Posts: 191 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline Steve, I told you this thing was sugar! (in reply to dewdog) Post #: 6

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 9:32:02 PM    junkyard jack   Posts: 318 Joined: 3/23/2009 Status: offline Very nice jar & very scarce also. It was produced by the Ravenna Glass Works in Ravenna, Ohio circa 1857-1867. Red Book 10 currently lists this jar as follows: Quart (Deep Aqua) $3,000 & up. Pint (Deep Aqua) $4,000 & up. Very nice find. (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 7

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 9:38:45 PM    mrbottles   Posts: 417 Joined: 12/16/2005 From: Shores of the Mighty Bark Status: offline No freaking way!!! This is the best bottloe/jar i have ever found! Yes Tom you were right... I am glad you were there! Weekday diving. WOW! It is pint sized! Steven < Message edited by mrbottles -- 5/20/2010 9:39:19 PM > _____________________________ What you braggen about? Visit www.mrbottles.com for tons of cool bottle collecting info and entertainment! (in reply to junkyard jack) Post #: 8

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 9:51:31 PM    dewdog   Posts: 242 Joined: 9/29/2006 From: Kingston, Tenn Status: offline Most collectors only dream of getting one of those---you are very fortunate--congrats!!!! (in reply to mrbottles) Post #: 9

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 9:59:52 PM    junkyard jack   Posts: 318 Joined: 3/23/2009 Status: offline Congrats on a great jar find. You have every reason to be excited about finding this jar. This is a superb jar & it has so many attributes that jar collectors love. It's got age (very early jar), good deep color, it is a figural jar (barrel shaped) & it is pontiled. What more could you want in a jar! As far as condition goes, the outer lip of the wax channel is smooth and the inner lip of the wax channel of these particular jars is usually quite rough (sheared) & for the most part should not be considered as damaged as this is the way these jars were produced. Jars of this caliber just aren't found nowadays. You should be quite proud of finding this jar as it is a very early & important piece in the history of fruit jar production. (in reply to mrbottles) Post #: 10

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 10:18:02 PM    mrbottles   Posts: 417 Joined: 12/16/2005 From: Shores of the Mighty Bark Status: offline Hey Dewdog and Jack, Thanks for the info. I went out for two and had great luck finding a couple of local meds and a few other interesting things. Picked my buddy up at the launch and we got skunked for two tanks. Last tank i found a piece of an antique stove that I recognized as a piece to one I found the base of earlier and I was just happy to have found that and not be skunked on the last tank. I was working hard in deep mud but content to have at least done found something on my last tank and then BOOM! Scary thing is I didn’t know and just tucked it into my waistband on my BCD. Safe but NOT safe enough knowing what I know now. It still had wax in the rim when I found it. I peeled it out because we have had bottles break in the sun from stuff in them in this place. I knew it was good enough to swim over to Tom and show him but we had no clue. It is a day and a find I will not ever forget. I may not sleep tonight! AND I left the memory card from finding in my work computer or I could post pictures from the boat that Tom took. Hey wait… I can log into my computer at work from home! Be back in a sec! _____________________________ What you braggen about? Visit www.mrbottles.com for tons of cool bottle collecting info and entertainment! (in reply to junkyard jack) Post #: 11

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 10:22:19 PM    madman Posts: 10084 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline THAT IS A KILLER FIND! WOW! VERY NICE! _____________________________ always looking for, Toledo Ohio, Knoxville Tn. milks pharms and sodas, (in reply to mrbottles) Post #: 12

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/20/2010 10:29:57 PM    mrbottles   Posts: 417 Joined: 12/16/2005 From: Shores of the Mighty Bark Status: offline this is just as i found it. Like ten minutes after. Tom who posted here took the picture. Man Tom i am so glad you made it. This picture is now one of my favorite all time bottle hunt images. Thanks Madman. In ten years this is the once. I have fond a lot of good bottles but this is far and away the best jar and the best piece of glass. Steven Attachment (1) _____________________________ What you braggen about? Visit www.mrbottles.com for tons of cool bottle collecting info and entertainment! (in reply to madman) Post #: 13

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/21/2010 3:57:56 AM    dygger60 Posts: 403 Joined: 2/2/2010 From: Hill town area, New York Status: offline WOW.....the "powers that be" have smiled on you....what a find!!!! And PINT to boot....those early jars like that are almost unheard of in pint size.....wow......again congrats. David _____________________________ Collector of BALL IMPROVED series / BALL MASON IMPROVED series / BALL MASONS PATENT series. (in reply to mrbottles) Post #: 14

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/21/2010 6:41:06 AM    cookie Posts: 1378 Joined: 2/19/2006 Status: online Congrats--that is one of the top jars...3000+ John (in reply to dygger60) Post #: 15

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/21/2010 6:43:21 AM    idigjars Posts: 1767 Joined: 12/24/2004 From: Michigan Status: offline Congratulations! Awesome jar. If the book states $4000 & up for a pint I bet you will get at least double that. Pints are tough anyway and to be pontiled. Now you bring bottle collectors into the mix as well as fruitjar collectors drooling over it. Good for you. Good luck finding more good items. Best regards. Paul _____________________________ I collect and buy Antique Canning Jars I collect & buy Piso Cure bottles in odd colors + advertising items (in reply to dygger60) Post #: 16

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/21/2010 1:50:50 PM    junkyard jack   Posts: 318 Joined: 3/23/2009 Status: offline I tend to agree with idigjars. This jar is hard enough to find let alone to find it in the pint size. I think this one would fetch quite a bit higher than current Red Book value. Quite a few of these very early wax seal jars have had some degree of lip/wax channel resin repairs over the years. Finding this little gem virtually damage-free makes this a very desirable jar. Well done, indeed!! (in reply to idigjars) Post #: 17

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/21/2010 10:07:52 PM    crozet86 Posts: 684 Joined: 2/17/2004 From: Charlottesville va. / Buena Vista Va. Status: offline Steven, that has to be the most beautiful fruit jar i have ever seen.Congrats on the find and it is one im sure you will never forget. _____________________________ CENTRAL VIRGINIA DIGGER EDDIE ROCKBRIDGE - ALLEGHENY ANTIQUE BOTTLE CLUB (in reply to junkyard jack) Post #: 18

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/21/2010 10:26:00 PM    mrbottles   Posts: 417 Joined: 12/16/2005 From: Shores of the Mighty Bark Status: offline Thanks for all the incredible feedback. I can’t believe it. I am going to dig with my bare hands to China in the morning. It is likely one of but you never know. It comes in green and amber too. Maybe they had an outbreak of botulism and had to throw ten different varieties of similar pontiled fruit jars out. How’s that for delusional? I just spent tem minutes looking at every aspect of it with a dive LED light. Like ten million candle power. It is awesome! Steven _____________________________ What you braggen about? Visit www.mrbottles.com for tons of cool bottle collecting info and entertainment! (in reply to crozet86) Post #: 19

RE: Ravinna Air-Tight fruit jar - 5/21/2010 10:47:54 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9281 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Great find with that jar Steven...I remember seeing those jars pictured in early bottle books. WTG  Joe _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to mrbottles) Post #: 20

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