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2834. Fruit Jar Closure COHANSEY Scarce CLEAR LID

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: jarcollector
Price: $255.00

A scarce original CLEAR glass lid for a COHANSEY jar. Fits the rare clear half-pint and 2/3-Pint Cohansey jars as well as clear Cohansey style product jars. Has some edge chipping. Rare.

2835. Fruit Jar Closure ORIGINAL VAN VLIET CLAMP with WIRE

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: Kglass
Price: $395.00

A complete original cast iron and iron wire clamp for a quart sized VAN VLIET jar. Fine condition with no damage and very little rust. Scarcer version with an "iron cross" logo stamped into the thumb screw. Scarce to find a genuine original Van Vliet clamp as a spare.

2836. Fruit Jar Closure LAFAYETTE 3-Pc Stopper STRONG GREEN

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: Eifler
Price: $95.00

A 3-piece cast iron and glass stopper for a LAFAYETTE jar. Fits all sizes and types of LAFAYETTE jars. Strong green colored stopper. Small flakes on the glass knob. Modern O-ring gasket.

2837. Fruit Jar Closure ORIGINAL DARK AMBER VAN VLIET LID

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: darrellp
Price: $425.00

An original dark amber glass lid for a VAN VLIET jar. Shiny glass is in nice shape with very minimal nicking. Extremely rare and a choice example.

2838. WEBSTERS PATENT 1864 Rev: PAT 1860 HEMINGRAY QT

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: crwatsonnj
Price: $1,650.00

Size: QUART

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: Original neck band with soldered-on wire loops, and a replica metal cap. Note also that the mouth is formed with a "wax sealer" type grooved finish, unlike any other Webster jar. Two completely different patents are combined into one jar design with this specimen.

Appearance: good

Condition: short crack or cooling fissure in the heel as shown

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1860's

Availability: extremely rare, possibly the only example of this version with the extra patent date on the reverse

2839. OLIVE YELLOW AMBER Quart TRADE MARK LIGHTNING

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: cavemann57
Price: $375.00

Size: QUART

Color: OLIVE TONED YELLOW-AMBER

Closure: original

Appearance: whittled and sparkling

Condition: chip on the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PUTNAM"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: a scarce and appealing color

2840. THE MAGIC (Star) FRUIT JAR Greenish QUART Complete

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $325.00

Size: QUART

Color: GREENISH AQUA

Closure: original glass lid (small chip on bottom of lid) and original 3-piece iron clamp (some pitting to lever but solid)

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: nice ground mouth with very little flaking

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

2841. VETERAN Rare Size HALF PINT

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: Jar-man 35
Price: $230.00

Size: HALF PINT

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: original (slight amethyst tint)

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: early 1900's

Availability: rare in half pint size

2842. DARK GREEN Petal Jar IRON PONTIL Half Gallon

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: Fruit_Jar
Price: $1,450.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: DARK GREEN

Closure: gloppy applied ring collar mouth for a cork stopper sealed with wax

Appearance: crude and sparkling

Condition: thin flake at the wear line of the heel

Strength of embossing: n/a

Base: iron pontil scar

Age: 1850's

Availability: a scarce early Petal jar in a great color and a beautiful example

2843. DICTATOR D Aqua Quart WAX SEALER

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: crockman
Price: $97.57

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish and comes with an early unmarked tin cap and early wire clip

Appearance: whittly and shiny glass

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: "Wm McCULLY & Co PITTS"

Age: c1870

Availability: scarce

2844. BAMBERGERS THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE NEWARK Quart

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: drbigdog2003
Price: $65.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: zinc cap

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce Ball-made store brand jar

2845. THE MAGIC (Star) FRUIT JAR Quart HONEY AMBER

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: seasons
Price: $1,000.00

Size: QUART

Color: HONEY AMBER

Closure: reproduction clamp, plastic reproduction lid

Appearance: shiny with a nice whittled effect

Condition: normal roughness of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "8"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

2846. GILBERDS (Star) JAR Aqua QUART

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: empire
Price: $215.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: aqua Gilberds Improved style glass lid and original heavy iron wire full-wrap-around clamp

Appearance: shiny

Condition: thin chip running along the edge of the ground mouth is not quite detached

Strength of embossing: medium to strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

2847. VICTORY 1 (Circle of Dates) Quart SHARP

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: rlwaln
Price: $91.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct glass cap (bottom edge flake) and original odd-sized zinc band

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: normal minor nicking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: a bold serified letter "E"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon and a sharp-looking example

2848. CLARKE FRUIT JAR Co CLEVELAND Aqua PINT+

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: crazyhorse
Price: $230.00

Size: PINT+ (perhaps 20 ounces)

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original glass lid and original 4-piece metal clamp assembly

Appearance: swirly and sparkling, with a trace of deposit towards the bottom

Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "60"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in this smallest size

2849. LIME GREEN Quart GLOBE Crude RARE COLOR

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: carmine47
Price: $4,385.00

Size: QUART

Color: LIME GREEN

Closure: replica plastic lid to match (no original lids exist in this color)

Appearance: heavy seed-bubbling with shiny glass

Condition: normal roughness of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "28"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: rare and highly appealing in this outrageous color

2850. Trade Mark THE DANDY Quart AMETHYST

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: rlhosler
Price: $110.00

Size: QUART

Color: LIGHT AMETHYST

Closure: Matching amethyst colored original glass lid. The wire bail is modern.

Appearance: swirly glass is shiny

Condition: normal minor roughness of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "GILBERDS 24"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in this color tint

2851. GLOBE Amber PINT

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: tduff
Price: $165.00

Size: PINT

Color: AMBER

Closure: original

Appearance: swirly glass is shiny

Condition: normal nicking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "23"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon in this small size

2852. THE ALSTON Quart ALL ORIGINAL

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: crwatsonnj
Price: $560.00

Size: QUART

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: fine original iron cap and wire bail and even retains the original sealing gasket

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PATd APRIL 1900 DEC 1901"

Age: early 1900's (smooth lip finish)

Availability: scarce

2853. Early Spice Jar DARK COBALT Quart

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: Jarhunt
Price: $605.00

Size: QUART

Color: DARK COBALT BLUE

Closure: original unlined metal screw cap

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: heel flake, normal nicking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: n/a

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce and even retains about half a jar full of dry pickling spices

2854. THE CHAMPION PATd 1869 Aqua QUART

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: prman61
Price: $325.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original glass lid and original 3-piece iron clamp (some rust pitting to the metal but good and solid)

Appearance: shiny glass with a nice whittled effect

Condition: chipping of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

2855. DEEP COLOR Hemingray 48oz 1863 Cincinnati Style Jar

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: drbigdog2003
Price: $130.00

Size: QUART and a Half

Color: STRONG BLUE-GREEN

Closure: early Thrine replica metal screw cap with soldered wrench lugs

Appearance: sparkling, bubbly and extra-crude

Condition: roughness and flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: n/a

Base: unmarked

Age: c1865-1870

Availability: scarce in this rich color and with this degree of glass character

2856. THE CANTON DOMESTIC FRUIT JAR Complete PINT

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: crazyhorse
Price: $155.00

Size: PINT

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: original high-finned glass lid and elaborately shaped iron wire clamp

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: very strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in pint size and an exceptionally nice example

2857. BEE Aqua QUART (E BOORSE PATENT)

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: apptop
Price: $325.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: 2-pc clamp is modern

Appearance: sparkling with a nice crude glass texture

Condition: tiny manufacturer's potstone above the heel with a tiny radiation

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: 1860's

Availability: rare

2858. GLOBE PINT Light APPLE GREEN

Start Date: 07/25/2011
End Date: 08/04/2011
Buyer: millerskc
Price: $170.00

Size: PINT

Color: Lt APPLE GREEN

Closure: matching Lt Apple Green glass lid and original 3-piece iron clamp assembly

Appearance: whittly and seed-bubbly and sparkling

Condition: nice ground mouth with very little flaking

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "12"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: any shade of green is rare to find in a pint Globe, and this is a great-looking specimen