4515. THE VAN VLIET JAR of 1881 Aqua HALF GALLON
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: david van epp
Price: $400.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original glass lid (edge flaking) and a replica metal clamp
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: shallow chipping on the ground mouth, there is a small manufacturer's pot stone in the side as shown with a barely-visible radiation
Embossing: strong
Base: "6"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce and a great-looking example
4516. IMPERIAL PINT Midget BEAVER Missing Pictorial
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: Jarcollector79
Price: $50.00
Size: IMPERIAL MIDGET PINT
Color: LIGHT AQUA tint
Closure: unmarked aqua glass insert and a zinc midget band
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth
Embossing: lettering strong, there is only a slight trace of a pictorial animal, as if it was removed from the mold
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
4517. MASON in Arch BOLD GREEN Quart
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: pvich
Price: $34.00
Size: QUART
Color: STRONG GREEN
Closure: zinc cap
Appearance: sparkling glass
Condition: minor nicking of the smooth lip
Embossing: strong
Base: two raised dots
Age: early 1900's
Availability: scarce in this brilliant color
4518. BALL 3L MASON Quart AMBER Swirled w/ CRUDITY
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: BallJarz
Price: $87.00
Size: QUART
Color: GREEN with amber swirls
Closure: zinc cap
Appearance: sparkling and crude with a surface swirl line that extends from the shoulder, all the way down the front and continues across the base
Condition: 1 flake on the smooth lip
Embossing: strong
Base: "4" and "9"
Age: early 1900's
Availability: scarce with this degree of glass character
4519. MASONS (Hero Cross) PATENT 1858 Quart AMBER
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: scharno
Price: $150.01
Size: QUART
Color: LIGHT to MEDIUM AMBER
Closure: zinc cap
Appearance: sparkling glass
Condition: roughness and flaking of the ground mouth
Embossing: strong
Base: "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "516"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon and a fine example
4520. KYGW Quart Wax Sealer BRIGHT GREEN
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: mlguth1
Price: $138.88
Size: QUART
Color: BRIGHT GREEN
Closure: applied grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish
Appearance: shiny glass, which displays some crudity that includes a drippy applied mouth
Condition: thin chip running along the top edge of the outer ring
Embossing: base only
Base: KYGWCo
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce in this highly appealing color
4521. ED J BIRK CHICAGO w/ Orig Porcelain Stopper Closure
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: liteningstephen
Price: $41.00
Size: measuring roughly 8-1/2 inches tall to the lip
Color: DARK AMBER
Closure: original porcelain stopper and wire clamp assembly (metal rusty but good and solid and in untouched condition)
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: no damage
Embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce and a fine example
4522. GW DEMOTT Blue Green NEW JERSEY Soda
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: manodirt
Price: $80.00
Size: measuring roughly 7-1/4 inches tall
Color: BLUE-GREEN
Closure: original wire clamp (rusty but solid) and original cork is loose inside
Appearance: traces of deposit inside
Condition: no damage
Embossing: strong
Base: smooth
Age: c1870's
Availability: scarce
4523. MONSTERS Mineral Water Threaded Neck Closure
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: cprokop
Price: $11.00
Size: measuring roughly 10-1/4 inches tall
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: internal threaded neck for screw stopper
Appearance: trace of inside deposit
Condition: flat chip off the side of the mouth
Embossing: strong
Base: "SODA STREAM"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon, Monsters was a British franchise of flavored mineral waters in the 19th century
4524. Midget Pint HERO CROSS Above GEM Scarce CLEAR
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: derekb
Price: $43.50
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: CLEAR
Closure: very scarce correct CLEAR Gem style glass insert with patent dates, and a zinc midget band
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: chipping of the ground mouth
Embossing: medium to strong
Base: "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "16"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce midget pint
4525. HAMILTON No 3 GLASS WORKS Aqua HALF GALLON
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: jarenvy0002
Price: $325.99
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original glass lid (light cornflower blue) and original cast iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: flaking off the outer ring of the mouth as shown
Embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: c1870's
Availability: scarce and a great-looking example
4526. WARSAW SALT Co Choice Table Salt WARSAW NY
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: richierich.j.r
Price: $326.00
Size: measuring roughly 5-1/2 inches tall
Color: AMBER
Closure: old unmarked metal lid is a replacement
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: flaking of the ground mouth
Embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce and a sharp-looking example
4527. MASONS PATENT 58 Rev: BALL Pint
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: cprokop
Price: $30.00
Size: PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: zinc cap
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: flaking of the ground mouth
Embossing: medium, and note there is no apostrophe in MASONS
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: a very scarce Ball jar
4528. CORNFLOWER BLUE Half Gallon FCGCo Wax Sealer
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: mlguth1
Price: $380.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: CORNFLOWER BLUE
Closure: grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish
Appearance: sparkling glass
Condition: Excellent condition including a perfect applied mouth, which is rare to find. Note there's a tiny manufacturer's pot stone defect in the inner ring of the mouth, see photo.
Embossing: base only
Base: FCGCo (for the Falls City Glass Company of Louisville, KY)
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare in this color
4529. SAFETY VALVE Extra Tall 3/4 PINT Small Mouth AQUA
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: jarenvy0002
Price: $70.00
Size: EXTRA-TALL small mouth 3/4 PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original small mouth glass lid and original miniature sized cam-lever yoke clamp
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: crack/fissure in the side as shown
Embossing: base only
Base: shown
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare, the first example we've seen
4530. PERFECT SEAL Pint BRIGHT GREEN w/ Rare Matching Lid
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: pvich
Price: $60.00
Size: PINT
Color: STRONG GREEN
Closure: rare exact matching color glass lid and original wire clamp
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: thin flake on the smooth lip is not quite detached
Embossing: strong
Base: "6"
Age: early 1900's
Availability: scarce and a great-looking jar
4531. MASONS IMPROVED 4 LB BUTTER JAR Scarce
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $400.00
Size: HALF GALLON (4 Lbs Butter)
Color: STRONG AQUAMARINE
Closure: original MASONS IMPROVED glass insert and original lugged band
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: 2 edge chips on the ground mouth, and there is a tiny manufacturer's pot stone defect in the side, see photo
Embossing: medium to strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: very scarce Butter jar
4532. GEM Glass Insert CITRON
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: Eifler
Price: $54.00
Size: standard
Color: BRIGHT STRONG CITRON
Fits: GEM series, and most MASONS IMPROVED style jars with a standard mouth size
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare color
4533. Early BOYDS ZINC CAP with RAISED LETTERING
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: Kglass
Price: $37.00
Size: standard
Color: zinc
Fits: virtually any Mason style jar with a standard mouth size
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
4534. GLASS LID for CLARKE FRUIT JAR Co Cleveland
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: palmer163trees
Price: $85.99
Size: standard
Color: AQUAMARINE
Fits: CLARKE FRUIT JAR Co jar of any size
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce lid
4535. GILBERDS Star JAR Original CLEAR Glass Lid
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: lafayette_jar
Price: $23.32
Size: standard
Color: COLORLESS
Fits: GILBERDS (Star) FRUIT JAR of any size
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce original version of the Gilberds closure
4536. QUEEN JAR PATENTED 1869 Original Glass Lid
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: tunngavik
Price: $24.50
Size: standard
Color: AQUAMARINE
Fits: THE QUEEN jar
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce lid
4537. JT KINNEY TRENTON NJ Glass Threaded Stopper
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: Eifler
Price: $45.00
Size: standard
Color: AQUAMARINE
Fits: unknown jar
Age: c1870's
Availability: RB 1419 listed as un-priced
4538. AMBER Wide Mouth Insert for BEST Jar
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: chalkdust
Price: $31.00
Size: wide mouth
Color: AMBER
Fits: BEST in arch quart or half gallon (tried the lid on a quart BEST and it fits perfectly)
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce lid
4539. ROYAL Zinc Band HEMINGRAY with PATENT DATE
Start Date: 11/19/2012End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: woodyjars
Price: $110.00
Size: standard
Color: zinc
Fits: ROYAL jar made by Hemingray (not for Royal of 1876)
Age: c1870's
Availability: scarce to find as a spare