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Tony14

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Hey everyone got out digging today only came back with one good keeper. My first ground lip jar[:)]!! I dont know a thing about them so can you guys let me know? I need to get a redbook lol. MASON'S / E / PATENT / NOV. 30th / 1858

Thanks for any info

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I dont think those jars are insanely valuable, but damn they are nice! I just love the look of them, and how most are so crude. They are just awesome old jars, good score man!
 

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Tony- I love those old fruit jars. My RB9 shows your jar to be #1994-1 valued at $35-50. Gary
 

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wow its really worth that much! lol I think that this might be the best bottle i dug so far this year sad enough as that is! [:D] I was really glad to pull this out. Ive never dug a fruit jar with a ground top before and was hoping my first one would be a quart one because i love the way they look.And i really like the shape of the s's in mason's. Thanks for the info!

P.S. where can i get a copy of the red book?
 

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Hi Tony--I am a jar collector. How close to accurate is the color of the posted picture? In jar collecting, color is not everything but it is pretty darn close. If it cleans up well, there is no damage and the color is as deep as it looks in the photo, you have a very valuable jar.
 

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wow thanks you guys! I took some more pics outside... to try and get the color better. The glass is in great shape with just a couple of chips around the lip (i think there from being ground down?) And it is kind of stained. This first pic its between an aqua lightning and a clear ball

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alone...can anyone give me any more info on this one?

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That's not a super rare jar but its a very nice one. For every 100 I see I may see one that nice. It is an 'E' which is uncommon, it has crude embossing, and its from a known glass house Lorenz & Wightman in Pittsburg. Great find.
 

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