1276. DARK AMBER Quart MASONS PATENT 1858
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: dick1931
Price: $345.00
Size: QUART
Color: DARK AMBER
Closure: common zinc cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage except for a flake along the inner edge of the ground mouth not yet detached
Strength of embossing: medium
Base: "L" over a "3" lightly embossed
Age: late 1800s
Availability: scarce in this dark shade of amber
1277. TRIUMPH No 3 Aqua QUART Early WAX SEALER
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: dingram
Price: $720.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: push-down style grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish for a tin cap sealed with wax
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage, normal minor flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: 1860's
Availability: very scarce
1278. TILLYER Aqua QUART Rev: Plated-Out WINSLOW JAR
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: plantman
Price: $143.99
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original heavy glass lid with original brass wire clamp
Appearance: shiny with a seedy and whittled glass character
Condition: no damage, normal flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong "TILLYER" on front, reverse has rectangular slug plate impression from the removal of the previous "WINSLOW JAR" lettering
Base: "5"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce and a great-looking example
1279. FRANKLIN FRUIT JAR Original Unlined ZINC CAP
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: glassmandaveh
Price: $125.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original unlined zinc cap with small raised lugs on top
Appearance: shiny
Condition: glass has no damage except for flaking of the ground mouth, the metal lid has a tight hairline split along the top edge that is visible when held to a light, but not noticeable when the lid is in place on the jar
Strength of embossing: medium to strong
Base: "2" embossed backwards
Age: c1860's
Availability: rare with this original unlined cap
1280. THE NE PLUS ULTRA AIR TIGHT FRUIT JAR Quart
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: indicator
Price: $1,850.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original glass lid with 1858 patent date, the wire clip is a modern addition
Appearance: shiny glass is extra heavy in weight, and with a seedy and whittly character, has faint traces of deposit on the inside
Condition: no damage to the jar, the glass lid has edge flaking as is normal for all original lids
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: pushed-in, smooth, unmarked
Age: 1860's
Availability: rare with lots of eye appeal resulting from the extreme amount of embossed lettering that entirely circles the jar
1281. DARK COBALT BLUE Wide Mouth JOHNSON & JOHNSON Qt
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: jackalope1358
Price: $649.00
Size: QUART - wide mouth version
Color: DEEP COBALT BLUE
Closure: Deep cobalt glass lid and original fancy iron screw band. Note that the glass lid is installed upside down, such that the ground mouth is the sealing surface. Turning it over, it won't quite straddle the lip. It is however a correct original lid.
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage, normal flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce and offers fantastic shelf appeal owing to the fabulous, eye-catching color
1282. J&B Patent 1898 Aqua Quart ORIGINAL CAP
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: Lillian
Price: $96.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original zinc cap with octagonal wrench boss has roughness and pinholing all around the lower section
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage, normal flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce with original cap
1283. MASONS PATENT 1858 Medium Amber HG SHARP
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: flatbaby
Price: $352.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AMBER
Closure: common zinc cap
Appearance: shiny with a light whittled effect, has a light trace of inside deposit, and some deposits on the bottom surface
Condition: no damage except for a flake on the inner edge of the ground mouth not yet detached (at 3 o'clock position in mouth photo)
Strength of embossing: strong in a large lettering style
Base: "81"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce, and a great-looking colored 1858 jar
1284. HARTELL & LETCHWORTH PATENT 1866 Original Lid Qt
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: dick1931
Price: $300.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: rare correct original iron cap with three lugs to engage the blown neck lugs on the jar, with clearly readable lettering as shown
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: glass has no damage except for flaking around the ground mouth, the metal lid is in nice shape with only minimal rust
Strength of embossing: n/a
Base: unmarked
Age: c1860's
Availability: rare with original cap, only a handful of these originals are known to exist
1285. CADIZ JAR Aqua QUART
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: bigbucks
Price: $1,511.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original one-piece glass screw cap
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: no damage including a nice ground mouth with very little nicking, and the glass lid is perfect, the jar has been professionally cleaned and really sparkles
Strength of embossing: light to medium
Base: "2"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare
1286. ROYAL Aqua QUART All Original PATd 1863
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: rockpan8
Price: $245.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original unmarked glass lid and correct original zinc band with two vertical wrench lugs and clearly readable patent date lettering
Appearance: shiny with a light whittled effect
Condition: no damage, normal nicking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked (which is highly unusual)
Age: c1860's
Availability: scarce, and one of the best examples of this Hemingray-made jar
1287. FHGW Amber WAX SEALER Quart
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: earlyjars
Price: $60.00
Size: QUART
Color: AMBER
Closure: applied grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish for a tin cap sealed with wax
Appearance: shiny
Condition: has a chip running along the top edge of the outer ring as shown, otherwise no damage
Strength of embossing: strong (base)
Base: "F.H.G.W. 1"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
1288. CROWLEYTOWN Style MASONS 1858 SQUATTY 24 oz
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: gaffer
Price: $1,100.00
Size: SQUATTY PINT+ size, APPROXIMATELY 24 oz
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: scarce original unlined zinc cap in beautiful condition
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: no damage, including a nice ground mouth with very little flaking
Strength of embossing: very strong
Base: unmarked
Age: 1860-1870
Availability: scarce and the finest possible example
1289. GILBERDS STAR JAR Aqua QUART
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: lighthouse1489
Price: $367.50
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original clear glass lid and original wrap-around heavy iron wire clamp
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage except for some shallow chipping on the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: medium to strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce, especially with the correct glass lid closure
1290. CORNFLOWER BLUE Qt JP SMITH Son & Co PITTSBURGH PA
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: dingram
Price: $135.00
Size: QUART
Color: CORNFLOWER BLUE
Closure: applied grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish for a tin cap sealed with wax
Appearance: shiny
Condition: flat chips on the outer ring surface
Strength of embossing: medium
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare in this true cornflower blue color
1291. DARK OLIVE Pint TRADE MARK LIGHTNING
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: carmine47
Price: $3,800.00
Size: PINT
Color: DEEP OLIVE
Closure: correct original glass lid in a near-matching color, and original wire bail clamp
Appearance: shiny with a light whittled effect, faint trace of deposit inside
Condition: no damage and a nice ground mouth with very little flaking
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "PUTNAM 321"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: very scarce and highly appealing in this deep color
1292. WW LYMAN Pint ORIGINAL CAP & RARE ORIGINAL GASKET
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: EppsFruitJars
Price: $325.00
Size: PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: Correct original tinned iron cap with rare original gasket. The gasket is still in functional condition. Notice that the cap still has some of the tin plating on the bottom surface.
Appearance: shiny with a good whittled effect
Condition: no damage except for flaking on the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: c1870
Availability: rare to find with original lid and gasket
1293. GLOBE Amber HALF GALLON
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: tazer666
Price: $120.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AMBER
Closure: correct original glass lid and original 3-piece iron clamp assembly
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage including a good ground mouth with very little flaking
Strength of embossing: very strong
Base: "72"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon
1294. ALMY Aqua PINT+
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: EppsFruitJars
Price: $160.00
Size: PINT+ size, approximatelty 20 oz
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original solid glass screw cap
Appearance: shiny with a slight trace of deposits
Condition: no damage with the exception of a few small chips on the screw threads of the glass cap, and normal flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "*PATENTED* DEC 25 1877 A"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce in this small size
1295. THE VALVE JAR PHILADELPHIA Aqua QUART
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: boju
Price: $475.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original glass lid and original heavy iron wire coil shaped clamp in fine shape with an old dark patina and very little rust
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage except for flaking on the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "PATd MAR 10 1868" and "23"
Age: c1870
Availability: scarce and a fine, all-original example
1296. SAFETY AMBER Quart WHITTLED & ALL ORIGINAL
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: thomas larkin
Price: $300.00
Size: QUART
Color: AMBER
Closure: correct original glass lid and original shaped iron wire clamp
Appearance: shiny with a nice whittled effect
Condition: no damage, has a manufacturer's pot stone in the side with small radiations, normal flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "32'
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce and a great-looking example with crude glass character
1297. THE HERO PINT+ w/ ORIGINAL LETTERED BETTS BAND and CAP
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: EppsFruitJars
Price: $165.00
Size: PINT or a little more
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original metal insert lid and original narrow style and lettered Betts band
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage except for chipping of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: medium to strong
Base: "PATD NOV 26 1867" encircling a "4"
Age: c1870
Availability: rare with this fine closure
1298. EAGLE with CIRCLE of DATES Aqua QUART
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: old-jar-man
Price: $275.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original glass lid and original cast iron yoke clamp with star-shaped thumbscrew
Appearance: shiny
Condition: jar has no damage, the glass lid has a tiny bruise on the bottom edge
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: Scarce. This elaborately-embossed version has great eye appeal.
1299. THE LEADER Quart BRILLIANT YELLOW
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: jarcollector
Price: $711.11
Size: QUART
Color: LEMON YELLOW
Closure: correct exact matching Lemon Yellow glass lid and original 2-piece iron clamp
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: No damage. The ground mouth has some flaking and there is a small open bubble inside the neck collar. The glass lid has a small indention along the upper edge, not damage of any kind, but rather was done in the original manufacturing of the lid.
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "30"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare in this highly-appealing color
1300. LE GRAND IDEAL Trade Mark VACUUM JAR Aqua QUART
Start Date: 03/15/2010End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: glassmandaveh
Price: $145.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original lettered aluminum cap, and even retains the original main mouth gasket, now in two pieces
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage
Strength of embossing: medium
Base: unmarked
Age: early 1900's
Availability: scarce