Mason jar and lid help please

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I have learned about Mason jars and bottles on this website. I am not a collector. My dad was a 'junker' and everything worth anything has to be sold now to keep mom in assisted living. Could anyone please tell me if I have something that has any value? I do so much research on so many things, it is overwhelming. Any help in a direction would be very appreciated. If anyone is in the Tulsa area and wants to take a look that would be great too! I posted in the wrong place earlier so I will try this one again.

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This is vary similar to a lid I found in an earlier post. The comments on that one indicated it was a rare lid. The difference between the two is the other one the words are embossed ( the thread is Info on a jar lid needed) and mine are impressed. Can anyone tell me anything about it?

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Here is another photo of the above jar.

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This will be the final one for this jar. I hope by interesting you mean a good interesting.

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Welcome aboard.
There are more expert collectors here but my 2¢ is a ½ gallon in a ball blue? Blue is blue to me. It's hard to judge size and color from pictures. Great looking jars and I'd give $20 if I was a starting collector of jars. In reality I may be overpaying though.
 

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The ground lip is good, indicates age and authenticity.. certainly appears to be 1/2 gallon size.. I can't speak about the color cause I just can't tell except it might be a deeper shade of it for such a big jar.. looks like it's been for sale before..
 

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Blue is blue? Really? ....hard for me to say what I think about that comment. I have a pretty good understanding that color is EVERYTHING, but I could be wrong about that. I understand about possibly overpaying at $20, I wouldn't want you to take that chance. Any other help? Is there a way to tell the age of the jar from this pic?
 

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My dad bought things at auctions when I was little. He sold a lot of stuff and this item was in the garage apartment. No one has been up there for about 40 years. First he filled that up, then his half of the garage, then a couple of sheds and then he built a car port next to the garage. He passed 4 years ago and had gotten too big to go upstairs (he filled one side of the staircase with books).

I read about the best way to take the photos and I did the best I could. No back light, no flash, taken outdoors about 3 feet away from my house. I even washed that part of the house! I put the white board on top of the grill and didn't want any shadows. I can see a reflection of my trees in the glass, but that is the best I could get.
 

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As to age of the masons patent jars (as taken from The Fruit Jar Works) "The jars with the ground lips date, roughly before 1900 and those with a smooth lip, roughly, after 1900" As to color place the "blue" one next to a Blue Ball perfect mason and see if there is a BIG difference, if so you may have something good.
 

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