WHITNEY GLASS WORKS

[athometoo]

I BOUGHT MY FIRST TELEPHONE JAR , THINKING IT WAS A FRUIT JAR . I WILL POST A PIC TOMMORROW BUT ID LIKE TO KNOW IF ALL THE JARS HAVE THE MAKERS NAME ON THEM . THIS ONE SAYS TELEPHONE JAR WHITNEY GLASS WORKS . I THOUGHT THEY WOULD JUST MARK THE BOTTOM NOT PUT THERE NAME RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE REST OF IT . IS THIS COMMON . IT IS VERY CRUDE AND IN PERFECT SHAPE .

 

[GuntherHess]

Battery jars are pretty cool, I thought about collecting them at one time.
The old phone people buy a lot of them to restore thier phones. There are a couple cool web sites about them if you search around.

 

[athometoo]

HERES A PIC . REALLY CRUDE JAR

 

[athometoo]

THE CRUDE PART

 

[GuntherHess]

hmmm, hard to tell from that angle but that looks more like a fruit jar than a battery jar. I think there are Telephone fruit jars. Can you should a photo with a better view of the top?

 

[woody]

That is a fruit jar.
It is listed in the Red Book of Fruit Jars.
Is it a ground lip or a smooth lip?

 

[athometoo]

DIDNT LOOK TO SEE IF IT WAS GROUND OR NOT . SORRY WILL LOOK WHEN I GET HOME . HERES THE PIC , IS IT WORTH PUTTIN UP ?

 

[GuntherHess]

seems like your first impression was right[]

This is a typical telephone battery jar ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/United-Electric-Co-Birmingham-AL-Telephone-Battery-Jar_W0QQitemZ370154913708QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCorded_Phones?hash=item370154913708&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

 

[athometoo]

WITH A SOLID GLASS LID WHERE WOULD THE LEADS COME OUT . ?

 

[cyberdigger]

I need one of those.. I have a batch of cell phones I want to pickle...[]