DavidW
Well-Known Member
Hi all,I have an idle question to pass along......it's nothing earth-shattering, just curious. I recently found a partial shard of a white milk glass mason-type fruit jar liner, and since it is broken I can't be sure of the entire lettering around the rim, but in the center is a bold "W inside a diamond" mark. I understand that Whitney Glass Works used that mark, according to Julian Toulouse in Bottle Makers and their Marks. I'm wondering if any fruit jar collectors who are familiar with the various incarnations of Whitney "Mason-type" jars with the screw lids can confirm exactly how their "Correct" zinc lids are marked....on the front (if there is any particular marking? ) and, more specifically, what is the marking on the visible part of the correct white milkglass liner or "disc"? Just interested in confirming whether or not this insert would have originally been for a Whitney jar. Thanks! David