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  1. J

    More jars

    All these jars are pretty common. The Ball logo on the Ball Perfect Mason tells me its from 1923-1933. The Ball zinc lid is appropriate. the rest of the jars are likely from the same era. The Crown jars are Canadian. Sometimes Kerr jars have a year of manufacture embossed in tiny numbers in...
  2. J

    Ball Jar with Misprint question

    Just one little correction from me, your jar is a RB 284-2 but it dates to 1923-1933. No dropped a, no underscore.
  3. J

    I have some questions about Ball jars that need answering.

    Your glass insert is for a Canadian Crown jar, so is not correct for a Ball Improved. That would take an unmarked insert with concentric circles. The logo style tells me your Ball Improved jar was made 1923-1933 The Ball Perfect Mason with gripper ribs was 1933 to 1939. In 1939, Ball...
  4. J

    Knox K Mason Jar

    Numbers on the base are generally just mold numbers. I feel like the small embossed jars were made in PA and were probably the earlier ones. I never found any small embossed jars in the south.
  5. J

    Knox K Mason Jar

    When we lived in Louisiana, Knox quarts and pints were everywhere. Knox had glass plants in Palestine TX and Jackson MS as well as in PA. We were located about halfway between the two and were able to search out some of the harder to find Knox jars. The Jackson plant was the only one to make...
  6. J

    Horshoe Forestry Company

    Interesting read, thank you!
  7. J

    Identify date for Kearns Mason Jar

    Let's clarify a few things. Jars were made with the "Nov. 30th 1858" embossing well into the 1900s - around the WWI era. For the most part, ground lip jars were made before 1900 and smooth lip after. We use that as a rule of thumb simply because of the many glass makers and they didn't all...
  8. J

    Jar ID

    Product jar from the first half of the 20th century. We really can't get any more specific than that when all we have to work with is a smooth lip aqua jar with no maker's mark on the base, only a mold number.
  9. J

    Has anyone ever saw any of these?

    Northwest did make mason jars, both in regular mouth and wide mouth, but they are marked "NW Electroglas". I believe these are product jars; some appear to take snap-on lids commonly used for pickles & olives & other condiments. The ones that take screw on lids are still likely product jars...
  10. J

    Help identifying Cown jar

    It's Canadian. I'm no expert on Canadian jars, but ground lip jars were generally made up to about 1900, transitioning to smooth lip machine made jars after that.
  11. J

    Sandsprings OK Kerr

    With all that super-heavy embossing, it's got to be an old one too. Home it cleans up well for you. These are sometimes found in light blue or green, or if clear should turn purple pretty easily
  12. J

    MP pt. with Hemingray base mold # ?

    Nice one! And welcome back. Tonopah would have been a pretty good hike for me, but I was curious about it. Glad to see you got a find to make it worth the trip. How was the show?
  13. J

    Ball jar help please.

    I don't see where there's an "O" stamped in on either of the jars you pictured. What you show in the last photo appears to be a piece of junk in the glass, fairly common in older jars.
  14. J

    Help identify this ball jar, please

    Just a guess, but looks like it would be mustard or relish - or some other condiment.
  15. J

    Mason Jar Info and what's a fair asking price??

    Mason's Patent Nov. 30th 1858 jars were made from some time after that date until the mid 1910's. Obviously, there's a lot of them out there. Generally, ground lip jars were made prior to 1900 and smooth lip (machine made) after. I think yours is a ground lip, but I can't tell for sure since...
  16. J

    Ball wire close jar error identification

    Jar is from the 1933-1941 era. There are a lot of variations of "wire side" and "bail (bale) here" as well. While it would be considered an error jar, I don't think the valuation would be significantly higher because of the many variations and Ball didn't seem to be concerned enough to go out...
  17. J

    Drey pat'd 1920 Improved Ever Seal pint

    Glass bosses are knobs of glass that stick out on the sides of the jar and the wire wraps around them. See attached photo I've got to say, seeing this old post with Bob Clay responding ... sure brings back a lot of fond memories. Bob worked at Ball for a long time and was the primary expert...
  18. J

    Reid Murdoch?

    Jars may have contained any kinds of condiments, including peanut butter, olives, pickles, mustard, jellies etc. I'm attaching a photo of a store brand jar rings box as well as a Monarch Coffee jar & a Monarch honey jar.
  19. J

    Rare Ball Jar

    Is this the same jar that just sold on NAG for $7200? https://auction.gregspurgeon.com/Event/LotDetails/2696206/Extremely-Rare-BALL-IMPROVED-Fancy-Logo-QUART
  20. J

    is it real

    Real amber jars don't resemble the irradiated brown color in any way. When manganese was used as the clarifier, jars would eventually turn amethyst in the sun. Those same jars when irradiated will turn a deep purple. in the early 1900s they started using selenium as the clarifier. Jars...

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