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2961. MASONS (Hero Cross) PATENT 1858 Quart DEEP AMBER

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: thomas larkin
Price: $170.00

Size: QUART

Color: DEEP AMBER

Closure: Hero cap

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "587"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in this deeper shade of amber and a great-looking example

2962. HEMINGRAY Push-Down WAX SEALER Quart BLUE-ISH

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $750.00

Size: QUART

Color: an unusual shade of deep blue, not quite a true blue, but noticeably more blue-tinted than the standard deep blue-green Hemingray color

Closure: push-down style grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: normal roughness of the sheared and not-ground mouth

Base: unmarked

Age: 1860's

Availability: scarce early & primitive Hemingray jar in an appealing color

2963. PET Aqua HALF GALLON

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: rittinjar
Price: $70.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original glass lid with 1869 patent date and a replica wire clamp

Appearance: sparkling & whittly glass with a few scuffs

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

2964. THE BALL PAT APLD FOR Aqua HALF GALLON

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: rittinjar
Price: $100.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original wire bail assembly, and an old replica metal cap

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: normal minor roughness and nicking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "8"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

2965. BLACK GLASS Masons Patent 1858 QUART - Hemingray

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: Jarhunt
Price: $9,285.00

Size: QUART

Color: BLACK GLASS (olive black)

Closure: early marked K&T zinc cap

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: shallow chipping of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong (reverse side: unmarked)

Base: "14"

Age: made by the Hemingray Glass Co in 1877

Availability: rare

2966. IMPERIAL HALF GALLON Size BEAVER

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: Jar-man 35
Price: $75.00

Size: IMPERIAL HALF GALLON

Color: CLEAR with a slight aqua tint

Closure: correct button insert, same color as the jar, and a zinc screw band

Appearance: shiny glass

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

Strength of embossing: pictorial is strong, lettering is medium

Base: "IMP"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in this large tall size

2967. Unusual WAX SEALER Cylindrical Quart WHITTLED

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: orbod
Price: $364.00

Size: QUART

Color: GREENISH

Closure: shallow grooved ring mouth finish, comes with an early unmarked wax sealer tin cap

Appearance: sparkling with a nice whittled effect

Condition: no damage

Base: unmarked

Age: c1900

Availability: rare

2968. MIDGET PINT w/ SLUG Circle Ball Buffalo

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: rnb3
Price: $138.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Ball Bros Buffalo NY glass insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: mouth chip

Base: "1"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce midget pint....in this mold, the previous BBGMCo monogram has been replaced by a round slug plate

2969. THE VALVE JAR Philadelphia HALF GALLON

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $300.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original glass lid and a replica wire clamp

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: chipping along the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PATd MAR 10th 1868" encircling a "2"

Age: 1870's

Availability: scarce and a sharp-looking example

2970. PINT Melon Ribbed HEMINGRAY Cornflower BLUE

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: tobaccobarn
Price: $2,955.00

Size: PINT

Color: LIGHT CORNFLOWER BLUE

Closure: rare original tinned sheet iron cap in beautiful condition

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: no damage, normal roughness and flaking of the sheared and not-ground mouth

Base: smooth unmarked

Age: 1860's

Availability: Extremely rare in this small size and color. Bill purchased this jar at the auction of the noted Carson Collection in Terre Haute, Indiana in August 2000. The Carson Collection was gathered in the 1950's and 1960's, and had been stored by the local university since 1969. This jar was among a small number of rare jars in the collection, and probably one of the best.

2971. THE MASONS IMPROVED Amber HALF GALLON

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: powlesw
Price: $104.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: LIGHT to MEDIUM AMBER

Closure: white milk glass unmarked insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance: shiny with a trace of inside deposit

Condition: no damage, normal mouth flaking with one along the inside of the ground mouth not quite detached

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "H20"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

2972. BLUE GREEN Quart BEAVER Crude Glass

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: QUINCY
Price: $160.01

Size: QUART

Color: BLUE GREEN

Closure: correct button insert is clear glass

Appearance: beautifully crude glass character throughout and sparkling

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

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

Base: "7"

Age: late 1800's

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

2973. THE MAGIC STAR Fruit Jar ALL ORIGINAL Quart

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: Jar-man 35
Price: $305.00

Size: QUART

Color: GREENISH AQUA

Closure: correct original matching glass lid and a beautiful original cast iron and iron wire clamp

Appearance: whittled and sparkling glass

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

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "5"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce with all original closure, and this is a gorgeous example

2974. TUDOR ROSE Midget Pint MASONS 1858 GREEN

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: fljarman1858
Price: $1,957.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: GREEN with subtle Amber swirling

Closure: fine correct original Mason Disk Protector cap with pickle-pusher immerser

Appearance: shiny with a few scuffs

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong on both sides

Base: "A5"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: rare in this appealing color

2975. GLOBE Half Gallon WIDE MOUTH Style

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

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: early 1900's

Availability: scarce especially in this large size

2976. TINEST Size FREE BLOWN STORAGE Jar w/ ORIG CAP Pontil

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

Size: very small, measuring only 4 inches tall and 3-1/4 inches in base diameter

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: fine original drop-on tin cap in untouched condition with "japanned" surface

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: no damage

Base: open pontil scar

Age: 1850-1870

Availability: rare and appealing in this tiny size

2977. RM DALBEYS FRUIT JAR Patd 1858 QUART

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: clearjar
Price: $3,780.00

Size: QUART

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: Fine older replica closure. The rings are made of actual cast iron (not machined iron) and the screws and other parts are very authentic-looking.

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: flaking/chipping of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: c1860

Availability: rare, and a beautiful example, possibly made by Hemingray

2978. DEXTER w/ CIRCLE of FRUIT Quart

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: shadow4778
Price: $90.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: this jar is Redbook #774, the more rare version with a full-size mouth that takes a standard zinc band, and comes with a Betts band and the correct glass insert

Appearance: shiny

Condition: roughness and flaking of the ground mouth all around

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: "T"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

2979. MASONS (gap) PATENT 1858 Quart AMBER

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: jsalvage09
Price: $160.00

Size: QUART

Color: AMBER

Closure: zinc cap

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: normal minor flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "26"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

2980. CUNNINGHAM & Co PITTSBURGH Quart STOPPER Jar

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: crockman
Price: $155.00

Size: QUART

Color: BALL BLUE

Closure: formed stopper well for a cork stopper to be sealed with wax

Appearance: sparkling and whittled glass

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: base only

Base: "CUNNINGHAM & CO PITTSBURGH Pa"

Age: c1870

Availability: scarce

2981. BALL 3L Loop SPECIAL Blue SQUATTY PINT Shoulder Seal

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: wiretwister
Price: $145.00

Size: SQUATTY PINT

Color: BALL BLUE

Closure: zinc cap

Appearance: shiny

Condition: shallow flaking off the smooth mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "3"

Age: early 1900's

Availability: scarce 3L shoulder seal Ball Special pint

2982. OLIVE AMBER Quart GLOBE

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: bluebell4433
Price: $1,500.00

Size: QUART

Color: HONEY AMBER with slight OLIVE tone

Closure: plastic reproduction lid to match color

Appearance: seedy and sparkling glass

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

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "46"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: rare colored Globe

2983. HAMILTON GLASS WORKS CLAMP JAR 1/2 GAL

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: jarforme
Price: $305.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original glass lid in a scarce Cornflower Blue color and original cast iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew

Appearance: sparkling glass, with one small open bubble on the exterior

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce and a fine example

2984. HGCo On Reverse MASONS 1858 Quart VERY CRUDE

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: Frank Nifong
Price: $161.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: zinc cap

Appearance: whittled, seedy, crude and sparkling glass

Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked or not readable

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce with this degree of glass character

2985. LEMON YELLOW Wax Sealer MFJCo Qt MARION IND Xtra-Crude

Start Date: 08/29/2011
End Date: 09/08/2011
Buyer: leaderjar
Price: $666.00

Size: QUART

Color: LEMON YELLOW

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

Appearance: fantastic crude glass character that is beautifully whittled and seedy throughout

Condition: no damage including a perfect applied mouth

Strength of embossing: base only

Base: "MFJCo 3"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: Scarce in this color and with this degree of glass character and in this condition. The base logo refers to the Marion Fruit Jar Co of Indiana.