Big bubble, thin glass!

[Brains]

Saw thais ball jar in an antique shop yesterday. I dont think it's anything rare (correct me if i am wrong) but it does have a jiant bubble in it! Also a small chunk of metal in the lip or whatever you call it. I think it's a "ground lip" and it reads 2 over 10 on the base. Also picked up a nice insulator, small huh.

-Bryan

 

[Brains]

the bubble...

 

[Brains]

The insulator, for size comparison to the jar, the insulator stands about 2.5 inches tall.

 

[bobclay]

Hi Bryan,

This jar is a smooth lipped, machine made jar from right at the turn of the century, say 1900-1905 in there somewhere. All Ball jars with this type of script (3-L type) are machine made jars. On a ground lip jar, the lip is actually sanded flat on a sanding wheel after the jar is broken from the blowpipe. Since the jars then did not seal on the lip but on the shoulder, sometimes ground lip jars can have very rough lips.

Big bubbles in the glass always adds character to any jar, in my opinion. Once continuous flow furnaces were developed with better refiners, the bubbles were seldom seen, especially large ones. Generally speaking, you don't often see jars with big bubbles in them made after about 1910.

Cool insulator too! Anyone know what it was used for?

Bob Clay

 

[karis66]

CD 100
An interesting insulator designed in the style of a half size CD 154 HEMINGRAY-42. The insulator has a 1/2" pinhole and was used as an electric fence insulator. It was sold by Babson Brothers of Chicago in the 1940's and 1950's.
030] (F-Skirt) SURGE/T.M. REQ. PAT. PEND {Note spelling} (R-Skirt) BABSON BROS.CO./CHICAGO U.S.A. RDP
It's worth 3-5 Dallors

 

[Brains]

i like the insulator, it's got a leen to it if you look close. That jar will look good with all the others. (none really[]) just curious, how much does the jar book for, around $4? or is that for the 1's that say mason on them? this 1 only sas Ball.
Thanks for the info,

-Bryan

 

[bobclay]

Hi Bryan,

The ones with MASON and without MASON were all produced about the same time and are worth about the same amount of money. They book for $2-$3 in blue or aqua quarts. Ironically, a clear one of either type is worth maybe ten times more.

Bob Clay

 

[Brains]

clear insulators from that time period are also rare(1900-1905 and anything before that), thats what i was thinking when i saw some clear atlas jars with the sorta wide mouth (resembles a globe jar) on 'em. They had alot of words & patent dates on them. Also stuff on the bottom but i thought i saw 1 that was on this forum and whoever responded to the thred said it was a common jar.


Thanks for the help,
Bryan