Set of 2 Blue Hazel Atlas E-Z Seal Jars, 1920s or 1930s?

[peach_plum_pear]

Hi! I have a set of two aqua blue Hazel Atlas E-Z Seal glass mason jars. I've been doing some research online, trying to figure out the date range(s). Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,Christina

 

[Andrewt]

I sold my Redbook because I have not ran into any stuff that is not common in years. I would say your about right maybe early forties.

 

[coreya]

I would say 20's - 30's or so as in 1924 atlas trademarked and begun using the HA mark (since 1923), also the type of closure is of an early design. Hazel-Atlas was formed in 1902 with a merger and continued thru to 1957. These are tough to nail down as to time frame since they were one of the largest jar manufactures of the time with multiple plants producing multiple lines of jars.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Forgive me if I change the flow of convo, but the lid-type in the photos... how long was that used? I have the lid to one in clear. Never found the jar. Only a couple weeks ago in a yardsale did I realise it went to a jar.

 

[peach_plum_pear]

Thanks guys! I forgot to mention that the lids are clear, and are not original to these jars. I'd be curious to get more information about the lids as well.

 

[coreya]

That style of lid is still in use today although not in canning and was used for canning into the 60's or later (my mother used them). the wire type hardware ( Lightning seal pat 1882) was improved on in the early 1900's by the Dimple neck seal (patented 1908) which is a depression in the glass that holds the lever wire so there was a large large overlap in usage. The wire was used well into the 30's or so as these were meant to be replaced on the jars when they broke.The lids to the jars would have been basically the same color as the jar when they were sold but were interchangeable even between manufacturers to some extent ( Atlas ez seal, Ball Ideal etc etc ) as the seal was done with a rubber gasket and no one cared what it looked like.These type of jars are just one segment of the canning market as there were other methods for sealing the jar ie shoulder seal, neck seal, lip seal (still in use today) and the older one wax seal

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Awesome. Thanks, Coreya.
My fruity friend, thanks for putting this post up here, else I'd never have looked into this.

 

[RED Matthews]

So I still have four shelves of canned goods down cellar that have set here for the last 20+ years. I have to dump them out and wash the jars someday. RED M.

 

[CanadianBottles]

So I still have four shelves of canned goods down cellar that have set here for the last 20+ years. I have to dump them out and wash the jars someday. RED M.

My grandparents still have some homemade ketchup from the sixties in their cellar, I have to wonder what it would taste like now! Sadly not in any interesting jars though. One of my finds ever was a box of canning jars at a thrift store that had a rare local fruit jar in it, a Coronet, which someone had been using as a canning jar for the past century. Back to the original jars, the one with the base embossing has quite an early look to it, likely from the twenties or early thirties, although the one with the plain base looks newer, maybe thirties or forties.