This lid has held my eye since I first spotted it in a collection I picked up this week. I suspect it is a lid to a Ramsey jar, it matches the written description, and it sort of looks like the line drawing in my copy of Redbook, but there is a difference. The line drawing shows a center post on the lid, whereas my example is just recessed. Round on the top, oval on the underside/bottom, with protruding wings/lugs as if to engage lugs in the jar neck. Looks very easy to break if you ask me.
Could it be a Ramsey jar lid?
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Bert DeWitt
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That is what other examples of Ramsey jar lids I have seen look like.
Robby Raccoon
Trash Digger
Exactly what is a Ramsey jar?
Spirit Bear, the Ramsey jar is a very early, and scarce fruit/canning jar. My copy of the Redbook, which is considered pretty much the bible of jar collecting, is from the 80's, and it is listed at 1k and up. I do not know about the present value, it could be more, or less.
Robby Raccoon
Trash Digger
Super. Thanks for the information.
digginthedog
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The Red Book # 10 lists two different stoppers for THE RAMSEY JAR ... #1
eep round recess in top... #2: Deep round recess in top with 1/2" raised center button.. Closure value:15-20%- QT Aqua $3,000 and up... This would also fit if correct, the DOCTOR RAMSEY jars, which book even higher than THE RAMSEY JAR... JB
eep round recess in top... #2: Deep round recess in top with 1/2" raised center button.. Closure value:15-20%- QT Aqua $3,000 and up... This would also fit if correct, the DOCTOR RAMSEY jars, which book even higher than THE RAMSEY JAR... JBBert DeWitt
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Yep that all sounds right but the examples I know of are running $600 to $800.
