3412. Backwards Letter R below MASONS Patent 1858 Quart
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: rnb3
Price: $93.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: zinc cap
Appearance: shiny exterior, with some light deposits on the interior
Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth, burst bubble on the heel as shown, also has a manufacturer's potstone on the shoulder in back with tiny radiations
Embossing: strong
Base: "L&W"
Age: 1870's
Availability: rare
3413. MILLERS FINE FLAVORS with Pictorial of 3 MOTHS
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: rnb3
Price: $110.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original
Appearance: shiny exterior with some faint deposits inside
Condition: the rim/neck collar has a short crack as shown
Embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
3414. BEAVER Quart Rare Color OLIVE Tinted YELLOW AMBER
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $3,577.00
Size: QUART
Color: RICH DEEP YELLOW with a slight olive tint, and displays some very subtle amber swirling throughout
Closure: zinc band with clear (colorless) button insert
Appearance: sparkling glass
Condition: outstanding condition with sparkling glass and no damage including a very nice ground lip with almost no flaking
Embossing: strong pictorial and lettering
Base: "8"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare in this gorgeous color, and an exceptional example
3415. HARTELLS Style QUART PATd Oct 19 1858
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: whitecat
Price: $115.00
Size: QUART
Color: STRONG AQUA
Closure: original glass cap with OCT 19, 1858 patent date
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: flaking of the ground mouth
Embossing: lid only
Base: unmarked
Age: 1860's
Availability: uncommon
3416. SQUARE SHOULDER Pint MILLVILLE ATMOSPHERIC Sharp
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $637.00
Size: PINT
Color: GREENISH AQUAMARINE
Closure: original dome-shaped glass lid, original sealing gasket, and the finest original cast iron yoke clamp with most of the original black paint
Appearance: sparkling glass displays a nice light whittled effect
Condition: no damage, has some tiny manufacturer's notch-marks on the top edge of the inner lip (see lip photo)
Embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: 1860's
Availability: scarce and an outstanding specimen in a scarce pint size
3417. INDEPENDENT JAR Quart w/ ORIGINAL CAP
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: selgeby
Price: $72.50
Size: QUART
Color: clear
Closure: original glass cap with 1882 patent date (some haze on top of the cap)
Appearance: jar has some minor scuffing wear
Condition: ground mouth has roughness/flaking/bruising all around
Embossing: strong
Base: "2" embossed backwards
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
3418. CROSS Above MASONS PATENT 1858 Quart AMBER
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: SeedMan
Price: $328.00
Size: QUART
Color: MEDIUM AMBER
Closure: lugged zinc cap "MASON FRUIT JAR CO"
Appearance: seedy and sparkling glass
Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth
Embossing: strong
Base: "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "23"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce and a bold, sparkling example
3419. DOOLITTLE Aqua QUART Buffalo, NY - Never Used
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: bluebell4433
Price: $165.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original clear glass lid with attached wire clamps
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: like-new....it appears this jar was never used, as it retains the original packing/instructional sheet still in place beneath the glass lid
Embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: early 1900's
Availability: rare unused example
3420. IMPROVED GEM Quart OLIVE GREEN
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: Jar-man 35
Price: $80.00
Size: QUART
Color: OLIVE GREEN
Closure: light green rayed insert and a zinc screw band
Appearance: sparkling glass
Condition: no damage
Embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: early 1900's (smooth lip finish)
Availability: uncommon in this strong color
3421. SUN Trade Mark HALF GALLON Complete
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: favre4ever
Price: $157.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original glass lid and original cast iron yoke clamp with cam-action elevator assembly
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: no damage including an excellent ground mouth with very little flaking
Embossing: strong
Base: "JP BARSTOW 4"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce in half gallon size
3422. GII-55 EAGLE/Grape Cluster Flask QUART Open Pontil
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: GrizzleyBear
Price: $190.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: sheared and fire-polished lip
Appearance: shiny exterior with light high-point wear, trace of deposit on the interior
Condition: no damage
Embossing: strong
Base: open pontil scar
McKearin: GII-55
3423. UNION-CLASPED HANDS / EAGLE Flask Pint GXII-UNL
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: MedicineMan
Price: $52.97
Size: PINT
Color: LIGHT GREEN
Closure: tooled ring collar mouth
Appearance: light high point wear with a trace of inside deposit
Condition: no damage, has some large white pot-stone inclusions but no radiating cracks
Embossing: strong
Base: smooth base with raised dot for pontil release but not pontiled
McKearin: GXII series, but appears to be an unlisted variation
3424. DeKUYPER & HENKES Gin Bottles
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: derekb
Price: $23.00
Size: 10" and 9-1/2" tall
Color: DARK GREEN and DEEP GREEN
Closure: sloping collar mouths for cork closures
Appearance: shiny glass both
Condition: no damage both
Embossing: strong both
Base: unmarked both
Age: early 1900's ABM both
Availability: uncommon
3425. Two Early Applied Top GIN Bottles
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: rlwaln
Price: $41.00
Size: 9-1/2 inches tall
Color: DARK OLIVE GREEN both
Closure: crude applied sloping collar mouths both
Appearance: shiny glass both
Condition: ACA NOLET Schiedam bottom has a potstone in the back with a crack radiating out of it
Embossing: strong both: "BLANKENHEIM & NOLET" / "A.C.A. NOLET SCHIEDAM"
Base: smooth both
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
3426. Three Spirits Bottles
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: rlwaln
Price: $23.00
Three old spirits bottles for one bid. Hand blown case gin in dark green, an amber ABM "MOUNT VERNON", and an amber screw-top ABM "ARMY & NAVY Brands" bottle.
3427. MASONS PATENT 1858 Improved Closure HONEY AMBER HG
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: rnb3
Price: $385.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: HONEY AMBER
Closure: white milk glass insert and a fine zinc band with knurled upper edge
Appearance: sparkling glass
Condition: flaking of the ground mouth
Embossing: very strong
Base: "D" over a "2"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce early Mason in a beautiful color, and attributed the Moore Bros Glass Co of Clayton, NJ
3428. SURE Aqua QUART Rare
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: bluebell4433
Price: $195.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original glass lid and a replica wire clamp
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: neck collar has a short crack and small chip as shown, neither of which can be seen with the lid in place
Embossing: strong
Base: "PATd JUNE 21st 1870"
Age: 1870's
Availability: rare
3429. BALL 3L Loop Quart OLIVE GREEN w/ AMBER Streaks
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: fries550
Price: $121.00
Size: QUART
Color: STRONG OLIVE GREEN with subtle amber swirling throughout
Closure: zinc cap
Appearance: sparkling glass
Condition: no damage
Embossing: medium
Base: "II" and 4 raised dots
Age: early 1900's
Availability: scarce in this bold and appealing color
3430. POTTER & BODINE (script) PHILADELPHIA w/ FINE ORIG CAP
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: milner12
Price: $255.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: fine original cap in nice shape with virtually no rust, and still retains much of the original plating on the bottom surface
Appearance: sparkling glass with a crude whittled effect
Condition: flaking of the ground mouth
Embossing: medium
Base: unmarked
Age: c1870
Availability: scarce
3431. MILLVILLE WTCo IMPROVED Aqua QUART
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: mlguth1
Price: $110.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original grape-cluster glass insert lid and scarce correct original narrow zinc band that still tightens down perfectly
Appearance: sparkling glass
Condition: chipping of the ground mouth
Embossing: strong
Base: "6"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
3432. BLACK-VIOLET BLUE Color Quart w/ Threaded Neck
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $357.00
Size: QUART
Color: VIOLET BLACK or BLUE-BLACK, nearly opaque
Closure: midget style closure with a zinc band and aqua glass insert, not original
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: minor flaking of the ground and polished mouth
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
3433. EAGLE Aqua QUART
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: Eifler
Price: $155.55
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original glass lid and a cast iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew (clamp fits, but is actually the clamp for the EAGLE-CIRCLE-OF-DATES variation)
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: no damage
Embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
3434. MASONS Patent 1858 Quart AMBER
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: old-jar-man
Price: $245.90
Size: QUART
Color: AMBER
Closure: early lugged zinc cap
Appearance: sparkling glass with a trace of inside deposit
Condition: roughness and flaking of the ground mouth
Embossing: strong
Base: a large "23"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce and a beautiful example
3435. THE VAN VLIET JAR of 1881 Half Gallon
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: Terri M. Johnso
Price: $503.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original glass lid (clear version), original cast iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew, and original wrap-around wire clamp. Note that the clamp is an unusual variation, missing the usual raised bar along the side, and slightly more rounded in shape.
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: mouth and sealing ledge area has two dings/bruises, one is shown with the red arrow
Embossing: strong
Base: "6"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce in half gallon size
3436. Trade Mark LIGHTNING Pint DEEP YELLOW Sharp
Start Date: 01/30/2012End Date: 02/09/2012
Buyer: stansl00
Price: $716.00
Size: PINT
Color: DEEP GOLDEN YELLOW
Closure: original
Appearance: whittly and sparkling glass
Condition: normal nicking of the ground mouth
Embossing: strong
Base: "PUTNAM 180"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce in this beautiful color, especially in pint size