An old jar and this forum!! [
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A little history...
I have a small collection of old canning jars...about 20 or so. I am not interested in what they are worth, I just like them for their history and I just think they look neat, so I started collecting them.
We just broke ground for our new house a few weeks ago. The house on the lot behind us is what used to be the school for the black in our town, so it's pretty old. They say there was another building of some sort where we are building, but we haven't had time to do any research on it yet. My hubby has dug up lots of neat little bottles, plates, crocks and even an old police whistle. A lot of it is broken, but he has found a few things that were whole and today he found a mason jar! It was IN the bucket of the bobcat...I don't know how it kept from getting broken. Here's what it looks like...
It is clear glass, seams on both sides, it says Mason's Patent Nov 30th 1858 (which I know is not all that uncommon) and it has a snowflake type design on the back and A 47 on the bottom.I'm not sure how to describe the shape. It's pretty much straight all the way up to where the bottom of the lid would rest. It does not round off or have a lip for the lid to sit on like my other jars. That is what makes me think it's old. Is this what they call a square shouldered jar?? Although I would say it doesn't really have a "shoulder". I wish I could post a pic, but my digital cam is broken. []
Can anyone help me date this jar? If you need anymore details, just let m know.
Thanks!
Cheryl
edited to add...I forgot to say it is a quart jar.
]A little history...
I have a small collection of old canning jars...about 20 or so. I am not interested in what they are worth, I just like them for their history and I just think they look neat, so I started collecting them.
We just broke ground for our new house a few weeks ago. The house on the lot behind us is what used to be the school for the black in our town, so it's pretty old. They say there was another building of some sort where we are building, but we haven't had time to do any research on it yet. My hubby has dug up lots of neat little bottles, plates, crocks and even an old police whistle. A lot of it is broken, but he has found a few things that were whole and today he found a mason jar! It was IN the bucket of the bobcat...I don't know how it kept from getting broken. Here's what it looks like...
It is clear glass, seams on both sides, it says Mason's Patent Nov 30th 1858 (which I know is not all that uncommon) and it has a snowflake type design on the back and A 47 on the bottom.I'm not sure how to describe the shape. It's pretty much straight all the way up to where the bottom of the lid would rest. It does not round off or have a lip for the lid to sit on like my other jars. That is what makes me think it's old. Is this what they call a square shouldered jar?? Although I would say it doesn't really have a "shoulder". I wish I could post a pic, but my digital cam is broken. [
]Can anyone help me date this jar? If you need anymore details, just let m know.
Thanks!
Cheryl
edited to add...I forgot to say it is a quart jar.
