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I need some help... I found a fruit jar out diving this week. It was in a place where I have found pontils in the past but nothing this cool. It is embossed on one side Air-Tight Fruit Jar and on the other Ravinna Glass Works. The only thing I can find googling it is a Kovels with no info. Anything you know I would love to know. How old how good... It is so crude and very near mint. It was deep in mud and still had the wax inside the rim.

If you need better pictures I will try in the sunlight tomorrow.

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Steven

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Wow!! Nice jar--Red Book ( If I am looking right) lists it for about $2500 and up.........lol
 
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Very nice jar & very scarce also. It was produced by the Ravenna Glass Works in Ravenna, Ohio circa 1857-1867. Red Book 10 currently lists this jar as follows:
Quart (Deep Aqua) $3,000 & up.
Pint (Deep Aqua) $4,000 & up.
Very nice find.
 
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No freaking way!!! This is the best bottloe/jar i have ever found! Yes Tom you were right... I am glad you were there! Weekday diving.

WOW!

It is pint sized!

Steven
 
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Most collectors only dream of getting one of those---you are very fortunate--congrats!!!!
 
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Congrats on a great jar find. You have every reason to be excited about finding this jar. This is a superb jar & it has so many attributes that jar collectors love. It's got age (very early jar), good deep color, it is a figural jar (barrel shaped) & it is pontiled. What more could you want in a jar!
As far as condition goes, the outer lip of the wax channel is smooth and the inner lip of the wax channel of these particular jars is usually quite rough (sheared) & for the most part should not be considered as damaged as this is the way these jars were produced.
Jars of this caliber just aren't found nowadays. You should be quite proud of finding this jar as it is a very early & important piece in the history of fruit jar production.
 
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