MNJars
Well-Known Member
Alright, I was going to avoid this thread but I can't help it. I won't say that this jar IS or IS NOT a repro. All I'll say is that this jar looks wrong to me for the following reasons: 1. This jar matches the description of a known repro with the exception of the ground lip. There are pictures out there of these jars with other modifications. For example, there is one on the NAG completed auctions where someone turned an unmarked Lightning repro into a fake amber "Globe" half pint. The general shape of this jar appears to match the general shape of that jar minus the word Globe and the bail. Auction #2875 if you are curious.2. The ground lip looks wrong. Ground lips typically elevate vertically and are ground flat across the top forming a rectangle in profile, generally speaking. This jar, at least from the picture provided, looks like the lip was originally rounded like a smooth lip, and was subsequently ground, or partially ground in this case having the appearance of rounded with a flat ground spot on top.3. The bail - as stated by jargeezr - should have 3 twists if it were a Lightning jar instead of a double hook. This observation by itself does not mean that it is a repro! It only means that it doesn't quite fit with what we would typically see of Lightning jars.4. The ground lid. Why is the lid partially ground on the bottom? Lightning lids were never ground. This screams that someone modified the lid at some point. Would they also modify the jar? Maybe, who knows.5. The picture is hard to tell for sure, but it looks ground on the base. That's not normal and leads me back to #4. Now, please feel free to tell me how incompetent I am at my hobby.
]-Tammy
