can anybody get me close on dating these jars

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Dates?
 

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The first one (clear) looks 70's or so but hard to tell without seeing the base. the Ball Ideal looks like a #202-5 in the Red Book which would date it to the 1915-1923 range.
 

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The first one (clear) looks 70's or so but hard to tell without seeing the base. the Ball Ideal looks like a #202-5 in the Red Book which would date it to the 1915-1923 range.
I will get better pics later of them both, they were found right next to each other in the same layer. Thank you for your reply
 

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The Ball Ideal could easily have been in use up to the 1970s. Ball made rubbers for canning with glass & zinc lids up to the early 1970s, so the jar would not have been obsolete before then. That would explain why both jars might be found in the same layer.
 

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There is a manner of dating Balls by closely examining the script, ie: the L loops, the underscore, the style of the a and etc... but thats not in my area of expertise. I believe recent printings of the Red Book has a section regarding that. There was also a feature called Granny Kath's kitchen that used to focus on canning Jars in the Bottle magazine Antique Bottles and Glass - Best of luck in your search!
~Fred
 

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"There is a manner of dating Balls by closely examining the script, ie: the L loops, the underscore, the style of the a and etc."

I believe this is the chart treeguyfred was referring to.
 

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Here's a good site for Ball Jars... looks to be 1910-20's or so.

 

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perhaps I wasn't clear as to date of the Ball Ideal? That style (model) was made between 1915 and were discontinued in 1923. There is no way to narrow down that date any closer as far as I know.
 

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perhaps I wasn't clear as to date of the Ball Ideal? That style (model) was made between 1915 and were discontinued in 1923. There is no way to narrow down that date any closer as far as I know.
Great info, I'm certainly not a jar guru.
~Fred
 

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