COHANSEY & LIGHTNING JARS Info?

towhead · Jul 5, 2008

Got a couple jars at a Sale today.....50 cents each....both have ground lips....
- the Lightning says Putnam 493 on the bottom, and the lid says patd jan 5 75 / patd apr 25 82 / and reisd june 5 77? the inside of the lid has a small star.
-the Cohansey has a faint 2 ? on the bottom and the lid says patented January 18 1876, and Cohansey Glass Manuf Co. Philadelphia PA Patented July 16 1872.

Are either a "good" find? Thanks!

towhead · Jul 5, 2008

Forgot to say, the Cohansey is probably a 1/2 pint, and the Lightning a pint...and the Lightning is the palest aqua (looks pale blue in the picture though) and the Cohansey is a medium aqua.

jarsnstuff · Jul 5, 2008

Hi Julie - When I read your description, I thought you did fine for your 50 cents apiece. The Trademark Lightning worth 3 bucks or so, and the Cohansey at $30 - $40. Well - that was before I saw your photo, and that sure does look like a half pint! The good news on that is that it's worth $300 - $350. A few more days like that and you can quit the day job! Great find!! -Tammy

towhead · Jul 5, 2008

Oh My Gosh Tammy! Wow! Thanks, so much, for the info! I am totally beyond myself!

bobclay · Jul 6, 2008

Hi Julie,

For what it's worth, although I have seen a few of these half pint COHANSEY jars in collections and on ebay, I have NEVER seen one in 33 years of looking for jars elsewhere.

Great find and one that is sure to get you hooked forever on jars!

BOb

towhead · Jul 6, 2008

Thanks for your reply Bob! I don't collect the jars myself, I like the old Milk/Dairy bottles. I like to go to sales and hope some mysterious item is something good, and then.... I have put the jar on EBay. Maybe one of the jar collectors here will want to bid on it? ....or, it will be interesting to see what it goes for!

Thanks Again!

epgorge · Jul 6, 2008

Julie that is a very nice Cohansey as the two experts said. The Lightening is nice too (I love them and collect lightenings and globes). I agree that is a very light aqua. Color is a hard thing to determine through a picture but it looks, aquamarine, if not sapphire. Nice finds for the price. Don't you just love it. Good for you. You go girl.
J

Even the bails are in great looking shape.

towhead · Jul 6, 2008

Thanks Joel! Actually, the bail on the Cohansey is broke on one of the little parts that comes down over the lid....and unfortunately the Lightning is not that pretty blue like it looks in the picture. [

]

COHANSEY & LIGHTNING JARS Info?

Welcome to our Antique Bottle community

Be a part of something great, join today!

towhead

Well-Known Member

Attachments

towhead

Well-Known Member

Attachments

jarsnstuff

Well-Known Member

towhead

Well-Known Member

bobclay

Well-Known Member

towhead

Well-Known Member

epgorge

Well-Known Member

towhead

Well-Known Member

Similar threads

Latest posts

Members online

Latest threads

Forum statistics

Share this page

Online statistics

Forum statistics