Ball made fruit jars (with other names)

[bobclay]

Hello fellow jar enthusiasts,

Ball was among the largest jar manufacturers in the world. As such, they also made fruit jars for several other consumers. Here are several fruit jars known to have been made by Ball for other customers that did not have the Ball name embossed on them: (this is just a partial list but includes most of them and does not include the thousands of other unmarked consumer packer containers Ball produced) - Bob Clay

ABGA (script) MASON PERFECT MADE IN U.S.A.
AMAZON SWIFT SEAL
BAMBERGER'S MASON JAR
BAMBERGER'S "THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE" NEWARK
CHEF TRADEMARK THE BERDAN CO. PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
DECKER'S IOWANA MASON CITY, IOWA
DECKER'S IOWANA MASON CITY, IOWA PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
DECKER'S VICTOR MASON CITY, IOWA
Drey IMPROVED EVERSEAL (some)
Drey PERFECT MASON (some)
Drey SQUARE MASON (some)
FAXON BUFFALO, NY FAXON BRAND COFFEE
14 OZ NET FRENCH'S MEDFORD BRAND PREPARED MUSTARD
GE GE GE (in script)
Harvest MASON
KERR SELF SEALING MASON (some)
KERR WIDEMOUTH (some)
Kohr's DAVENPORT, IA. PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
La Abeja (front) PAT'D JULY 14, 1908 (back)
L & S (base) PAT'D JULY 14, 1908 (front)
Lustre R E TONGUE & BROS, CO. INC. PHILA. PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
MCDONALD NEW PERFECT SEAL
MCDONALD PERFECT SEAL
PINT STANDARD
QUICK SEAL
QUICK SEAL PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
SAFE SEAL
SAFE SEAL PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
SAMCO GENUINE MASON
SAMCO SUPER MASON
SELCO SURETY SEAL PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
STRITTMATTER'S PURE HONEY (pints only)
SURE SEAL MADE FOR L. BAMBERGER & CO.
THE HASEROT COMPANY CLEVELAND MASON PATENT
THE LIQUID (The Liquid in diamond) CARBONIC COMPANY PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
THE RATH PACKING CO. WATERLOO, IOWA PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
TIGHT SEAL PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
TRADEMARK BANNER REGISTERED
TRADEMARK BANNER WARRANTED
TRADEMARK BANNER W M WARRANTED
TRADEMARK BANNER REG US PAT OFF WIDEMOUTH PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
TRADEMARK CLIMAX US PAT OFF REGISTERED PAT'D JULY 14, 1908
TROPICAL TF (in diamond) CANNERS
VETERAN
WAN-ETA COCOA BOSTON (some)
WHITNEY MASON PAT'D 1858 (some)

There are also many examples of Ball jars which were produced from moulds acquired when Ball bought out other companies. (Boyd, Drey, Pine, Port, Root and others)

 

[atticmint]

Great info.. Thanks Bob []
Kev

 

[browndog77]

thanks for the info. do you have any idea where i would find out more about any of these bottles, in particular "Lustre"? I bought a bunch of ball and atlas jars at an estate sale this past week, and found a "lustre" mixed in the bunch.
thanks!

 

[madpaddla]

Great list.

Browndog: According to 1000 Fruit Jars (5th editon 2005) Lustre has 3 jars listed.
And welcome to the forum, great folks in here.

1. Lustre (machine made, aqua, 3 sizes, glass lid/wire bail) (diagram/emboss on front looks rectangular) 15 - 20

2. Lustre (handmade, aqua, 3 sizes, zinc lid) (diagram/emboss looks like a keystone) 15 - 20

3. Lustre (machine made, aqua, clear, 3 sizes, sinc lid) (diagram/emboss is in a circle pattern 12 -15

Hope this helps,

Madpaddla

 

[mistrfree]

I have a Climax bottle this is what it should read on the embossing
TRADEMARK CLIMAX US PAT OFF REGISTERED PAT'D JULY 14, 1908

And this is what it reads:
TRADEMARK CLIMAX US PAT OFF PEGISTERED PAT'D JULY 14, 1908

Notice that instead of REGISTERED it reads PEGISTERED, a P instead of an R. Would or ccould this increase the value?

Thanks