3 old jars. What do you see?

[jolosho]

These are the rest of my big jars. The first one has a metal insert where a hole has been poked into it. It seems to be a tight fit. I think the middle one is late 1890's, and I don't know about the last one except for the ground lip. When you pick up the middle jar along the seam, about the middle of the jar, you realize the glass is drawn in at that point. It is almost like the curve of a woman, or when you hold in your stomach! I don't know if you can see that in any photos I have taken already but you can easily feel it.

The green jar on the other post has the same thing, a slight hourglass feel. What is that about?

 

[vintage books]

don't know , unless it makes it easier to hold.

 

[georgeoj]

When the glass blower has been working long enough to get the mold very hot and production is rapid (the glass blower would be paid for the number produced, not the time worked) jars were sometimes removed from the mold when they were still pliable. If the jar was gripped too tightly, the sides would push in. Crude jar collectors look for this deformity. The normal gripping point was at the mold seams and most jars that have this feature show it there. I was fortunate to make a trade with a forum member for a very nice 1858 mason that has the indentation in the embossing.

 

[cowseatmaize]

ORIGINAL: georgeoj

When the glass blower has been working long enough to get the mold very hot and production is rapid (the glass blower would be paid for the number produced, not the time worked) jars were sometimes removed from the mold when they were still pliable. If the jar was gripped too tightly, the sides would push in. Crude jar collectors look for this deformity. The normal gripping point was at the mold seams and most jars that have this feature show it there. I was fortunate to make a trade with a forum member for a very nice 1858 mason that has the indentation in the embossing.

That's what I was thinking, just moving from the mold to the annealing oven or whatever the next step was.

 

[jolosho]

The jar in the middle has that indentation pretty strong, I can even see it in the photo. The first jar also has it, but more on one side than the other. It does actually make it easier to hold. Maybe it helps me because I have smaller hands.

So is the middle jar made in the late 1890's?