4515. THE VAN VLIET JAR of 1881 Aqua HALF GALLON

Start Date: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End 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: 11/19/2012
End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: Eifler
Price: $54.00

Size:  standard

Color:  BRIGHT STRONG CITRON

Condition:  no damage

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: 11/19/2012
End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: Kglass
Price: $37.00

Size:  standard

Color:  zinc

Condition: excellent and clean condition  

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: 11/19/2012
End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: palmer163trees
Price: $85.99

Size:  standard

Color:  AQUAMARINE

Condition:  no damage

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: 11/19/2012
End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: lafayette_jar
Price: $23.32

Size:  standard

Color:  COLORLESS

Condition:  no damage

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: 11/19/2012
End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: tunngavik
Price: $24.50

Size:  standard

Color:  AQUAMARINE

Condition:  no damage

Fits: THE QUEEN jar

Age:  late 1800's

Availability:  scarce lid

   

4537. JT KINNEY TRENTON NJ Glass Threaded Stopper

Start Date: 11/19/2012
End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: Eifler
Price: $45.00

Size:  standard

Color:  AQUAMARINE

Condition:  edge flakes

Fits: unknown jar

Age:  c1870's

Availability:  RB 1419 listed as un-priced

   

4538. AMBER Wide Mouth Insert for BEST Jar

Start Date: 11/19/2012
End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: chalkdust
Price: $31.00

Size:  wide mouth

Color:  AMBER

Condition:  edge chip on bottom

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: 11/19/2012
End Date: 11/29/2012
Buyer: woodyjars
Price: $110.00

Size:  standard

Color:  zinc

Condition: good  

Fits: ROYAL jar made by Hemingray (not for Royal of 1876)

Age:  c1870's

Availability:  scarce to find as a spare