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Old Fruit Jar
Siddon Jar I have 4 pictures of a Siddon jar on my computer from July 2011. The computer says they were taken with my camera, but I don't think so. I can't remember it. I think I copied the pictures from a man selling several Rochester jars from his late father's collection. It was nearly...- jargeezr
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XTREMELY RARE MINI JAR
The reason it is in the Redbook is that the date on the lid is the date of a patent issue to John L. Mason for a procedure to cut threads in thin metals. It precedes his Nov. 30th 1858 patent date on the mason jars later.- jargeezr
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Unusual glass jar lid with patent dates
One of the many multi dated lids for "Gem" jars.- jargeezr
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Got 2 unlisted jars
Your Sugars Ltd jar is described exactly in Barclay's "The Canadian Fruit Jar Report". It suggests it may have been a product jar by the Dominion Glass Co. of Montreal. The other jar is not listed.- jargeezr
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help with color of perfect mason jar.
One collector put this guide together from his collection.- jargeezr
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Mason Patent Jar
Correct. Redbook # 1960-1. The correct lid would have a keystone in the center with rays around it. The edge would say Mason Fruit Jar Co. Philada. Pa. And the glass insert would also say Mason Fruit Jar Co. You can also find a matching half gallon. Good luck.- jargeezr
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Whitney Glass Works jars (question about 'correct' lid and milkglass insert)
There are dozens of different embossings on zinc lids. (See my first reply above for the Marion jar version). The most common and cheapest are the Ball and Atlas and Presto. More expensive and a little harder to find are Jenkins, Harvest, and A (Dupont American Can, not Atlas), Sante Fe and...- jargeezr
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Unpriced Jar
Red Book 11 prices 2510-1 at $25-35 for HG aqua and $35-50 for HG Light Green. Good find.- jargeezr
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Whitney Glass Works jars (question about 'correct' lid and milkglass insert)
That picture clinches it. It matches all my Marion lids.- jargeezr
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Whitney Glass Works jars (question about 'correct' lid and milkglass insert)
Nothing in the Whitney family strikes a cord. But I do have a few correct "The Marion Jar" fruit jars where the correct insert has an "M" in a diamond. Around the edge is lettered "Boyd's Genuine Porcelain Lined". These are the jars embossed "The Marion Jar Mason's Patent Nov. 30th 1858" made by...- jargeezr
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Can you identify the year of this jar?
All good info for you Lizzie. For the future, this is the way a collector would describe your jar for help dating or identifying a jar. It is a ball blue, bead seal, smooth lipped, half gallon Ball Perfect Mason jar probably from the 1930's, and appears to be made on the Owens machine. We also...- jargeezr
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Improved Fruit Jar lid
There is also a HFJCo embossing in the four arms of a Hero cross standing for the Hero Fruit Jar Company. The cross is in the center of the lid with Mason's Improved around the edge, or rarely, Hero Fruit Jar Company around the edge. The Hero and the Consolidated companies did not make their own...- jargeezr
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Need help identifying - possible Ball?
Great info Tammy. The first jar on the left in your group photo is an example of Ball buying a company making the Mason's Patent jars. Ball took the acquired molds and added "The Ball Jar" to the mold above Mason's. This is an early acquisition (1888-1893) per the Red Book of Fruit Jars and is...- jargeezr
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Anyone have information on these jars?
The one gallon jar sounds like a kerosene jar that was originally wrapped in a decorated tin covering like the Ball Brothers made early in their Buffalo, NY history.- jargeezr
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The GEM Jar.
Appears to be # 1060 in the Red Book. $75-100 with the correct glass insert and band which are very available. Would have to be tumbled to get this price though.- jargeezr
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