6267. MASON FRUIT JAR Half Gallon AMBER

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: ted9williams
Price: $325.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AMBER

Closure:  zinc cap

Appearance:  sparkling glass

Condition:  edge flaking of the ground mouth

Embossing:  light to medium

Base: unmarked

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: a scarce early western-made jar

   

6268. Small Mouth GEM RUTHERFORD & Co HALF GALLON

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: smithstanley
Price: $120.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  small mouth style with glass insert and correct zinc band

Appearance:  shiny glass with some light scuffs around the shoulder

Condition:  normal flaking of the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base: a large elongated Rutherford style "D2"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: very scarce in this small mouth version

   

6269. Trade Mark LIGHTNING Pint DARK OLIVE

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $2,958.00

Size: PINT

Color: DARK OLIVE GREEN

Closure:  original wire clamp and correct near-matching glass lid

Appearance:  sparkling glass

Condition:  normal nicking of the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base: "PUTNAM 109"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: Rare and highly appealing in this outstanding color. This fresh example recently turned up at a local antique shop.

   

6270. MASONS (Keystone) KEYSTONE Quart

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: mason-man
Price: $115.50

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  incorrect Keystone embossed aqua glass lid and a zinc screw band

Appearance:  sparkling glass

Condition:  shallow chipping of the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base: "PATd JAN 19 1869" encircling a "2"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: a scarce early pictorial jar

   

6271. SWIRLED GLASS Quart ATLAS EZ SEAL Cornflower Blue

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: dandrews
Price: $49.44

Size: QUART

Color: CORNFLOWER BLUE

Closure:  original matching color lid and original clamp

Appearance:  sparkling glass with some fantastic swirled features as shown

Condition:  some edge flakes around the smooth mouth

Embossing:  strong

Age:  early 1900's

Availability: scarce with this degree of glass character

   

6272. AE BRAY FRUIT JAR PAT PENDg Dark Amber SQUATTY QUART

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: bluebell4433
Price: $551.99

Size: QUART

Color: DARK AMBER

Closure:  missing, has a temporary make-do closure only

Appearance:  shiny glass with some spots of haze

Condition:  No damage including a nice ground mouth with very little nicking. In the shoulder of the jar is a hard-to-see manufacturer's pot stone with a single faint radiation through it. Tough to notice due to the location and the dark glass color.

Embossing:  strong

Base: unmarked

Age:  c1901

Availability: rare, ex Phil Robinson collection

   

6273. THE CHAMPION PATd 1869 Half Gallon ALL ORIGINAL

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: glasspro
Price: $230.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  original glass lid and fine original cast iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew with original spanner bar

Appearance:  shiny glass

Condition:  manufacturer's edge flaking on the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base: "1"

Age:  1870's

Availability: A scarce early patented-closure jar and a fine all-original example.

   

6274. PETAL JAR Aqua QUART

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $70.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  formed stopper well for a cork closure

Appearance:  sparkling glass, the mouth is primitive and gloppy-looking with a crudely formed notch in the top edge as shown

Condition:  no damage

Embossing:  n/a

Base: smooth

Age:  1860's

Availability: a scarce early jar and a nice crude example

   

6275. LGCO Wax Sealer Half Gallon YELLOW OLIVE

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: old-jar-man
Price: $80.00

Size: HALF GALLON (or a little less)

Color: CITRON to YELLOW OLIVE

Closure:  applied grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish

Appearance:  shiny glass

Condition:  repaired spot on the outer ring of the mouth as shown

Embossing:  base only

Base: "LGCo" over a "P"

Age:  1870's

Availability: scarce and appealing in this bold color

   

6276. ELECTRIC (World Globe) PINT Crude

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $237.00

Size: PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE with a milky swirl slashing across the front as shown

Closure:  original glass lid (edge nicking all around) and a replica wire clamp as normal

Appearance:  good

Condition:  normal nicking of the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base: "PAT APd FOR 8"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: scarce and appealing in this small size

   

6277. MASONS PATENT 1858 Quart HERO BASE Amber

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: lisaeric
Price: $120.00

Size: QUART

Color: AMBER

Closure:  zinc cap

Appearance:  whittled and sparkling glass, has a skin-deep open bubble on the inside

Condition:  shallow chip on the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base: "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "183"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: scarce and a great-looking whittly example

   

6278. BALL (3L loop) IMPROVED Quart GREEN

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: Jar-man 35
Price: $73.00

Size: QUART

Color: GREEN

Closure:  matching color glass insert lid and a zinc screw band

Appearance:  sparkling glass

Condition:  no damage

Embossing:  strong

Base: "1"

Age:  early 1900's

Availability: rare in this appealing color variation

   

6279. MIDGET PINT Trade Mark BEEHIVE with BEES and HIVE

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: dingram
Price: $1,475.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: clear with a slight Amethyst tint

Closure:  clear glass insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance:  sparkling glass

Condition:  no damage with the exception of a tiny flake on inner edge of the lip

Embossing:  strong

Base: unmarked

Age:  early 1900's (smooth lip finish)

Availability: a scarce and highly appealing little jar

   

6280. CRYSTAL in arch AQUA Half Gallon Patd 1873

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: Jarhunt
Price: $223.30

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  original glass screw cap with 1873 patent date, some thread chipping on the inside of the lid, as is typical

Appearance:  good

Condition:  shallow chipping of the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base: shown

Age:  1870's

Availability: scarce

   

6281. WHITTLED Amber GLOBE Half Gallon SHARP

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: putt4
Price: $175.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: LIGHT AMBER

Closure:  original glass lid (edge chips) and original 3-piece iron clamp assembly

Appearance:  Hammered whittle effect, rare to find in a Globe jar. Has a trace of content deposit.

Condition:  edge chipping of the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base: "6" over an "s"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: scarce with this degree of glass character

   

6282. ALL RIGHT Patented 1868 QUART Original Closure

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: Thud
Price: $175.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  Original tin cap and original wire clamp. The cap has battering and a few pinholes, but still pretty solid, with some of the impressed patent date lettering still visible.

Appearance:  shiny glass

Condition:  manufacturer's edge chipping of the ground mouth all around

Embossing:  strong

Base: "PATd NOV 26 1867" encircling a "16"

Age:  c1870

Availability: scarce

   

6283. PINT Olive Green BALL PERFECT MASON

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: BALLS4EVER
Price: $90.00

Size: PINT

Color: OLIVE GREEN

Closure:  zinc cap

Appearance:  shiny glass

Condition:  no damage

Embossing:  strong

Base: "9"

Age:  early 1900's

Availability: scarce in this bold color in pint size

   

6284. Midget Pint EXTREMELY CRUDE Masons 1858 SNOWFLAKE

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: fljarman1858
Price: $575.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  plain midget cap

Appearance:  extremely seedy glass character and with a hammered whittle effect throughout, sparkling condition

Condition:  normal nicking of the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong both front and back

Base: "A3"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: rare with this degree of glass character & one of the best-looking Snowflake / Tudor Rose midgets we've ever seen

   

6285. Trade Mark LIGHTNING Half Gallon HONEY AMBER

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: dandrews
Price: $106.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: HONEY AMBER with perhaps a very slight olive tone

Closure:  original

Appearance:  sparkling glass

Condition:  edge flaking of the ground mouth

Embossing:  medium

Base: "PUTNAM 70"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: uncommon and a sharp looking example in this lighter color

   

6286. DP BEDELL 118 BANK Street CLEVELAND Quart KLINE 1863

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: jarenvy0002
Price: $482.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  original Kline Patent 1863 glass stopper

Appearance:  shiny glass

Condition:  no damage

Embossing:  strong

Base: unmarked

Age:  c1870

Availability: a rare early store-brand jar and a beautiful example

   

6287. BBGMCo in a CIRCLE Buffalo QUART

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: Jar-hunter
Price: $165.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  correct original Ball Bros Buffalo glass insert (edge flaking) and original zinc screw band (pinholes in metal)

Appearance:  sparkling glass (pro-cleaned)

Condition:  edge chipping of the ground mouth

Embossing:  medium, and note that the BBGMCo logo is inside a slug plate circle

Base: "6"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: scarce version with logo in a circle

   

6288. HAMILTON No 3 GLASS WORKS

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: ss1867
Price: $401.00

Size: 54 ounces approximately

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  original unmarked glass lid and original cast iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew

Appearance:  shiny glass with a trace of content deposit

Condition:  3 minor nicks on the rim, two of which may be tiny manufacturer's underfills and not damage

Embossing:  strong

Base: pushed-in base is unmarked

Age:  c1870

Availability: scarce and a great-looking example

   

6289. ROOT MASON Half Gallon OLIVE GREEN

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: Jar-hunter
Price: $190.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: OLIVE GREEN

Closure:  common zinc cap

Appearance:  sparkling glass

Condition:  minor nicking of the smooth mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base: "B"

Age:  1905-1909

Availability: scarce in this outstanding color

   

6290. THE VAN VLIET JAR of 1881 Quart

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: mckylethan
Price: $400.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  original glass lid (hot contact stripe mark on the outer edge), and a replica metal clamp assembly

Appearance:  shiny glass

Condition:  good, with one thin edge chip on the ground lip that is not quite detached

Embossing:  strong

Base: "4"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: A scarce and appealing early patented-closure jar.

   

6291. HALF PINT Ground Lip CONSERVE JAR

Start Date: 12/02/2013
End Date: 12/12/2013
Buyer: vonripp
Price: $96.00

Size: HALF PINT

Color: COLORLESS

Closure:  original

Appearance:  shiny glass

Condition:  edge chipping of the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base: unmarked

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: scarce early half pint