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2936. LUDLOWS PATENT Quart

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $130.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: an original Griffens cast iron cage clamp with olive green Griffens lid

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: minor nicking of the smooth mouth

Base: unmarked

Age: 1860's

Availability: Scarce, the lid was mis-matched to the jar either by a home canner at an early date, or by a collector in modern times. Of course the Ludlow glass lids are available and one could be easily swapped onto the jar if desired.

2937. OLIVE with AMBER SWIRLS Quart WAX SEALER

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: joyfree
Price: $275.00

Size: QUART

Color: OLIVE GREEN with profuse subtle amber swirls

Closure: grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish and comes with an old unmarked tin cap that is probably not correct

Appearance: sparkling and crude glass character

Condition: no damage

Base: a starburst type logo consisting of 4 crossed lines which form 8 points

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in this appealing color scheme

2938. MYERS TEST JAR Quart CRUDE GLASS

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: rockpan8
Price: $348.20

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original glass lid and original pivoting brass strap clamp

Appearance: crude, seedy, whittled and sparkling glass

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth all around, probably from the manufacturing

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce with this degree of glass character, these jars are normally rather plain

2939. POISON Light Amethyst HALF PINT

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: stansl00
Price: $80.00

Size: HALF PINT

Color: LIGHT AMETHYST

Closure: matching light amethyst original glass lid and original wire clamp

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "4"

Age: early 1900's (smooth lip finish)

Availability: scarce

2940. BALL PERFECTION (Over Ghosted MASON) Pint BALL BLUE

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: rnb3
Price: $135.00

Size: PINT

Color: BALL BLUE

Closure: correct original glass lid is amethyst, the metal band fits well but is not original

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: chipping of the smooth mouth

Strength of embossing: strong, and the removed word MASON is ghosted

Base: shown

Age: early 1900's

Availability: scarce

2941. BBGMCo (in Round Slug Plate) Buffalo NY BALL Quart

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: joshuaismh
Price: $75.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct Ball Bros Buffalo NY glass insert (slightly hazy and with the usual small nicks) and an ordinary zinc band

Appearance: jar is shiny

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "3"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon early Ball Buffalo jar

2942. YELLOW AMBER Quart TRADE MARK LIGHTNING

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: joyfree
Price: $95.00

Size: QUART

Color: DEEP YELLOW AMBER

Closure: original

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: edge chip on the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PUTNAM 58"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: a beautiful colored old Lightning jar

2943. TALL IMPERIAL QUART Size BEAVER Sharp

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: payne1
Price: $65.00

Size: IMPERIAL (tall) QUART

Color: CLEAR with a slight aqua tint

Closure: correct button insert also has an amethyst tint

Appearance: shiny with a small open bubble inside

Condition: normal roughness and flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: both the pictorial embossing and the lettering are especially strong and crisp

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce Imperial Quart size Beaver and a good sharp example

2944. MAGIC FRUIT JAR DALBEYS PAT 1866 Quart McCULLY Pitts

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: crockman
Price: $948.99

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: reproduction

Appearance: shiny glass with a light trace of inside deposit

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong, the lettering has been highlighted in black by a previous collector, which you may easily remove if desired

Base: "4" and sits up on three long raised "feet"

Age: 1860's

Availability: scarce

2945. CENTENNIAL w/ SHIELD 1776-1876 HALF PINT Jelly Glass

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: pat jett
Price: $151.00

Size: HALF PINT

Color: jar is clear

Closure: tin cap is in fine shape with very little rust, and measures roughly 2-15/16 inches in diameter

Appearance: glass has a faint trace of deposit

Condition: minor flaking of the mouth

Base: unmarked

Age: c1876

Availability: rare

2946. DAVE on Base BALL MASONS PATENT 1858 HG

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: Jar-man 35
Price: $80.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: zinc cap

Appearance: shiny

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: "911" and "DAVE" which is embossed backwards and the "V" is upside down

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce early Ball jar which was personalized by a mold-maker

2947. ROYAL Quart AMETHYST - Hemingray

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $185.00

Size: QUART

Color: AMETHYST

Closure: original zinc band with soldered-on wrench lugs and original unmarked glass insert in the matching color

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: shallow chipping of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "8"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in this color variation

2948. Manufactured For JT KINNEY Trenton NJ QUART

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: tompowers
Price: $278.90

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Kline patented glass stopper with 1863 patent date

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: unmarked

Age: c1870

Availability: scarce

2949. DEEP EMERALD GREEN Pint FLACCUS BROS STEERS HEAD Jar

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: bigbucks
Price: $1,850.00

Size: PINT

Color: DEEP EMERALD GREEN

Closure: scarce correct original matching Emerald Green glass screw cap marked "TO REMOVE CAP PRESS DOWN & UNSCREW", the cap is in much better shape than usual, with only a small amount of chipping on the internal threads

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: ground mouth flaking

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce and a fine example

2950. IRON PONTIL Stopper Jar BALL BLUE Quart

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $42.89

Size: QUART

Color: DEEP BALL BLUE

Closure: stopper well for a cork to be covered and sealed with wax, and comes with an early cork stopper

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: cooling fissure in the mouth as shown

Base: iron pontil scar

Age: 1850's

Availability: scarce

2951. C. BURNHAM & CO MANUFACTURERS Philada QUART

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: gaffer
Price: $605.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original cast iron cap with readable lettering and original gutta-percha sealing gasket which is mostly there, but the gasket is damaged as shown

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: normal minor nicking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

2952. GLOBE Half Gallon CLEAR

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: rnb3
Price: $110.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: matching original clear lid and original 3-piece iron clamp

Appearance: minor wear

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth, nicks on the bottom edge of the glass lid

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "10" over a backwards-embossed "S"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in clear glass

2953. RARE in 4 LINES Masons 1858 Rev: HGCo MIDGET Pint

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: fljarman1858
Price: $5,155.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: lugged CFJCo midget cap

Appearance: shiny with a few usage scuffs

Condition: shallow chipping of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "3"

Age: 1870-1880

Availability: The ultimate in rare midget pints, this jar is unique....believed to be the only example known.

2954. DORLON & SHAFFER PICKLED OYSTERS Fulton Market NY PT+

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: dave
Price: $305.99

Size: 22 oz (approximate)

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Cohansey glass lid with circular wire clamp

Appearance: Nice crude, swirly and shiny glass. This jar is a dug example which has been professionally cleaned to restore it's luster, with some ground wear/scratching still visible.

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "COHANSEY GLASS Mfg Co PHILADa 4"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

2955. RAVENNA GLASS Works Figural Barrel WAX SEALER PINT

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: smacduck
Price: $1,487.00

Size: PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish, with a sheared inner mouth, and applied outer mouth, comes with what appears to be an original unmarked home-canning tin cap with the original wax still intact

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: two minor repairs to the wax seal mouth, one is a fingernail-sized repair to the inner ring of the mouth, essentially invisible, the other a tiny repair (half a pea in size) at the top edge of the outer ring. The jar displays as perfect.

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: iron pontil scar

Age: 1850's

Availability: rare in this small size

2956. YELLOW AMBER Pint GLOBE

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: bluebell4433
Price: $180.00

Size: PINT

Color: YELLOW AMBER or LIGHT AMBER

Closure: original, the metal has old & worn gold-colored repaint

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: no damage including a good ground mouth with very little flaking

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "21"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce and appealing in this lighter shade of color

2957. PORCELAIN LINED BBGMCo Half Gallon BALL BROS Buffalo

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: rittinjar
Price: $151.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: zinc cap

Appearance: seedy and swirly glass character

Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth, has a manufacturer's pot stone embedded in the glass in back with small "legs"

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "2"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce early Ball jar

2958. BEEHIVE Trade Mark w/ Bees & Hive MIDGET PINT Amethyst

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: stansl00
Price: $1,200.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: LIGHT AMETHYST

Closure: matching (unmarked) glass lid and a good zinc band

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: no damage, tiny nicks on the smooth mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: early 1900's (smooth lip finish)

Availability: scarce in this small size, and a gorgeous example

2959. ROYAL Half Gallon WHITTLED GLASS - Hemingray

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: lafayette_jar
Price: $205.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original unmarked (clear glass) insert and original zinc band with soldered-on wrench lugs

Appearance: sparkling and beautifully whittled glass

Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unusual base marking with a raised dot to the left of a "5"

Age: 1870's

Availability: scarce especially with this degree of glass character

2960. GREGORYS PATENT 1869 Quart COMMON SENSE JAR

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: bigbucks
Price: $1,363.78

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original long-stemmed immerser lid (lettering ground partly off in the making as normal) and rare correct original cast iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: unmarked

Age: c1870

Availability: very scarce to find a complete example, especially the rare clamp