Unlisted Size Mason's Patent Jar or Repro?

[bottleboy311]

Picked up a nice colored Teal half gallon jar. Mason's Patent etc. Has a ground lip. I looked it up in the Red Book and it is only shown as a pint and a quart. This jar is half gallon, if it is old, and it looks old, it is an unlisted size. However, the book in the repro section lists a Emerald Jar as one of the fantasy jars made in the early 70's. But this jar to me in not green enough to be considered Emerald, it is more Teal to me.

I have attached a Pic below. However, the flash from the pic shows the jar much more greener and brighter than when looking at it in person. I placed a Ball Blue HG to one side and a aqua pint to the others side to compare colors. To me the color of this Jar is TEAL!

My questions to any one out there are: Is this old or repro? How can you tell the difference?

Any Help Would Be Appreciated, Thanks, Lee

 

[cowseatmaize]

Are you comparing it to a, say, a Rumford bottle. It could just be a shade off from the apple green. The photo can be deceptive so I can't really tell.

 

[bobclay]

Hi Lee,

Pretty jar and defintely NOT a repro. )

Colors can be subjective to the viewer; we all see color a wee bit differently because of the cones in the eyes. And jars appear differently under different lighting conditions. And computer monitors are also all slightly different. But my opinion of what I see in your jar is that it is some shade of teal, like you say. Check out this page and it may help some.

http://www.hoosierjar.com/colorguide.html

Bob Clay

 

[bottleboy311]

Thanks Bob for the site with colors, after looking at it I would say it is Teal, but more on the green side not the blue. If this is true, this is an unlisted jar because the Red Book only shows Teal in Quarts and Pints. Do you have a email address for Douglas M. Leybourne, Jr so I can send him a pic? This is one of three unlisted Jars I just picked up on a trip up north. Not a bad find.

Lee

 

[bobclay]

Hi Lee,

I have seen a few of the "teal" examples that were high priced and they were extremely dark examples. Two a green teal and one a blue teal. Absolutely knock yer socks off colors.

Doug's address is in the front of the Redbook for those that have it. For those that don't, here it is:

Douglas M. Leybourne, Jr.
P.O. Box 5417
North Muskegon, MI 49445

Redbook #10 is due out sometime later this year.

Bob