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Hello everyone, earlier this week I remembered that when we sold the family farm there was a basket of jars in the top of the garage/barn. I didn't remember if we kept them or not, but figured that if we did they would have to be stored somewhere at my Grandma's and Grandpa's house, so today I looked for them and found them in the top of their garage. I took them home and cleaned them up. Here's what I got. Two Ball jars embossed with Ball perfect mason and one with no embossing on the sides. a Kerr jar embossed with Kerr self-sealing trademark reg, and two Crown jars embossed with made in Canada Crown. On the bottom of the blue Ball jar it has an 8 with a line under it and the other has at the top 367-57 to the left A7 and at the bottom Ball. Both Crown jars have a date and the Dominion glass company logo. The big one is 1936 and the other 1948. The Kerr jar has 11 on the bottom and H backwards 3-1 on near the rim where the lid would go. The Ball lids say Ball on the top and has nothing on the inside. The Crown lids have made in Canada the Crown logo and a number, One has the Dominion glass company logo. They were in this wire basket which I am pretty sure is an egg basket for on the farm. On the handle it says ANDROCK. On one of the Ball lids somebody wrote 5¢ and then maybe Honey? I can't quite make it out. I'm looking for dates, value, and anything else you can find out. I don't know if anyone knows anything about the egg basket, but if you do please share. I also want to know if one of the Ball lids are for the blue Ball jar. Even if they are not original to the jar I would like to know which one looks more original/which one you think I should put on it. Thanks in advance

- Austin

 

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I also have a question about mould numbers. What mould numbers are more uncommon? One of the Crown jars has the mould number 13. Is that an uncommon one?

 

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All these jars are pretty common. The Ball logo on the Ball Perfect Mason tells me its from 1923-1933. The Ball zinc lid is appropriate. the rest of the jars are likely from the same era. The Crown jars are Canadian. Sometimes Kerr jars have a year of manufacture embossed in tiny numbers in the thread area. Correct lid for that one is a flat metal lid embossed Kerr with screw band.

 

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Thanks, in the thread on the Kerr jar there is an H which I believe is the Maker's Mark, but I'll have to look into that. Then there is a backwards 3 - 1. I also forgot to mention that the clear ball jar with no embossing on the sides has two small holes/indents near the top. It looks to me like at one time it had a handle on it.

 

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