Very Crude common jars wanted.

[cyberdigger]

[] Hate to tell you, George, but it got away from us.. according to the shop owner, somebody bought it right after I left the store.. they probly saw me taking pics of it and figured it was a big deal or something.. I'll be keeping an eye out for ya..

 

[georgeoj]

The effort is greatly appreciated. The good ones, of anything, just do not last long.

When I was first collecting (mid 60's) there was a new antiques market being held every Sunday at the local (Ann Arbor) farmers market. I had a few jars and had seen an amber lightning somewhere. I had about $35. in my pocket and was going to have an amber fruit jar no matter what. I passed a table with a globular, amber, swirled, Ohio flask that was priced at $35. I would have purchased the flask, since I knew that it was worth a couple of hundred, but then I would not have been able to buy my jar when I found it. I was in front of the next table when I realized what a big mistake I had made (could have traded the bottle for half a dozen good amber Lightnings). I turned around just in time to see the new owner putting the flask into his shopping bag.

You would think that I had learned a lesson? Nope![&o] I did it again a couple of weeks ago.
George

 

[druggistnut]

OK, George, look me up, Susan and I have a table, so please DO look me up. I will bring the jar for you.
Bill

 

[georgeoj]

Bill, I will see you early Saturday morning. George

 

[georgeoj]

The jar that Bill had for me is a half gallon wax sealer with the lettering filled in to allow the production of generic jars and extend the life of a good mold.

Thank you Bill.

I think that the mold was originally for the WESTERN/PRIDE/patentdates jar. The lettering was removed and they quit "pinching" the wax seal channel to produce this jar. RB#2944-1 is my guess. The mold maker did a very good job of obliterating the letters.

I am posting a picture but the jar will need to be polished inside, to remove some light stain, prior to display.

 

[Conch times]

I found this one just the other day, are you still looking for them?

 

[georgeoj]

Hi Jay, Yes, I am looking for very crude fruit jars. The jar that you have is certainly crude with the apparent swirling. This is a product/packers jar rather than a fruit jar, however. The type of jar that I collect is one that was designed for home canning either originally or after the contents were used. Thank you for asking. George

 

[SkinsFan36]

Not sure if this fits your definition of crude but I figured I'd throw it up there for you. It is smooth on the outside and rippled and twisted on the inside. Almost makes me go cross-eyed lol. I keep trying to touch the ripples from the outside cause it looks like they are there. For all I know this may be common on the era jar though. Figured I'd share.

 

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